Oxfam International found that global billionaires—with their
superyachts, private jets, and investments—emit more carbon pollution in
90 minutes of their lives than the average person does in a lifetime.
Green groups called on government representatives at the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia to pursue "an immediate halt" to new oil and gas projects and "a managed decline of existing activity."
"During and after a crisis, it is unfair—and harmful to our economy—for companies to reap higher profits for selling goods and services that families need to survive."
Historians and other critics are responding with fierce condemnation of
Archivist Colleen Shogan and top advisers reportedly working to de-emphasize negative parts of U.S. history at a museum on the National Mall.
Fallout over David Lammy's remarks on the Israeli assault on Gaza
continues with rights groups urging the U.K. foreign secretary to
clarify the government's definition of genocide.