Monthly Archives: May 2021

Source: 20 Companies Produce More Than 50% of the World’s Single-Use Plastic

Source: Rebel shareholders with percent of the vote – The Washington Post ExxonMobil shareholders voted Wednesday to install at least two new independent directors to the company’s board, a resounding defeat for chief executive Darren Woods and a ratification of … Continue reading →

Source: The Pandemic Year Marked a Turning Point in Climate Change In the American Southwest, birds fell dead from the sky by the tens of thousands, succumbing mid-flight to starvation, emaciated by climate change. Across the horn of Africa swarmed 200 … Continue reading →

Source: The Climate Crisis Newsletter Bill McKibben in the New Yorker: In what may be the most cataclysmic day so far for the traditional fossil-fuel industry, a remarkable set of shareholder votes and court rulings have scrambled the future of … Continue reading →

Source: Landmark Climate Ruling Orders Shell To Cut Its Carbon Emissions : NPR

Source: A Top German Court Toughens the Nation’s Climate Goals, Requiring Explicit Details

Source: What Happens if You Have Solar and the Power Goes Out?

The year 2020 will forever be notorious for the COVID-19 pandemic but it might also be known by historians for a precipitous rise in second order climate change consequences — a new elephant in the r Source: Climate Crisis: Elephants … Continue reading →

International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on May 22 under the theme ‘we’re part of the solution.’ A network of youth groups is informing policymakers that young people are tired of the same old rhetoric and platitudes. Source: Tired … Continue reading →

Source: The Coming COP Flop? Four Realizations to Energize the COP26 Climate Summit – United Nations University Centre for Policy Research