Governments and public financial institutions must own up to their co-responsibility for fossil fuel projects and their impacts, and be consistent with their avowed commitments to combat climate change
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. On Saturday, a crowd gathered on Locke Street to voice their opposition to the Royal Bank of Canada’s funding of fossil fuel projects. The protest is part of the second annual “Fossil Fools Day,” a nationwide effort to raise awareness of RBC’s alleged funding of pollution ahead of the bank’s upcoming annual general meeting on […]
it has been found that 57 fossil fuel companies are responsible for three quarters of global emissions, according to a new report.
Canada's unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 per cent in March as more people
Governor Murphy announced that $11 million in funding was allocated to increase preschool access in 16 NJ school districts, aimed at transforming early childhood education. Latest Educational Funding Initiative On March 12, 2024, Governor Phil Murphy, alongside Acting Commissioner of Education Kevin Dehmer, made an important announcement from Millridge School in Secaucus, New Jersey. They […]
Amy Westervelt and Kyle Pope have covered climate disinformation for a combined 20-plus years – here’s their guide on how to decode itIncreasingly sophisticated and better-funded disinformation is making climate coverage trickier both for journalists to produce and for the public to fully understand and trust.But telling the story, and understanding it, has never been more urgent with half of Earth’s population eligible to vote in elections that could decisively impact the world’s ability to act...
CERN researchers sent billions of particles shooting through the Large Hadron Collider on Friday, smashing them together at nearly the speed of light to recreate conditions during the Big Bang,
Are you frustrated with your employer’s lack of commitment to sustainability? Maybe “climate quitting” is for you. Climate quitting means leaving your job due to concerns about your employer’s impact on the climate or because you want to work directly on addressing climate issues. If you’re contemplating leaving your job over climate concerns, you’re not alone. Half of Gen Z employees (people born between the late 1990s and early 2010s) in the UK have already resigned from a job due to a...
Despite major progress in Brazil and Colombia, deforestation led by farming still cleared an area nearly equal to Switzerland The destruction of the world’s most pristine rainforests continued at a relentless rate in 2023, despite dramatic falls in forest loss in the Brazilian and Colombian Amazon, new figures show.An area nearly the size of Switzerland was cleared from previously undisturbed rainforests last year, totalling 37,000 sq km (14,200 sq miles), according to figures compiled by the...
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Death, taxes, and regular, terrifying cybersecurity leaks. Those are the facts of life, as the latest AT&T data breach is teaching us yet again. A TechCrunch investigation into leaked customer data from the American telco giant has led to AT&T resetting certain customer account passcodes to prevent them from being at risk. The root of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.