Tag: drought
World’s richest 10% responsible for two-thirds of global heating since 1990:...
They discovered that emissions from the richest 10 percent of people in China and the United States alone each resulted in an increase of two to three times the heat extremes in vulnerable regions.
Rain and heat, fire and snow
The world as we knew it really is ending faster than some of us ever expected.
Oxford study warns extreme heat and drought to hit 90% of...
The life-threatening impacts of the global climate emergency have only continued to reverberate in 2023.
Utah’s Great Salt Lake reaches record-low water level
While the west is experiencing a mega-drought, the lake is at its lowest water level since recording started in 1847.
Desertification and land degradation now affects 50% of world’s population, economy:...
Damage to soils and water has dire consequences for humanity, a new report warns ahead of meeting of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Warmer, drier spring to bring worsening drought to US, NOAA report...
Likely worsening conditions in many of the areas already experiencing drought could lead to additional heatwaves.
Climate crisis has made western US megadrought worst in 1,200 years
"Climate change is here and now," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. "If a 1,200 year mega-drought isn't enough to make people realize that, I don't know what is."
‘Loudest alarm bell yet’: Unprecedented water shortage declaration for US West
"Climate change is an emergency."
California oil lobby seeks to strip environmental protections for groundwater amid...
The move could make it harder for landowners to sue companies that pollute water tables.
Forests vs. climate change: Researchers race to understand what drought means...
We’re already seeing signs of accelerated forest mortality around the world. And it’s not just arid regions that may see forest die-offs, new research finds.
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States introduce temporary moratoriums, strict conditional restrictions pausing new construction of data centers
At least 12 states have introduced measures to temporarily ban or strictly regulate large-scale data center development
Suicide is never painless—yet right-wing implosions bring positive changes
The dread now transcends democracy,/ But what survives kakistocracy?
Trump-backed PAC took $5 million from tobacco giant before FDA opened door to flavored...
A multimillion-dollar contribution from Reynolds American was disclosed days before tobacco executives met with President Trump and less than a week before federal regulators issued guidance that could expand flavored vape sales and benefit major cigarette manufacturers.
Alex Saab and the fragility of the solidarity movement
It’s difficult not to see the renewed imprisonment of Alex Saab as a disappointing capitulation to U.S. coercion after so many of us fought for his freedom, but we cannot forget the task at hand.
Democrats hid their 2024 election autopsy. Its most glaring omission may be Gaza
After months of pressure from activists and party members, the Democratic National Committee released a previously withheld 192-page review of its 2024 defeat. The document sheds light on the party’s internal postmortem while raising new questions about transparency, accountability, and the complete absence of any discussion of Gaza.