The Left Lung of the Planet &#...

Nov 10, 2018 by

Africa’s Congo Basin is home to the second-largest rainforest on the planet. But according to a new study, this may soon not be the case. It finds that at current rates of deforestation, all primary forest will be gone by the end of the century.

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Scientists Develop Liquid That...

Nov 9, 2018 by

Scientist have made another step towards scaling the energy system that can store solar power for long periods.

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Court Orders Moratorium on Off...

Nov 9, 2018 by

A federal court today ordered the Trump administration to stop issuing permits for offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast.

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Three take-aways from the R...

Nov 8, 2018 by

Who won? It depends on which of these results you think is most important and how national politics plays out in months and years ahead.

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Galactic collision ripples acr...

Nov 8, 2018 by

Looking up at the heavens from below, it can be easy to think of the universe as a fixed constellation of stars. But, as a new study illustrates this week, the cosmos is ever changing – as is our understanding.

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Up Against Big Oil in the Midt...

Nov 8, 2018 by

The election produced some wins for the climate, but also underscored the power of the fossil fuel industry.

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Muslim women, Native Americans...

Nov 7, 2018 by

Voters in the 2018 midterms chose to elect candidates who look, worship, and love like them.

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Science Returns to the House

Nov 7, 2018 by

The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology may finally live up to its name.

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Joseph Stiglitz: ‘Americ...

Nov 5, 2018 by

[Translate] Interview   Gareth Hutchens In the lead-up to his Australian visit, the renowned economist warns of the triple threat of...

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New UN Report Warns of Impendi...

Nov 2, 2018 by

One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen.

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UN Says Climate Genocide Is Co...

Nov 1, 2018 by

Life after warming, you now have permission to freak out.

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James Hansen’s Views On Climat...

Oct 31, 2018 by

Two weeks of being in a bubble of climate talks felt like time had stopped, with nothing else on my mind but the COP even days after.

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Japan plans to flush Fukushima...

Oct 28, 2018 by

According to documents seen by The Telegraph, the Japanese government is planning to release water into the Pacific Ocean from the devastated Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant that “contains radioactive material…

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Leaders move past Trump to pro...

Oct 26, 2018 by

Far more must be invested in adapting to warming, says new global commission that aims to rebuild political will after US withdrawal from Paris agreement

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Rising sea levels will claim h...

Oct 26, 2018 by

Third of coastline cannot be affordably protected, government climate change advisers say, with current plans ‘not fit for purpose…

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Arctic Oil Drilling Project Ap...

Oct 25, 2018 by

The Trump administration’s unrelenting quest for Arctic oil and gas took a major step on Wednesday as it approved an energy company’s controversial production plan.

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Don’t despair: the clima...

Oct 25, 2018 by

After the panicky IPCC report on climate change, it’s easy for pessimism to set in – but that would be conceding defeat

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Law changed so nuclear waste d...

Oct 24, 2018 by

Legislation rushed through in the final hours of parliament allows local planning laws to be bypassed, seriously alarming anti-nuclear campaigners

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Trump’s failure to fight...

Oct 24, 2018 by

President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, and others who oppose action to address human-induced climate change should be held accountable…

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Climate Scientists to World: W...

Oct 21, 2018 by

So we’d better get it together and do something NOW.

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Unintended consequences: Clima...

Oct 21, 2018 by

As the effects of climate change begin to take a tangible toll, should we be thinking more seriously about geoengineering?

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Humanity is ‘cutting down the ...

Oct 21, 2018 by

Humanity’s ongoing annihilation of wildlife is cutting down the tree of life, including the branch we are sitting on…

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Why Architects Need to Get Dir...

Oct 18, 2018 by

The new book The Architecture of Closed Worlds: Or, What Is the Power of Shit? offers lessons for today by looking at Biosphere 2, 1970s ecohouses, and other microworlds.

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Amid dire climate warnings, bl...

Oct 18, 2018 by

With thousands of scientists calling for transformational climate action, many Americans are looking to local governments to lead the climate action charge.

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We Need an Ecological Civiliza...

Oct 17, 2018 by

In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of “green growth” are no more than magical thinking.

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New Supreme Court ruling could...

Oct 17, 2018 by

A new SCOTUS ruling could open the door to corporate liability, making it easier to fight for things like climate change awareness, gun control, and the opioid crisis.

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Why isn’t the media covering c...

Oct 17, 2018 by

At a time when the president shouting “fake news” is old news and daily scandals are the new normal…

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‘Selling Out AmericaR...

Oct 16, 2018 by

A new report from the United Nations detailing the looming threat of global warming should be all anyone can talk about

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The Non-Polio Illness That “Lo...

Oct 16, 2018 by

Over the past five years, a rare and serious “polio-like” illness—called acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) or …

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Don’t despair: the clima...

Oct 15, 2018 by

After the panicky IPCC report on climate change, it’s easy for pessimism to set in – but…

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