One of ExxonMobil’s top lobbyists has been caught on camera revealing what many critics and environmentalists have claimed all along: That the oil giant continues to fight for its profits over the health of the planet, despite public relations campaigns claiming to back measures like a carbon tax to address …
Read More »Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier: How Doomed Are We?
I came face to face with the Doomsday Glacier (a.k.a. Thwaites glacier) in 2019, on a trip to Antarctica aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer, a 308-foot-long icebreaker operated by the National Science Foundation. I had dubbed the Florida-sized slab of ice its nickname in an article I’d written a few …
Read More »Naomie Harris, Brian Eno Team Up for Animated Short 'Extinction Emergency'
Naomie Harris and Brian Eno have joined forces for Extinction Emergency, and Why We Must Act Now, an animated short about the climate and ecological crisis. Harris does voiceover for the explainer, while Eno provides the score. “You are an amazing human being,” the actress says in the opening of …
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