Connect with us

Published

on

An obscure but far-reaching system allowing corporations to sue governments is being “weaponized” by the fossil fuel and mining industries, according to a new U.N. report, jeopardizing progress in developing nations.

Soon after Italy approved a ban on offshore oil drilling, in 2015, the country received some alarming news: A British oil company that had been planning to drill was suing the government, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation.

A Shadowy Corner of International Law Is Threatening Climate Action, U.N. Expert Warns

Climate Change

After a Slow Start on Climate, Zohran Mamdani Faces Scrutiny Over Parks Budget and Environmental Promises

Published

on

Climate-conscious New Yorkers hope the mayor hasn’t forgotten them.

During his New York City mayoral campaign, Zohran Mamdani courted votes from environmentalists. He promised to expand green spaces in public schools and equip them with renewable energy, to meet the demands of the city’s building electrification laws and to increase investments in city parks.

After a Slow Start on Climate, Zohran Mamdani Faces Scrutiny Over Parks Budget and Environmental Promises

Continue Reading

Climate Change

Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?

Published

on

That would be American ratepayers—i.e., you.

From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Katharine Kollins, the president of Southeastern Wind Coalition.

Who Loses in the Trump Administration’s $1 Billion ‘Deal’ to Abandon Offshore Wind?

Continue Reading

Climate Change

Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator

Published

on

County officials have said they will eventually close the incinerator, located in a predominantly Black community. Advocates want a concrete plan.

Minneapolis activists are escalating a decades-long fight by going on a hunger strike to demand that local officials shut down a polluting trash incinerator.

Minneapolis Activists Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Polluting Trash Incinerator

Continue Reading

Trending

Copyright © 2022 BreakingClimateChange.com