Articles on or after 4/15/2024: Heated World
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“Reprehensible”: Fossil fuel industry infiltrates civil rights convention - Heated World (Apr 16) |
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Apr 16 · TODAY’S ISSUE, IN BRIEF…
Al Sharpton invited paid fossil fuel industry representatives to speak at his annual civil rights conference.
Sharpton’s group did not disclose representatives’ deep financial ties to the fossil fuel industry. Representatives characterized themselves as former lawmakers speaking “truth to power.”
Representatives argued that expanding methane gas is a civil rights issue; that methane gas is clean energy; and that methane gas is more affordable than renewable energy.
Climate justice advocates, who were not represented on the panel, balked. “The fossil fuel industry puts Black lives in danger,” said Mustafa Santiago Ali. “Energy ... Read more ...
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An Earth Day response from Al Sharpton - Heated World (Apr 22) |
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Apr 22 · Last week, HEATED reported that Al Sharpton used his annual National Action Network (NAN) civil rights convention to spread fossil fuel industry propaganda to Black communities.
HEATED reported that Sharpton personally introduced a panel titled “Affordable energy is a civil rights issue,” during which four paid gas industry spokespeople falsely told attendees that methane gas is a “clean” fuel; that a net-zero future is primarily being pushed by rich people; and that access to methane should be seen as a civil rights issue.Our article featured reaction from several climate justice activists - including former EPA environmental justice chief Mustafa Santiago Ali - who strongly ... Read more ...
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Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires - Heated World (Apr 24) |
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Apr 24 · For the first time, the world’s most powerful countries are considering a proposal that would tax the super rich and send the money directly to the people on the front lines of the climate crisis.
The proposed climate tax is the brainchild of Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo, who presented it to the Group of 20 summit in Washington D.C. last Wednesday. Duflo suggested taxing global corporations and the world’s top billionaires to raise money for climate adaptation in countries that are most impacted by the climate crisis. The funds would be directly sent to the poorest individuals in those countries to help them prepare for climate disasters.
“Richer citizens ... Read more ...
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The only way to save coral reefs - Heated World (Apr 18) |
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Apr 18 · The world’s coral reefs are in bad shape. On Monday, two major scientific bodies announced that record-breaking ocean heat is causing a worldwide coral bleaching event. It’s the fourth-ever mass bleaching event on record, and the second in the last decade. This current global bleaching is expected to be the worst ever recorded, endangering coral from the Caribbean to the South Pacific. I’ve been following this latest mass coral bleaching with concern since Monday. And through it all, I haven’t been able to stop thinking of something one of the world’s premier coral reef scientists told me years ago.
We were chatting for a 2022 story about the world’s most climate-threatened ... Read more ...
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