Now, imagine the conditions that might prevail for hundreds of thousands of people crammed into hastily constructed camps, the targets of a vicious campaign of demonization meant to build support for their detention and deportation. If undocumented immigrants really are, as Trump says, “poisoning the blood of our country,”...
Over the past year, an ongoing and severe drought has parched most of Mexico, draining reservoirs and leaving parts of the country grappling with an acute water crisis. Since mid-March, scorching temperatures have led to at least 26 heat-related deaths, according to the nation’s health ministry. The double-whammy of weather...
Democrats ask DOJ to investigate Big Oil | Here's what to know, and why it's important. (heated.world)
Trump just made more promises to oil industry campaign donors (wapo.st)
The pledges to oil executives came a day before Senate Democrats launched a probe of Trump seeking $1 billion in donations from the oil industry.
Memo to Joe: Fight a Climate Election (billmckibben.substack.com)
The Biden Clean Energy Boom | The president’s signature 2022 climate law has sparked a rapid clean energy boom but its political impact is a lot less clear. (www.nytimes.com)
N.J. pharmacies can now sell birth control pills without prescriptions (www.nj.com)
ExxonMobil lost a bid to sue its own climate-focused shareholders | One suit was dismissed, though another will continue (qz.com)
Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic (www.nytimes.com)
Scanning the Dark Universe, Euclid Finds Scenes of Cosmic Light (www.nytimes.com)
Senate Democrats Open Inquiry Into Trump’s $1 Billion Request of Oil Industry: Committees are seeking information from oil executives about a dinner where the former president proposed a quid pro quo (www.nytimes.com)
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These Teens Adopted an Orphaned Oil Well. Their Goal: Shut It Down. Students, nonprofit groups and others are fund-raising to cap highly polluting oil and gas wells abandoned by industry. (www.nytimes.com)
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Trump’s Taste for Tyranny Finds a Target (www.nytimes.com)
Now, imagine the conditions that might prevail for hundreds of thousands of people crammed into hastily constructed camps, the targets of a vicious campaign of demonization meant to build support for their detention and deportation. If undocumented immigrants really are, as Trump says, “poisoning the blood of our country,”...
Trump’s Pattern of Sowing Election Doubt Intensifies in 2024 (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9862586...
Life in the Dirt Is Hard. And Climate Change Isn’t Helping. Heat and drought are taking a toll on the tiny soil creatures that help to lock away planet-warming carbon, according to a new analysis. (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/9862575...
Big Tech thinks it can plant trees better than everyone else (www.theverge.com)
The brutal heat in Mexico is causing howler monkeys to drop dead from trees (wapo.st)
Over the past year, an ongoing and severe drought has parched most of Mexico, draining reservoirs and leaving parts of the country grappling with an acute water crisis. Since mid-March, scorching temperatures have led to at least 26 heat-related deaths, according to the nation’s health ministry. The double-whammy of weather...
These bricks conduct electricity and combine to create a powerful thermal battery | Backed by federal funding, MIT spin-off Electrified Thermal Solutions says its bricks can replace fossil fuels. (www.fastcompany.com)
Alarm as German climate activists charged with ‘forming a criminal organisation’ | Action against Letzte Generation could have ‘immense chilling effect’ on climate protest, campaigners say (www.theguardian.com)
Why cancer-causing pollution from oil refineries is falling: In an environmental success story, refineries have reduced their emissions of benzene due to federal regulations and oversight. (wapo.st)
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UK prime minister Sunak backtracked on climate policies – and voters may punish him | Many hoped he would show global leadership – instead he pitched himself as ‘pragmatic’ and slowed decarbonization (www.theguardian.com)
A Giant Crater in Siberia Is Belching Up Russia’s Past (www.nytimes.com)
Climate scientist leaves ExxonMobil’s board with little to show for it | Advocates had hoped Susan Avery’s nomination would be a turning-point moment for the company’s climate approach. It wasn’t. (www.exxonknews.org)
Kennedy Running Mate’s History: $1 Billion, Cocaine, a Fling With Elon Musk (www.nytimes.com)