A Key Climate Justice Question...
Environmental justice advocates and indigenous groups argue that emissions trading leaves the poor bearing the brunt of pollution.
read moreEnvironmental justice advocates and indigenous groups argue that emissions trading leaves the poor bearing the brunt of pollution.
read moreAfter 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 moreCoral rely on a symbiotic relationship with colonies of algae that live inside their bodies to survive.
read moreWhat 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 moreGlobal 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 moreAs 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 moreAs global temperatures rise, studies show there may be fewer atmospheric rivers, but they’ll tend to be bigger and more intense.
read moreEarlier this year, the seven states that depend on the Colorado River made history.
read moreThe average American and Australian generates nearly 3½ times the global average of carbon dioxide pollution.
read moreNew study finds that hot weather increases the risk of early childbirth.
read moreClimate-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 moreThese are six of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.
read moreBefore 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 moreThe acidification of the Earth’s oceans, which climate scientists warn is a dangerous effect of continued carbon emissions, was behind a mass extinction event 66 million years ago, according to a new study.
read moreDecades of short-sighted government policies are leaving millions defenseless in the age of climate disruptions – especially the country’s poor.
read moreA newly unearthed journal from 1966 shows the coal industry was long aware of the threat of climate change.
read moreA new analysis of satellite images shows how the area of West Virginia with the most strip-mine damage is also the most susceptible to increased stream flow.
read moreWhen Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his $16.3 trillion climate plan, corporate media were quick to throw cold water on it, arguing that the Democratic presidential candidate’s plan was too expensive, and logistically and politically impossible (FAIR.org, 9/6/19).
read moreThe damage from the destructive spring flooding in the Midwest has been followed in parts of the country by a miserable autumn that is making a bad farming year worse, with effects that could be felt into next spring.
read moreClimate change journalism is having a moment. Earlier this fall the flood gates opened as hundreds of international news outlets cranked out thousands of climate stories.
read moreFlight shame — that guilty feeling for traveling by air because of its large impact on the climate — is making some customers think twice before flying.
read moreIf you read only one book this year, it should be Roger Hallam’s “Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse.”
read moreHundreds of polluted sites face an increased risk of inundation from sea level rise, flooding exacerbated by global warming, or wildfires, Congress’s watchdog warns.
read moreSaltwater rushed into St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice last week, submerging marble tombs, intricate mosaics, and centuries-old columns. A man was spotted swimming across St. Mark’s Square, normally bustling with tourists, as the highest tide in 50 years swept through.
read moreGlimpsed from a kayak on West Neck Creek, this swampy piece of land, a pocket of red maple and loblolly pine tucked behind growing subdivisions, doesn’t look like the stuff of existential debate.
read moreThey could face fines of $10,000 and up to six years in jail.
read moreMillions of solar panels clustered together to form an island could convert carbon dioxide in seawater into methanol, which can fuel airplanes and trucks, according to new research from Norway and Switzerland and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, PNAS, as NBC News reported.
read moreCountries have called California’s cap-and-trade program the answer to climate change. But it is just as vulnerable to lobbying as any other legislation. The result: The state’s biggest oil and gas companies have actually polluted more since it started.
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