A judge has dismissed a seven-year $100 million lawsuit against Greenpeace USA. Canadian logging giant Resolute Forest Products sued Greenpeace for defamation, part of a pattern of corporations attempting to use the legal process, known as SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) lawsuits to intimidate, exhaust & censor activists. Deepa Padmanabha, deputy general counsel for Greenpeace USA, discusses the organization’s legal victory.
Read MoreIn a blow to climate activism, the Supreme Court severely limited the EPA's ability to place emission caps on power plants. West Virginia, along w/ several states & fossil fuel companies fought against the regulations imposed by the Obama-era Clean Air Act. Democracy Now looks at the 6-3 ruling by the court's conservative justices and it’s impact on vulnerable communities, particularly lower-income, Black and Brown residents who live close to coal-fired power plants, as well as the climate emergency more broadly.
Read MoreParasitic wasps sting to inject their eggs into a host, often accompanied by venom and a virus. Their larvae grow and eventually emerge from the unwitting host — usually killing it. Some wasps go further, controlling their host's behavior, effectively “zombifying" them to help the larva survive.
Read MoreWith the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) accelerating, tire makers are now offering tires that are specifically engineered to enhance the performance of EVs and support the growth of the market. But, the big question is, how exactly does an EV tire differ from a regular tire?
Read MoreOne day before Jane Fonda’s 82nd birthday, the longtime political activist, feminist and two-time Academy Award winner was arrested for the fifth time, as she has been nearly every Friday in Washington since she started Fire Drill Fridays, calling for action to address the climate crisis … She was arrested along with more than 140 others inside the Hart Senate Office BuildingThis month Jane Fonda wrote an op-ed in The New York Times headlined “We Have to Live Like We’re in a Climate Emergency. Because We Are.”
Read MoreThe Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines has just determined that 47 major companies, including Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Total, could be found legally and morally liable for human rights harms to Filipinos resulting from climate change. The commission found the companies could be held accountable under civil and criminal laws. Climate activists have hailed the decision as a landmark victory for climate justice. According to Greenpeace, this marks the first time big polluting companies have been found responsible for human rights harms resulting from the climate crisis. We speak to Yeb Saño, executive director of Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the former chief climate negotiator for the Philippines.
Read MoreAt the end of Friday's major climate rally in Madrid, a group of Indigenous activists took the stage to sing and give speeches, but midway through speeches their microphone was cut and the lights on stage were shut off. Later, in a press conference at the U.N. climate summit, alongside other youth activists, Greta Thunberg and Indigenous youth leader Rose Whipple answered just one question. It was from Democracy Now!
Read MoreThe first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice was held on Friday night in South Carolina. Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and former EPA official Mustafa Ali co-moderated the event. They speak with Senator Cory Booker,
Read MoreDemocracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and former EPA official Mustafa Ali co-moderated the event. They speak with Senator Elizabeth Warren
Read MoreMany of them live on low-lying reservations surrounded by water. So, as climate change causes the oceans to rise, tribal land is disappearing. Climate change also threatens the fish and shellfish these groups rely on for food and income. Now, some tribes are looking at a surprising solution to these problems: clam gardens.
Sixteen young people from around the world filed an official complaint this week to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, calling out the lack of government action on the climate crisis. Crafted by petitioners from 12 countries and between the ages of 8 and 17, the landmark case alleges that U.N. member states’ failure to properly address the climate crisis constitutes a violation of child rights.
Read MoreAmid mounting climate disasters across the planet … we speak with renowned journalist, author and activist Naomi Klein. In her new book, “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal,” Klein looks unsparingly at the rise of ecofascism. Klein also lays out a path forward for mankind in which we meet the challenge of global warming with radical and systemic transformation. “We do know that if we are going to lower our emissions in time, it is going to take transformations of how we live in cities, how we move ourselves around, how we grow our food, where we get our energy from,” Klein says.
Read MoreIn her first extended broadcast interview in the United States, DN spends an hour with Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who has inspired millions across the globe. Last year she launched a school strike for the climate, skipping school every Friday to stand in front of the Swedish parliament, demanding action to prevent catastrophic climate change. Her protest spread, quickly going global. Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren around the globe have participated in their own local school strikes for the climate.
Read MoreAllbirds co-founder Tim Brown loved receiving free sportswear while playing professional soccer in the Australian A-League, but he noticed all of the gear was heavily-branded and covered in logos. The observation prompted him to raise money to design a simple sneaker using the fundraising platform Kickstarter in 2014. Now, just five years later, sustainable footwear company Allbirds says it’s worth $1.4 billion.
Read MoreThe climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.
Read MoreFirst, 40 hours of terror. Then people ventured out … and saw their Bahamas in ruins.
Read MoreDeforestation rates in Brazil's Amazon are soaring under a far-right president who wants to exploit the forest's resources, including the Amazon River. A huge dam has brought in much development.
Climate Change skeptics and activists make their respective cases to one another.
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