Oil and gasoline products remain "critical to national security," two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a legal brief, weighing in on a closely watched court case in Hawaii that has activists calling on America's top energy companies to pay damages for contributions to climate change.
A former assistant principal at Richneck Elementary School is facing eight felony counts of child abuse more than a year after a shooting incident involving a six-year-old student, who brought a loaded gun to school. Ebony Parker (top, left) was a part of the administrative staff at the school on January 6, 2023 when first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner (top, right) was shot in her classroom while reading to her students. According to the Special Grand Jury report out of Newport...
Activists demanded Harris stop funding 'genocide' in Israel and declare a national emergency on climate change. Six activists were arrested by police after blocking a street near her home. They criticized President Biden and Harris for allowing record production of fossil fuels
Nutritionsts revealed the seven best salad options at national fast-casual food chains. Some had as little as 100 calories, and all are packed full of nutrients like fiber and protein.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has delivered a landmark judgment on governments not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis. On Tuesday, April 9, the ECHR issued a decision in favour of Swiss climate activists, marking a significant moment in environmental legal battles. The Swiss group ‘KlimaSeniorinnen’ (translated as ‘Climate Seniors’), made up […]
Whenever we think about the Universe at a fundamental level, there’s always the temptation to wonder if reality might somehow be simpler than we perceive it to be. As complex and diverse as the natural world is, it’s humbling to recognize that everything we see, perceive, and interact with is made of the same building blocks. Matter is made of atoms, which are made of protons, neutrons, and electrons; protons and neutrons are further made of quarks and gluons. There are other particles as well:...
In an historic ruling that could change the trajectory of a rapidly heating planet, a court of law with binding jurisdiction over most of Europe has ruled that governments can be held liable for inadequate responses to climate change. The European Court of Human Rights determined that rising temperatures in Switzerland caused direct and tangible health consequences among Swiss citizens, and that governments failing to take adequate steps to mitigate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions could owe...
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among dozens of protestors arrested in The Hague on Saturday afternoon, where she had taken part in trying to blockade the A12 motorway which bisects the city centre. The protestors had gathered near the Malieveld, but as they tried to enter the highway, police, many on horseback, stopped them. The protesters then blocked nearby streets, including Zuid-Hollandlaan,which is where Thunberg was one of the first to be arrested. She was put on a police
Speaking at DCU’s annual climate conference, the former president of Ireland called for collective action to take on the fossil fuel lobby and save our planet for future generations. : Mary Robinson calls for ‘revolutionary’ movement for climate justice
Not half as much as we think, according to the evidence – and there are ways to break the cycle of mutual mistrustPolitics is a firestorm, sometimes literally. In 2023 in the Berkshire mountains of Massachusetts, someone threw petrol on a pro-Trump sign nailed to a tree and set light to it. Three years earlier in the same area, a 49-year-old Trump supporter started a huge blaze after igniting some hay bales that were emblazoned with a pro-Biden sign. This bucolic area of Massachusetts is not...
The activist was placed on a bus with fellow detainees and driven away from a protest at The Hague.
The UK’s competition regulator has warned that a small number of powerful tech firms have the potential to use their size to dominate the AI market. Speaking at a conference in Washington DC, Sarah Cardell, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), noted the growing presence in the AI foundation model market of […]