Youth Seek Testimony From Exxon’s Rex Tillerson in Federal Climate Lawsuit

by PPJC Admin2 | December 30, 2016 | Current News, PPJC Picks

by Our Childrens Trust EcoWatch Attorneys representing 21 young people in their federal climate lawsuit, sought today to obtain testimony from Rex Tillerson, former CEO of ExxonMobil and President-elect Trump’s candidate for Secretary of State. The notice seeks...

Video: One Year After Paris Climate Agreement: Now What?

by PPJC Admin2 | December 20, 2016 | Videos

Recorded Dec. 16, 2016 A conversation with CHRIS FIELD – Director, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment KATHARINE MACH – Senior Research Scientist, Stanford Univ. The historic Paris Climate Change Agreement, agreed to at an international conference...

Trump’s Carbon-Obsessed Energy Policy and the Planetary Nightmare to Come

by PPJC Admin2 | December 15, 2016 | Current News, PPJC Picks

by Michael T. Klare TomDispatch Scroll through Donald Trump’s campaign promises or listen to his speeches and you could easily conclude that his energy policy consists of little more than a wish list drawn up by the major fossil fuel companies: lift environmental...

Climate Scientist Enemies List: Internal Trump Memo Sparks Fears of Witch Hunt

by TD Daniell | December 13, 2016 | Current News

Lauren McCauley Informed Comment President-elect Donald Trump’s Energy Department transition team has reportedly been asking for the names of civil servants that have worked on environmental policies under President Barack Obama, sparking fears of a coming “climate...

Noam Chomsky: The United States is leading the way to disaster

by PPJC Admin2 | December 7, 2016 | Current News, PPJC Picks

from Democracy Now! On Monday night at Riverside Church, world-renowned linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky spoke at Democracy Now!’s 20th anniversary celebration in New York City. He spoke in front of a live audience of more than 2,000 people about...