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Fossil Fuel Companies Got $8.2 Billion in Tax Bailouts—Then Fired Over 58,000 Workers

By Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams on Apr 2, 2021   Featured, National, National/World  

Fossil Fuel Companies Got $8.2 Billion in Tax Bailouts—Then Fired Over 58,000 Workers

“It’s time to stop subsidizing them and start facing the climate crisis,” says a BailoutWatch analyst. Bolstering arguments against providing further public benefits to the fossil fuel industry, a BailoutWatch analysis published Friday reveals that 77 companies got a collective $8.24 billion tax bailout last year, then laid off tens of thousands of employees. The tax benefits […]

Alaskan Fishermen Encouraged By Climate Change Executive Order

By Tyson Fick | Salmon State on Jan 27, 2021   At Sea, Featured, General News  

Alaskan Fishermen Encouraged By Climate Change Executive Order

Cautious optimism as Federal Government gets serious about the looming threat  Juneau, AK – Alaskan fishermen expressed a combination of relief and optimism as the Biden Administration released its federal plan to address climate change. Having long been aware of the need to address a rapidly changing climate. Climate change is among Alaskan fishermen’s top […]

Enough ‘Blah Blah Blah’ From Global Elites, Greta Thunberg Declares at Digital Davos

By Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams on Jan 26, 2021   Featured, National/World, World  

Enough ‘Blah Blah Blah’ From Global Elites, Greta Thunberg Declares at Digital Davos

“I’m only here to once again remind you of the emergency we are in. The crisis that you and your predecessors have created and inflicted upon us.”  In yet another fiery speech to attendees of an elite annual summit, climate activist Greta Thunberg made clear on Monday that young people aren’t backing down from demands that […]

Climate Change Returns to White House Agenda with Biden Executive Order

By Steve Baragona | VOA on Jan 22, 2021   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Climate Change Returns to White House Agenda with Biden Executive Order

President Joe Biden immediately began to reverse the Trump administration’s policies on climate change with one of 17 executive orders signed Wednesday after his inauguration. That’s in addition to the move to rejoin the Paris agreement to limit climate-changing greenhouse gases.  After four years of federal disinterest in the issue, the order calls on all […]

Warm Oceans Helped First Human Migration From Asia to North America

By UW News Staff on Dec 19, 2020   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Warm Oceans Helped First Human Migration From Asia to North America

New research reveals significant changes to the circulation of the North Pacific and its impact on the initial migration of humans from Asia to North America. The international study, led by the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and published Dec. 9 in Science Advances, provides a new picture of the circulation and climate of the […]

‘Methane Misinformation’: Report Details Broken Climate Pledges of Oil and Gas Giants

By Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams on Dec 9, 2020   Featured, National, National/World  

‘Methane Misinformation’: Report Details Broken Climate Pledges of Oil and Gas Giants

“No amount of spin changes the fact that the oil and gas extraction is wreaking havoc on our communities and our climate.” A report published Tuesday by the nonprofit Earthworks details the difference between what major fossil fuel companies say and do in terms of voluntary and government-mandated efforts to reduce the potent greenhouse gas methane, concluding that “the […]

Some good news from the thin ice

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Nov 13, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Some good news from the thin ice

Ice that floats on far-north oceans has been dwindling the last few years. Scientists have described the shrinking of this solar reflector — once bigger than Russia and now taking up less space than Australia — as a breakdown of the world’s refrigerator. But a group of researchers have found a sliver of good news […]

US Formally Exits Paris Global Climate Pact Amid Election Uncertainty

By VOA on Nov 4, 2020   Featured, National/World, Politics, World  

US Formally Exits Paris Global Climate Pact Amid Election Uncertainty

  The United States officially withdrew from the Paris Agreement Wednesday, the first country to leave the global climate change pact as it awaits final results of a close presidential election.  The action comes three years after President Donald Trump said he would pull out of the accord that is intended to fight climate change.  […]

First Direct Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on Bowhead Whales in the U.S. Pacific Arctic Documented by Scientists

By Alaska Fisheries ScienceCenter on Sep 28, 2020   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

First Direct Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on Bowhead Whales in the U.S. Pacific Arctic Documented by Scientists

  A new study provides essential information to conserve an endangered species and supports subsistence communities own observations. For the first time, scientists have direct evidence that killer whales are preying on bowhead whales in the U.S. Pacific Arctic. A dramatic loss of sea ice in recent years may be leaving bowheads more vulnerable to […]

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