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Spring floods, hot summers and warmer winters have been wake-up calls as global warming raises the risks for everything from ice fishing to growing seasons.
read moreSpring floods, hot summers and warmer winters have been wake-up calls as global warming raises the risks for everything from ice fishing to growing seasons.
read moreThe only way to get ahead of a crisis as large as climate change is through groundbreaking technological innovation in clean energy and low-carbon technologies.
read moreThe words came bellowing from a burly man who had just pulled up to the pile of ash that once was his home in Paradise, California.
read moreBecause a single day of #OptOutside isn’t enough for real action.
read moreIn recent days, the mayors of Honolulu and Maui County announced plans to file lawsuits against major fossil fuel companies for damages resulting from climate change.
read moreThe concept of a canary in a coal mine – a sensitive species that provides an alert to danger – originated with British miners, who carried actual canaries underground through the mid-1980s to detect the presence of deadly carbon monoxide gas. Today another bird, the Emperor Penguin, is providing a similar warning about the planetary effects of burning fossil fuels.
read moreEducation is a fundamental right, codified in the constitutions of nearly half of the 50 states including California and in international law.
read moreMy articles for Yale Climate Connections have focused on steps various sectors might take to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere.
read moreItaly has stepped into the forefront of environmental education by adding the climate crisis and sustainable development as a mandatory part of the curriculum, the country’s education minister announced Tuesday, as The New York Times reported.
read moreTwo are doing well, but the rest aren’t doing nearly enough, according to Stand.earth.
read moreThe Trump administration notified the United Nations Monday that it would withdraw the U.S. from the historic Paris climate agreement, starting a year-long process to leave the international pact to fight the climate crisis.
read moreThe figure is based on new analysis and more than three times the previous estimate.
read moreMonths after historic floods ravaged the U.S. Midwest, farmers scrambling to harvest their crops face a new headache: finding fuel to dry their soaked grains.
read moreBack in 2008, Stéphane Dion, the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, asked the economist Mark Jaccard for his advice on climate policy. Dion wanted to put a carbon tax at the center of his campaign to become prime minister.
read moreThe Trump White House has made it official, giving notice that it will pull out of the Paris climate agreement and leave the United States as the only nation in the world failing to participate.
read moreIf you’re fortunate enough not to have a Twitter account, then you might have missed the news that the website’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, took the unprecedented step of banning political ads last week.
read more[Translate] Natural gas is a significant source of carbon pollution. 01 : 30 MIN SEC By Diana Madson YALE CLIMATE CONNECTIONS.ORG...
read moreAs the Arctic struggles with climate extremes, the bowhead migration is two months late. If whales don’t arrive soon, “we’re going to go hungry,” one hunter said.
read moreA new study examines the human health costs of the fires.
read more“The climate talks in Chile were canceled because of the very issues that are at the heart of the climate emergency: social inequality, disrespect for human rights, and an economy that prioritizes big business and polluters over the needs of everyday people.”
read moreThe teenage climate activist said the planet “doesn’t need any more awards.”
read moreFor several months in 2019, it seemed wildfires wouldn’t rage across the West as they had in recent years. But then came the dry autumn and California’s Santa Ana and Diablo winds, which can drive the spread of wildfires
read moreTexas coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land. The state is letting them.
read moreAnna Claussen grew up on a family farm 20 miles outside of Benson, Minnesota, a town of just over 3,000 souls. She left the farm when she was 18 to pursue her undergraduate degree on the outskirts of Minneapolis, and has lived in the city since.
read moreMethane is an especially potent greenhouse gas. A modest feed additive could provide a big leverage effect.
read more“Our rage as a nation has to burn as fiercely as every fire we witness — for the retiree who’s lost their entire life savings, for the family forced to evacuate from a home they may never come back to, for the child suffocating in smoke miles away.”
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