We’re revisiting our most-viewed stories of 2021. This was originally posted on March 5. RedGREENandBlue’s top 10 stories of 2021: Steven Donziger beat Chevron in court, so they crucified him. He just won his appeal Michael Mann on “Don’t Look Up”: DO see this film! Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused […]
The Pennsylvania attorney general announced 48 criminal charges against Energy Transfer over the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline on Tuesday. The charges cover multiple drilling fluid leaks as well as the use of unapproved chemical additives and reporting failures. By Nathan Kauffman Nexus Media News The controversial pipeline was intended to transport fracked […]
Women have increased their numbers in professions previously dominated by men, including law, business, medicine, and many STEM fields. However, the number of women in engineering in the US has not risen since the early 2000s. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates a large need for engineers and computer-related employees over the next 10 years […]
A couple of weeks ago, I reported on a group of clergy who met in New Jersey for an interfaith blessing of electric vehicles. During the event, Rabbi Joel N. Abraham of Temple Sholom, Scotch Plains called upon clergy to take up the cause to adopt EVs, arguing that there’s a moral reason for clergy to lead on […]
As a result of a class action lawsuit brought against Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) and the government of Japan — the largest such class action lawsuit to date that relates to the 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima — a district court in the prefecture has ruled that both TEPCO and the government are liable for damages […]
After 18 years of arduous legal battles, Chevron has finally been found guilty. An Ecuadoran court ruled that oil operations had led to massive contamination in the Amazon rainforest, and Chevron is responsible. But the giant oil company continues to play games to avoid paying to clean up its mess. The New York Times notes […]
Real classy, Chevron. Not content with ruining the lives of thousands of indigenous people across the Amazon by poisoning the land they live on and the water they drink, Chevron is suing them. Hunh? You heard right. Chevron is suing Amazon tribesmen whose only crime was imagining they might get Chevron to take responsibility and clean up […]