DELIBERATE ECOCIDE

The consequences of climate change aren't years or even decades away. They're here now. And everyone alive today will face that reality, whether we want to or not.

Negotiations are underway in Geneva on a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty that has been in the works for several years, as the crisis of pollution from plastics worldwide has grown more acute. An estimated 8 billion metric tons of plastic waste now pollute the planet. Without changes, the production of plastic is expected to triple by 2060 — much of it driven by single-use plastics. This comes as a new report by The Lancet has found that plastics are a “grave threat” to human health. “Waste plastic contains thousands of toxic chemicals that cause human exposure and result in disease and disability and premature death,” says Dr. Philip Landrigan, an author of the report and the director of the Global Observatory on Planetary Health at Boston College. He also notes that plastic is especially harmful to children, who are at risk for “decreased IQ, injury to the reproductive organs” and liver damage when exposed to plastics during early development.

Climate science deniers are flooding social media with false claims during extreme weather events, drowning out reliable information and putting lives at risk. A new report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), which researches and campaigns against online hatred and disinformation, finds that anti-climate figures are increasingly spreading false information about wildfires and hurricanes […]

Column: The Keeling Curve, measured there, is irrefutable evidence of increasing CO2 emissions

A Leonard Leo–funded effort to destroy ESG has scared off much of corporate America.

What if the greatest threat to life on Earth isn’t ecological or climate collapse, but the invisible systems of power that shape everything we do, deciding who survives, who suffers, and who profits?

I am writing this message to the millions of people who have been involved in the climate movement over the past several years. This movement has been an

An exposé supported by the Pulitzer Center's Rainforest Investigations Network found loans earmarked for green projects were routinely used by fossil fuel and mining companies.

To truly take care of the planet, we need to take care of our own suffering, says Brother Phap Huu.

Dr F. Perry Wilson reviews disturbing data about the accumulation of nanoplastics in the human body.

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Read the annual sustainability report from Microsoft. Explore our progress to become a carbon negative, water positive and zero waste company.

Of the 100 billion tons of materials people consume every year, only 7.2% are cycled back into the economy.

Businesses have pulled the plug on big projects amid Trump’s retreat on climate action. But plenty remain in the pipeline, awaiting a Congressional decision on tax credits.

New research looks at how global warming is impacting pregnancies

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is looking out for oil and gas profits profiteers as she stokes the fires of Alberta separatism. In order to protect the planet-destroying oil and gas industry, she is relying on and helping to build up the far-right and its hate.

After Vermont and New York passed "climate Superfund" legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.

Climate deniers are changing their strategy to delay climate action. Our new research shows that online denial is shifting to undermine the climate movement,...

Here you will find all of CCDH's research papers and investigations into online hate and misinformation.

Climate change misinformation sows skepticism creating the sense that there is a more extensive debate than there really is. Climate deniers spread baseless, unscientific climate denial harnessing the power of social media platforms.

Climate change disinformation and greenwashing are common social media practices that mislead people and delay action. Learn the difference.

While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disproportionately contribute to the increase in mean temperature and the frequency of extreme events.

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