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“If the livestock sector were to continue with business as usual,” experts warn, “this sector alone would account for 49% of the emissions budget for 1.5°C by 2030.”
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, got a surprise warning as it considered a natural gas ban to reduce its climate impact, but that might not stop the city or its neighbors.
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NOAA has issued its annual report on the Arctic. It is a big report, but there are some terrifying findings.
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“There are communities that are just not going to be fishing communities anymore.”
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Temperatures in the Arctic region remained near record highs this year, according to a report issued on Tuesday, leading to low summer sea ice, cascading impacts on the regional food web and growing concerns over sea level rise.
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Some 60 polar bears are loitering near Ryrkaipy in Chukotka Russia, a new occurrence which is prompting some to suggest permanent evacuation.
read morePesticides, Heat, and the Peop...
In a new report released this week, we show that climate change poses dire threats to farmworkers.
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Perdue, Vilsack and leading agricultural groups gathered in a Maryland barn to talk about the farm-country issue that dare not speak its name.
read moreA Key Climate Justice Question...
Environmental justice advocates and indigenous groups argue that emissions trading leaves the poor bearing the brunt of pollution.
read moreGetting rid of pollution impro...
After decades of steadily declining, air pollution is once again on the rise in the United States. Between 2016 and 2018, pollution of fine particulate matter — tiny particles that are emitted whenever we burn anything — rose by more than 5 percent.
read moreJane Fonda: We Have to Live Li...
I don’t want to look back and wonder what more I could have done to save our planet.
read moreThe Imperial Oil Files: New Co...
Today, DeSmog and the Climate Investigations Center are co-launching a large collection of documents from Exxon’s Canadian subsidiary, Imperial Oil, that DeSmog collected from a company archive in Calgary over the past several years.
read moreResilient coral could pass dow...
Coral rely on a symbiotic relationship with colonies of algae that live inside their bodies to survive.
read moreIceland Fights Climate Change ...
What can you do if you’re a smallish island in the North Atlantic with a lot of snow and a melting economy? Quite a lot, it turns out, if you’re prepared to put local people’s needs first.
read moreThree Reasons why The Pentagon...
It has been reported that the hearing will likely focus on how the current Pentagon officials are Implementing the National Defense Strategy, a policy document that is a clear departure from previous administrations in many ways, not least in its omission of climate change as a national security threat (which I wrote about here).
read moreGlobal Carbon Emissions Will H...
Global carbon emissions will hit a record high once again in 2019, despite climate scientists warning louder than ever of impending environmental disaster, according to a study published Wednesday.
read moreHumanity Is Riding Delusion to...
As the U.S. government, as well as far too many Americans, remain fixated on the decidedly minor threat of Islamist “terrorism,” two actual global existential perils persist and are hardly addressed.
read moreAtmospheric Rivers Fuel Most W...
As global temperatures rise, studies show there may be fewer atmospheric rivers, but they’ll tend to be bigger and more intense.
read morePoliticians knew the inconveni...
Earlier this year, the seven states that depend on the Colorado River made history.
read moreWhat’s ‘Fair’ When It Comes to...
The average American and Australian generates nearly 3½ times the global average of carbon dioxide pollution.
read moreThe Next Generation of Childre...
New study finds that hot weather increases the risk of early childbirth.
read moreInvasive grasses are fueling w...
The Santa Ana winds that help drive fall and winter wildfires in California have died down, providing welcome relief for residents. But other ecological factors contribute to fires in ways that scientists are still discovering.
read moreThe good news about climate ch...
The American people have made it clear that they want to see swift and strong action on climate change. Ask your Member of Congress to cosponsor the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019.
read more‘Climate chaos’ is displacing ...
Climate-fueled disasters such as wildfires, cyclones, and floods were the No. 1 reason that people were forced to flee their homes in the last decade, according to Oxfam, an international confederation of 19 organizations that focus on global poverty.
read moreWant to fight climate change e...
These are six of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.
read moreComedian Hasan Minhaj tackles ...
His analysis is both informative and humorous – a perfect way to spur people to action.
read moreWhy (Some) Automakers Are Work...
The Los Angeles Auto Show is just wrapping up, but while my colleague Dave Reichmuth was there getting a sneak peek at what the next couple years have in store, California’s emissions regulators were absent for the first time in 50 years.
read moreWarming Waters, Moving Fish: H...
Before it became a “Game of Thrones” location, before Justin Bieber stalked the trails of Fjadrargljufur, and before hordes of tourists descended upon this small island nation, there were the fish.
read moreSea Level in the Gulf of Maine...
Residents already worried about fumes from their waterfront’s giant oil tanks want to know what happens in the event of a disaster— and what about sea level rise?
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