Tag: climate crisis
How The Olympics Bought Attention To A Pattern Of Sportswashing
We find joy in the dark winter months by enjoying our favorite sports teams. In the US, National Hockey League and National Basketball Association games are in mid-season. Major League Baseball spring training has just started. March Madness will be upon us soon, where we will root for up-and-coming college … [continued]
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Why Is Hong Kong Ending EV Tax Breaks? Does It Make Sense?
Hong Kong has a sizable tax break available for electric vehicle purchases, comparable to what the US had before Donald Trump took office and Republicans took control of the US Congress on the low end. It is HK$58,500 (US$7,477), or a whopping HK$172,500 (US$22,047) if you trade in/scrap on old … [continued]
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Rethinking Nature As Economic Climate Capital — And A Really Valuable Investment
We hear a lot about sea level rise and the effects it is having on coastal communities. The media sometimes morbidly plays and replays footage of homes collapsing from their high cliff footings into the pounding surf. As someone who is lucky enough to live at the beach, I’ve tried … [continued]
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Sierra Club, Partners Sue EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Climate Protections
Washington, DC — A broad coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today over its illegal determination that it is not responsible for protecting us from climate pollution and its elimination of rules to cut the tailpipe pollution fueling the climate crisis and harming people’s health. The case, … [continued]
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Rolling Back Climate Rules Will Cost Americans Bigly
The climate crisis is no longer a matter of concern to the US administration, which has decreed that global warming is a hoax that may be safely ignored.
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