(ANTIMEDIA) In early May, Anti-Media reported on a new study published by a Stanford professor claiming vehicle ownership will drop 80 percent by 2030. That study, as The Telegraph wrote this week, has been making the rounds in environmental circles and in the board rooms of companies with a stake in the fossil fuel game.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured here visiting an urban greenhouse in Montreal last month, “sure is cute, the planet’s only sovereign leader who appears to have recently quit a boy band,” writes Bill McKibben. But don’t be fooled. (Photo: Lufa Farms/flickr/cc)
Environmentalist Bill McKibben is sick of people glossing over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate record just because he’s nice to look at.
In an important recent book, the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh refers to the present era of corporate-driven climate crisis as “The Great Derangement”. For almost 12,000 years, since the last Ice Age, humanity has lived through a period of relative climate stability known as the Holocene.
In this Oct. 11, 2007 file photo, private equity investor Carl Icahn speaks at the World Business Forum in New York. (Mark Lennihan /AP)
(REPORT) — Billionaire investor Carl Icahn will be a non-governmental advisor to President-elect Donald Trump on issues such as deregulation said Trump’s transition team Wednesday.
Commercialisation has poisoned all areas of contemporary life, and together with its partner in crime, consumerism, is the principle cause of man-made climate change.
The global divestment campaign, urging people to move their money out of oil, coal and gas companies, has gained momentum. Here are some key figuresThe post Who’s stepping away from fossil fuels? Divestment in numbers appeared first on Positive News.
We revisit the divestment movement. What progress has been made?The post Refuelling progress: divestment in fossil fuels gathers pace appeared first on Positive News.
On September 9, California regulators took a step toward becoming the first U.S. state to require energy efficiency standards for computers and monitors, which account for 3% of home electric bills and 7% of commercial power costs in the state. [1]
The California Energy Commission released a report, its final one, claiming the proposed standards could save consumers $373 million annually. The projected energy savings under the plan equal the electricity used each year by all the homes in San Francisco.
President Obama’s ban on oil and gas drilling on the Atlantic coast is part of a wider shift away from fossil fuels, signalling strong action on climate action, according to campaignersThe post Atlantic drilling ban a ‘win’ for climate appeared first on Positive News.
