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Latest IPCC Report Is ‘An Atlas of Human Suffering’

“I have seen many scientific reports in my time, but nothing like this." This is what United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said after reading...

Climate Change Linked to Premature Births and Poor Infant Health

Climate change is not typically something that energizes the so-called "Christian" right. The single issue animating those who argue against women's right to their own...

The Greatest Threat to Public Health is Not COVID–It’s Climate Change

What is the greatest threat to global public health? Many will argue it's COVID-19. That's a reasonable claim since, as of this writing, there are 41,645,545...

UN Report: ‘A Code Red for Humanity’ If We Ignore Urgent...

It's bad. Really bad. Some phrases climate experts are using now are “record-shattering,” “out of time,” “unprecedented,” and even “irreversible.” Several previously optimistic about our ability to...

There is Literally No More Time Left to Dither on Climate...

"Bleak." "Getting worse." "Record-shattering." "Out of time." "Deadly." These are the phrases being used lately to report on the climate emergency. Here are some recent headlines: Associated Press: "Heat wave...

The Climate Does Not Care About Bipartisanship–We Live on Borrowed Time

As Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders has said many times, "Despair is not an option." That's true. The moment we succumb to despair, particularly pertaining to politics,...

The World Needs America’s Unwavering Response to the Climate Crisis

When the world shut down last year for the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic, something happened to the air. It got cleaner. According to Global Carbon Project researchers, carbon...

Texas is a Harbinger of Things to Come If We Don’t...

Texas is synonymous with the oft-cited American ethos of "rugged individualism". But perhaps that obstinance has finally come at a dangerous and expensive cost. As President...

Environmental Activists Celebrate NY’s Divestment From Fossil Fuels (Video)

Responding to pressure from environmental groups, New York has become the first state to divest its massive public pension fund from fossil fuel companies. Comptroller...

The Earth Can’t Afford Another Climate-Hostile Administration

Some of the circumstances President-elect Joe Biden will be inheriting from the Trump administration are not unprecedented. We weathered an influenza pandemic a century ago. We...

Who’s Afraid of the Green New Deal? Hopefully Not Joe Biden...

We have achieved step one in rescuing our republic from the brink of fascism--namely voting Donald Trump out of office. Now the hard work begins. With...

One-Fifth of Countries Are Facing Ecosystem Collapse (Video)

How many more catastrophic tipping points are we going to surpass? How much worse does the weather have to get before we wake up to...

Corporate Media Still Generally Silent About Apocalyptic Climate Change

A jointly authored article from The Nation and the Columbia Journalism Review noted last year: “Judging by the climate coverage to date, most of the US news media still don’t...

Even the Environment is Screaming for an End to the Trump...

In 2017, Donald Trump announced the United States would be withdrawing from the landmark Paris Climate Accords, for which the formal withdrawal process began...

Trump’s EPA Has Just Brought Us Closer to Climate Extinction–Again (Video)

Although it's been reported Republicans secretly complain about Donald Trump's incompetence and ignorance of decorum, it's important to understand Republicans have been waiting decades...

The EPA Just Hastened Extinction in the Midst of a Pandemic...

Two year ago, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulators decreed they would no longer rigidly enforce emissions standards for cars and trucks, arguing the Obama administration’s Clean Power...
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WATCH: Sally Field Has Been Arrested In D.C.

Iconic actress Sally Field was arrested in Washington, D.C. on Friday at Jane Fonda's Fire Drill Fridays climate change march. https://twitter.com/JeffreyGuterman/status/1205619399555796993 A video tweeted by the...

Thousands Of Climate Scientists Warn Of ‘Untold Suffering’ (Video)

"Untold suffering." Is that dire enough? It's a warning 11,000 scientists from 153 countries pose humanity faces unless it effects major societal transformations. That warning published in...

Trump Formally Withdraws The US From The Paris Climate Accords (Video)

In June of 2015, Donald Trump stood in the White House Rose Garden and announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accords. So...

Eco-Fascists Threaten To Co-Op The Climate Movement (Video)

One week ago, more than 4,500 climate strikes rallied across 150 countries ahead of this week’s U.N. Climate Action Summit for the purpose of holding...