Wednesday, September 23, 2026

How to truly ‘build back better’ on climate

The Build Back Better program isn’t just inadequate on climate—it may be a disaster. Here’s what movements are demanding next.

Multi-stage, four-year plan to bolster endangered butterfly population underway in California

Behren’s Silverspot butterfly, a federally endangered species since 1997, was once seen in abundance along the Northern California coast.

Longtime climate science foe David Schnare uses ‘scare tactics’ to bash transportation climate initiative...

“It’s a clear case of fear-mongering, setting up a straw man argument that is just not reflective of reality.”

Europe was hottest ever recorded last year, and is heating up faster than any...

Scientists write, “60 percent of Europe saw more days than average with at least ‘strong heat stress’.”

Winter storm leaves Texans in the cold and dark, sparking political debate on renewable...

“Misinformation and whataboutism to score lazy political points as a humanitarian emergency unfolds are not.”
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Biden-Harris admin pledges $3 billion to electrify and clean up US ports

The investment will support approximately 40,000 union jobs while reducing pollution and combating the climate crisis, a press release from the White House said.

Native people and allies pledge to stop Keystone XL

Native peoples have a legal, moral, spiritual and inherent right to be caretakers of the planet.
A technician works on a server rack at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. Photo: Derrick Coetzee (CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

There’s a better way to cool data centres that cuts their huge thirst for...

Piping water into the server halls could be a much more efficient way to remove waste heat.

Global inequality is 25% higher than it would have been in a climate-stable world

As is becoming increasingly clear, there are no quick fixes or easy solutions to climate change or inequality.

Oil, gas, petrochemical financial woes predate pandemic — and will continue after, despite bailouts,...

“The crash that we’re seeing in the oil and gas and petrochemicals industry is a recent intensification of what has been a very long-term trend.”