Young people express disbelief at older generation’s Trump and Brexit choices, say ‘join us’...
There is a sense that, if needs must, this is a generation ready to take the future into their own hands
‘Our leaders are behaving like children:’ Teen climate activist confronts world leaders at UN...
"The people will rise to the challenge. And since our leaders are behaving like children, we will have to take the responsibility they should have taken long ago.”
Humans have destroyed two-thirds of world’s rainforest
“The good news is that we have an area half the size of Europe that is still completely intact.”
Tom Goldtooth: Carbon trading is “fraudulent” scheme to privatize air & forests to permit...
Chevron has said it will purchase carbon credits to offset increased pollution from a recent expansion of the Richmond refinery.
‘Loudest alarm bell yet’: Unprecedented water shortage declaration for US West
"Climate change is an emergency."
‘This country is a tinderbox’: Australia braces for more devastation as gov’t denies climate...
As thousands of evacuees fled to the beaches, conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing growing outrage for his inaction on climate and close ties with the coal industry.
‘A big deal’: Bill McKibben on Rutgers fossil fuel divestment & the future of...
Author, environmentalist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben says the Rutgers divestment decision is “a big deal,” especially as it happened at one of the oldest universities in the United States.
Sweden imagines life after cars with ‘one-minute cities’
"As most greenhouse gas emissions occur in cities, by far, we need to demonstrate how we can switch out old systems and cultures for new ones, retrofitting our existing environments."
New York to require public power provider to source 100% clean electricity by 2030
The move boosts renewable energy and could give the public more control over their energy.
Scientific studies conclude neonicotinoids damage bee populations
What if honeybee health was greatly affected by commonly used pesticides, causing colonies to die en masse?