The climate crisis is itself a byproduct of 70 years of U.S. interventionism and empire.
The Pentagon is staring down the barrel of what could become the longest, hottest war in U.S. history. This titanic clash pits the largest military the world has ever seen against an omnipresent opponent that can marshal resources like no enemy it has ever encountered.
As of last year, close to one thousand institutions with three per cent of global savings under management have engaged in some form of divestment from fossil fuels.
In the midst of climate breakdown, governments around the world are funding and protecting the fossil fuel industry - (The fossil-fuel lobby is threatened by public concern over the climate crisis. So it’s buying influence to get the results it wants)
World’s biggest fund manager urged to invest in clean energy for good of the climate and its investors
BlackRock, the world’s biggest investor, has lost an estimated $90bn over the last decade by ignoring the serious financial risk of investing in fossil fuel companies, according to economists.
CO2 in the atmosphere has reached unprecedented levels.
MAY 14, 2019
The concentration of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere reached an unprecedented level this month. Researchers at the fossil fuel giant Exxon saw it coming decades ago.
