Tag: global warming
US dismisses climate change at Arctic Council Summit: Pompeo says melting...
The U.S. objections come as the Arctic just experienced its five warmest years on record, and is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world.
Carbon emissions reach record high worldwide in 2018
"[D]espite major growth in renewables, global emissions are still rising, demonstrating once again that more urgent action is needed on all fronts."
To clean up the planet, clean up Washington
Doing so will remove long standing barriers that have slowed and blunted climate action.
Polar bear ‘invasion:’ How climate change is making human-wildlife conflicts worse
Unfortunately, climate change is only going to make these negative interactions between humans and wildlife more common.
‘Life threatening’ cold snap could break records across Midwest
Some scientists also think that climate change is making the polar vortex increasingly unstable, as warmer temperatures in the Arctic cause the jet stream to push more cold air further south, National Geographic explained.
Researchers say, if we phase out fossil fuel, we can combat...
“The climate system is not stopping you [hitting the target], global society is stopping you.”
A planet in crisis
Perhaps if we listen deeply enough and regularly enough, we ourselves will become the song this planet needs to hear.
How Native and white communities make alliances to protect the earth
Tribal nations have always been on the front lines of environmental protection. Now their neighbors are catching up.
New data shows many Americans believe in human causes climate change,...
The poll, which was conducted between Nov. 29 and Dec. 10, came just after the U.S. government published a critical climate report last month with warnings of human-caused global warming having major consequences on the livelihoods of Americans.
The past 5 years were the Arctic’s warmest on record
"The good news is it's not too late to correct the course. As leaders meet this week at the UN climate talks in Poland, we urge them to run, not crawl, towards reducing emissions and accelerating a clean energy transition."
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Trump is trying to reverse the New Deal
The class politics of Trump carry forward the actions of his predecessors across the last century.
Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.
73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...
Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
14,000 babies at risk of death in Gaza as Israel blocks aid, UN warns
UN and international leaders condemn Israel’s blockade as thousands of trucks wait at Gaza’s border while children face imminent starvation.