Every year, the global economy subsidizes the fossil fuel industry to the tune of about $400 billion. Now that’s globally, here in the United States, the numbers obviously a little smaller. We’re only handing $20 billion a year to the fossil fuel industry. We’re handing $20 billion a year in the form of subsidies, tax…
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Amazon Threatens To Fire Workers Who Criticized Their Environmental Policies
Many months ago, several employees working for Amazon gave an interview to the Washington Post where they criticized Amazon’s environmental policies, specifically the fact that Amazon partners with companies who exploit fossil fuels and further the destruction of our planet. These employees weren’t happy about that and they said, gee, I wish Amazon wouldn’t do…
Should The U.S. Ban Fracking?
The shale revolution has turned the energy world upside down. Finally, the United States may be nearing the long term goal of every president since Richard Nixon becoming energy independent. Net exporter of energy According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. will become a net energy exporter by 2020. What’s gone on the…
Why is Sewage Overflowing in Baltimore?
The sewage, you can definitely smell it after a large rainstorm if you go by the outfall sites. It’s definitely hazardous to people’s health, and hazardous to wildlife and water quality. You get a lot of fecal bacteria in sewage, of course. These [overflow pipes] were part of the design of our sewer system when…
EPA Chairman Andrew Wheeler Continues To Deregulate Pollution At A Record Pace
Former coal lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, is set to become the next leader of the EPA completing the industry capture of yet another government agency. Now we’ve, we know a lot about this guy right? Yeah. This is the guy, this is the coal industry guy who who lobbied, lobbied all over the country, West Virginia….
COP25 was a failure. Can COP26 be saved?
We come into these climate talks with governments having an unprecedented mandate from their citizens. If we remember, millions of people have been marching on the streets calling on their governments to take action, to take urgent action, on the climate emergency. We’ve seen the scale of the impacts fill our television screens in every…
How climate change is creating more child brides in Uganda
My country heavily depends on agriculture, therefore most of the people depend on agriculture. So, if our farms are destroyed by floods, if the farms are destroyed by droughts and crop production is less, that means that the price of food is going to go high. So it will only be the most privileged who…
“CO2 colonialism”: Indigenous leaders protest corporate presence at COP25
We’re broadcasting here inside the U.N. climate summit in Madrid, Spain. Hundreds of protesters are right behind me, just next to our set, calling for climate justice. You can hear the chants. You can hear what they are saying. They are chanting. They’ve got banners. Tom, can you describe for us what you’re seeing right…