Grist Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds A new legal theory suggests that oil companies could be taken to court for every kind of homicide in the United States, short of first-degree murder. | The idea of “climate homicide” is getting at... (photo: Creative Commons / Infrogmation)
Al Jazeera Boeing subject of 32 whistleblower complaints, documents reveal Boeing has been the subject of 32 whistleblower complaints with the workplace safety regulator in the United States during the past three years, newly obtained documents reveal, amid mounting scrutiny... (photo: AP / Ted S. Warren)
Human Rights Watch Destroying Cultural Heritage More recently, people in Ukraine and Yemen who documented cultural heritage destruction in their countries expressed similar sentiments. Volodymyr Yermolenko, president of PEN Ukraine, said, “Herita... (photo: AP / Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) Cultural HeritageHuman RightsPhotosUkraine
Phys Dot Org NASA's Fermi mission sees no gamma rays from nearby supernova A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called cosmic rays, to near... (photo: Hiramatsu et al. 2023/Sebastian Gomez (STScI)) NASAPhotosScience
The Observer Climate change driving demand for predatory loans, research shows Two competing payday loan stores stand on the corners of an intersection in south Los Angeles. An area of persistent poverty, south LA is also a banking desert where payd... (photo: Creative Commons / Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States https://www.flickr.com/people/87296837@N00) Climate changePhotosUS StatesWeather