Protecting People from Extreme Heat
Governments around the world should act to protect people from the current and foreseeable harms of extreme heat fueled by climate change, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Dem Sen. Heinrich: 'We're Going to Solve Inflation with a Climate Bill' and 'Every Bill' Should Deal with Climate
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Sen.
Tim Ryan: 'I Don't Think the Inflation Is Really an Issue' That Should Stop Climate Legislation
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Senate candidate Rep.
Durbin: Climate 'Emergency' Is 'More Important Than' Current Economy, Inflation
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Beat,” Senate Majority Whip Sen.Dick Durbin (D-IL) responded to Sen.
Markey: We Want Biden to Ban Further Drilling on Public Lands, Declare Climate Emergency
On Monday’s broadcast of NBC’s “MTP Now,” Sen.
U.N. Chief: Ignoring Climate Change Is ‘Collective Suicide’
U.N.
Joint Response to Yemen’s Supertanker Crisis
(Beirut) – The FSO Safer, an oil storage tanker moored 32 nautical miles from the key Yemeni port city of Hodeida, could explode or rupture at any time, threatening an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations has said. On June 13, 2022, the UN announced that salvage operations could not
Yemen: Act to Avert Humanitarian Catastrophe
(Beirut) – Governments should immediately support a salvage operation to prevent a supertanker moored off Yemen’s coast from spilling hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil into the Red Sea, 19 human rights and humanitarian groups said in a joint statement released today.
The FSO Safer, an oil storage tanker
Summers: Fed 'Lost Its Way' by Talking Environment, Social Justice While Dismissing Inflation and Still Has 'Problematic Groupthink'
During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers said that the Federal Reserve “lost its way” by talking about the environment and
Protect your children…because The Great Reset is coming for them
Forgive the grim opening to this, but children are now taught about masturbation at school aged 3-6.
Germany's Leftist Chancellor Claims Return to Coal Power 'Temporary'
BERLIN (AP) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany’s decision to reactivate coal and oil-fired power plants to relieve energy shortages because of the war in Ukraine is only temporary and his government remains committed to doing “everything” to combat the climate crisis. In a video message Saturday, Scholz expressed regret
Exclusive - Steve Moore: Biden's 'Insane Climate Change Policies' Causing 'Hunger,' 'Starvation' Abroad
Stephen Moore, economist and coauthor of Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy, noted that the Biden administration’s “insane climate change policies” are creating a global food crisis by artificially increasing the cost of fossil fuels such as gasoline and natural gas. Poorer countries are experiencing
Brazil: Candidates Should Address Human Rights
(São Paulo) – Candidates running for president, Congress, state legislature, and governor in the October 2022 Brazil elections should put forward proposals to address the country’s serious human rights problems.
The issues should include police abuse, violence against women and forest defenders, the impact of environmental destruction, and the
Egypt: Statements on COP27 Imply Restricting Activism
(Beirut) – Egyptian authorities should ease their grip on civic space and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly to enable a successful climate summit, known as the COP27, in Egypt, 36 organizations said today. COP27 brings together states parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Joint Statement Regarding Statements on COP27 in Egypt
Egyptian authorities should ease their grip on civic space and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly to enable a successful climate summit, known as the COP27, in Egypt, 36 organizations said today. COP27 brings together state parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change