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South American winter feels like summer with mountain temperatures above 100°F
“Overall, this heatwave is a startling reminder of how humans are changing Earth’s climate. We will continue to see such unprecedented extremes until we stop burning fossil fuels and emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.”
Is Earth close to ‘the great dying’?
The climate emergency is here. We can’t wait any longer for major and dramatic worldwide action.
EPA approved a fuel ingredient even though it could cause cancer in virtually every...
It is a million times higher than what the agency usually considers acceptable for new chemicals and six times worse than the risk of lung cancer from a lifetime of smoking.
US Forest Service plan to plant more than a billion trees limited by lack...
Not only that, but U.S. tree nurseries don’t have enough variety of species necessary to meet the goal.
Polluters rely on old rhetoric to block clean energy future
Corporate polluters and their political allies have sought to slow and derail anti-pollution laws, often using the exact same arguments and wording.
‘An important step forward’: deep-sea mining not approved during international talks
“We cannot and must not embark on a new industrial activity when we are not able to fully measure its consequences and therefore risk irreversible damage to our marine ecosystems.”
After hottest month on record, oil giant BP reports ‘hideous’ $2.6 billion in profits
"Leaving this industry with the power to profit without consequence is not only morally abhorrent—it's plainly ludicrous in the face of a climate catastrophe that threatens us all," said one campaigner.
‘Era of global boiling’ has arrived, UN chief says
“The consequences are clear and they are tragic: children swept away by monsoon rains; families running from the flames; workers collapsing in scorching heat.”
New report predicts wind and solar to produce a third of power worldwide by...
The RMI report said that by 2030, solar and wind are "predicted to generate 12,000 to 14,000 terawatt hours of power" or three to four times the capacity of 2022 levels.