More US residents than ever before understand climate crisis is real and dangerous
There is a growing awareness that the extreme weather events of recent years are caused by the climate crisis, with an all-time high of 70 percent of people believing that global warming is impacting U.S. weather right now.
In ‘historic win,’ court rules against UK’s Rosebank Oilfield over climate impacts
The judgment said the carbon emissions that would be created by the burning of oil and gas at the largest untapped oilfield in the UK had not been taken into consideration.
‘Willful ignorance’: Indigenous delegation incredulous at bankers’ attitude to fossil fuel impacts
US and Mexican activists fighting new oil and gas projects said they had to give a basic lesson on the harm caused by fracking during meetings with financiers in London.
Until emissions drop, nothing has been accomplished: The climate resistance handbook is here.
A new guide to activism aims to inform and inspire a new generation of global climate campaigners.
Puerto Rico’s water system stutters back to normal
“Now I get desperate thinking that a hurricane will come.”
Tribes are leading the way to remove dams and restore ecosystems
Together, the country’s 2 million dams block access to more than 600,000 miles of river for fish.
Oil Company Halts Dakota Pipeline
Big oil company agrees to halt North Dakota pipeline work until Friday thanks to protestors.
Study reveals plastic pollution and global heating entwined in destructive cycle
The comprehensive study sheds light on the mutually reinforcing relationship that contributes to the degradation of materials and the leaching of harmful chemicals into the biosphere.
Biden plans to cut U.S. climate pollution in half by 2030
“We cannot preach temperance from a barstool and not pay our fair share when approximately 40% of all the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is red, white and blue.”
Investigation: How pesticide companies are marketing themselves as a solution to climate change
“The current food system is responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions; it’s also fully dependent on oil both for transport and because pesticides and fertilizers are petrochemically-derived.”