NASA Turns Its Back on Planet Earth

onJul 23, 2006 @ 12:21 PDT

Nasa has dropped from its mission statement it’s charge to “understand and protect our home planet.” The question is whether its new emphasis on space exploration means the Bush Administraiton thinks it’s already too late to “protect our home planet,” or whether it just thinks colonizing space is more important than keeping Earth habitable for the rest of us.

By Ross Gelbspan

uk/Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

ByAlex Park

onApr 19, 2024 @ 01:35 PDT

From South Africa to Ukraine, five industrial chicken companies that supply KFC have benefited from financing from the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Pathways Alliance Paid Google to Advertise on ‘Greenwashing’ Searches

ByGeoff Dembicki

onApr 18, 2024 @ 13:22 PDT

It’s an effort by the oil sands group to deflect attention away from a long record of misleading climate claims, disinformation expert argues.

uk/Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit

ByAdam Barnett

onApr 18, 2024 @ 08:43 PDT

The former prime minister attacks flagship climate deals and makes false claims about electric vehicles, Russia’s influence on energy policies, and net zero.