Rich nations are earning billions from a pledge to help fix climate Japan, France, Germany, the United States and other wealthy nations are reaping billions of dollars in economic rewards from a global program meant to help the developing world grapple with the ... 05/21/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Editorial: California can make climate polluters pay for the mess they have made of Earth California lawmakers should support the Polluters Pay Climate Cost Recovery Act, a Superfund-style bill that would force big fossil fuel companies to pay for their damage to the climate. Otherwise, ... 05/21/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Money Matters: What is Jeff Bezos spending his climate billions on? The Amazon boss committed $10 billion to climate-related causes in 2020. How far has that money been disbursed and to which organizations? Plus, how MCC spends its money, and a top resignation at a ... 05/20/2024 - 5:09 am | View Link
Tariffs on China aren’t the way to win the EV arms race – getting serious on EVs is Instead of just taxing the competition, America must prepare for the future by committing to rapid electrification of the auto industry. 05/14/2024 - 9:26 am | View Link
Opinion: Climate change won’t wait for better budget years. Californians need climate bonds now Bond proposals offer $15 billion for climate resilience, removing annual funding uncertainty that is downright dangerous. 05/14/2024 - 1:29 am | View Link
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutionality of a South Carolina congressional map that a lower court had previously found diluted the power of Black voters. In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Samuel Alito, the Court’s conservative supermajority wrote that “the Challengers provided no direct evidence of a racial gerrymander, and their circumstantial evidence is very weak.”
The court’s ruling protects the seat of GOP Rep.
A congressional committee on Wednesday scaled back a U. S. military proposal that would have allowed it to force the transfer of potentially hundreds of Colorado Air National Guard members to the Space Force.
Gov. Jared Polis and several members of the state’s congressional delegation had protested the proposal, which is intended to help staff up the newest military branch by allowing it to absorb state-led units involved in space operations.
The mothers of ModernAdoptionPlans.org have a message for women who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant: You, too, can turn this difficult time into a rewarding experience by relinquishing your baby for adoption.
In glossy videos, they tell their stories. They found themselves in crisis. Many considered abortions before deciding on adoption. It was a painful choice, but it was the right choice.
“This is one of the greatest things a parent could ever do,” says Adrianne, a Black birth mother, from a sun-filled loft.
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Island nations in the Pacific, Caribbean, and West Indies won a major international legal victory this week that puts more pressure on large governments like the European Union and China to curb their carbon emissions.