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Carbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialDemographicsEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJobsLegal & RegulatoryUnited States
Harvard Students Protest After Exxon’s Law Firm Tries to Recruit Them
An elite U.S. corporate law firm flopped badly in its recent bid to recruit Harvard law students, when nearly a third of the invitees ... -
AustraliaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemographicsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesHealth & Safety
All-Female, All-Indigenous Fire Brigade Defends Remote Settlement in Southeast Australia
With their community tinder-dry, and most of their menfolk disinclined to pitch in, it is the women of the Lake Tyers Aboriginal Trust in ... -
CanadaClimate DenialDemographicsEnergy PoliticsJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Green-Themed Christmas Pageant Triggers Outrage in Saskatchewan Oil Town
The angry backlash against a green-themed Christmas pageant at a small-town Saskatchewan public school revealed the fear-filled defensiveness produced by a precarious western Canadian ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
Amazon Staff Face ‘Formal Corrective Action’ for Challenging Company’s Climate Performance
While pledging aggressive action to reduce a carbon footprint that approaches that of Denmark, Amazon is policing climate activists on its payroll, recently threatening ... -
Climate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemographicsEnergy PoliticsEuropeInternationalMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & Gas
Fossil ‘Youth-Washing’ Includes Sponsorship Funding, Free Trips to COP
Youth climate activists are crying foul as fossil companies keen to burnish their public images as “makers” of the future woo young people with ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsEnergy Access & EquityEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJobsLegal & RegulatoryMethaneOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWater
Minority Communities Face Greatest Risk as Atlantic Coast Pipeline Pushes Into Rural America
Promising jobs and property tax revenue, owners of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline are pushing ahead against grassroots resistance and expert testimony, both maintaining that ... -
Air & MarineClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate DenialClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemographicsEnergy PoliticsEuropeHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionUnited States
Thunberg Named Time Magazine Person of the Year
For speaking truth to power, and inspiring millions of people of all ages around the world to do the same, 16 year-old #FridaysForFuture founder ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCollateral DamageDemographicsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & Gas
Former Oilpatch Roughneck Traces Hardships of Fossil Employment, Urges Better Deal in Carbon-Free Transition
The boom and bust nature of a fossil-fuel based economy, together with the callous greed of those at the top, means a “pretty brutal, ... -
AustraliaCitiesDemographicsDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Mental Health Expertise Meets Sandbags in Helping Communities Build Climate Resilience
It was judicious use of mental health expertise, along with many, many sandbags, that enabled Fargo, North Dakota to weather the challenges of the ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFirst PeoplesHot SpotsHuman Rights & MigrationJobsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Absence of Other Choices Drives Indigenous Role in Oil and Gas
The potent power of oil and gas is dividing Indigenous communities in western Canada, with one side championing the industry as the only available ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsSub-National GovernmentsTransit
‘Ridiculously Effective’ Transit Discount Boosts Low-Income Access
Eighteen months after the City of Toronto dropped transit prices for low-income riders, the numbers are in, and they prove that cheaper transit enables ... -
AfricaDemographicsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & War
Demographers Urge Contraceptive Access, Lower Birth Rates to Counter Climate Threat
With 44% of the world’s annual pregnancies unwanted, the global population projected to hit 10.8 billion by 2100, and the need to curb greenhouse ... -
Air & MarineClimate Action/"Blockadia"DemographicsEuropeHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesTransitTravel, Leisure & Recreation
‘Flight Shame’ Produces Uptick in European Train Travel
The desire to lead “climate-friendlier lives”—an impulse driven by a mixture of shame and anxiety—is one of the reasons more and more young Europeans ...
