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Big Oil and Gas Kept A Dirty Secret For Decades. Now They May Pay The Price
Via an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for the devastation caused by fossil fuels.
By: Chris McGreal
After a century of wielding extraordinary economic and political power, America’s!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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António Guterres On The Climate Crisis: ‘We Are Coming To A Point Of No Return’
By: Oliver Milman
Wealthy countries risk an “unforgivable lost opportunity” by not emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic with newly green economies to address the climate crisis, the United Nations secretary general has warned.
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‘Now Is The Time To Act,’ Says NowThis Climate Documentary Featuring Kamala Harris
By: Mark Hertsgaard
Warning of wars over water, the U.S. vice president joins activists, business leaders, and other Biden administration officials urging stronger action.
The vice president of the United States is predicting that!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Greta Thunberg On Her Gap Year Climate Change Tour, Joe Biden & Turning 18
On an overcast August morning, the world watched as Greta Thunberg set sail from a quaint port city in southwest England aboard a racing yacht en route to the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit in New York City. The voyage marked a!-->…
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Biden Pledges To Halve U.S. Emissions By 2030 At Climate Summit
By: Sharon Zhang
President Joe Biden on Thursday has pledged to cut carbon emissions from the U.S. to half of what they were in 2005 by the end of this decade. His announcement came on the first day of a virtual climate summit hosted by!-->!-->!-->…
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‘Within Minutes I Was Weeping’ – The U.S. Pastor Using Scripture To Mobilise Climate Action
By: Melissa Godin
The Rev Scott Hardin-Nieri regularly revisits the story of Noah’s ark. “People look at that story fondly, because they focus on all the animals that were saved,” the pastor says. But for Hardin-Nieri, Noah’s ark!-->!-->!-->…
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Stressed About The Climate Crisis? How Therapists Are Treating Eco-Anxiety
By: Isobel Whitcomb
Andrew Bryant, a therapist based in Tacoma, Washington, felt helpless the first time climate change came up in his office. It was 2016, and a client was agonizing over whether to have a baby. His partner wanted one,!-->!-->!-->…
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10 Reasons Why Indian Cities Continue To Top the World’s ‘Most Polluted’ Lists
By: Sarath Guttikunda
Delhi has once again topped the chart of the world’s capital cities with the worst PM2.5 annual average levels in 2020. Another 34 Indian cities are in the top 50, according to the report by IQAir. That!-->!-->!-->…
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Now Is Our Last Best Chance To Confront The Climate Crisis
By: Jeff Goodell
With Joe Biden in office, a serious plan to combat climate change is finally in our sights — but the clock is ticking, and there is no more room for error.
The Earth’s climate has always been a work in progress. In!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Our Oceans Are Heating Up, And Worsening The Climate Crisis…Can We Fix It?
By: Harold R. Wanless
Humans have locked in at least 20 feet of sea level rise—can we still fix it?
The climate emergency is bigger than many experts, elected officials, and activists realize. Humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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‘I’m Hopeful’: Jerome Foster, The 18-Year-Old Helping To Craft U.S. Climate Policy
By: Oliver Milman
The New York teenager has been included among a group of advisers to the president – a remarkable journey from protesting in front of the White House.
If a week is a long time in politics, the past year has been an!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Covering Climate Now Statement On The Climate Emergency
Journalism should reflect what the science says: the climate emergency is here.
Signed By: Covering Climate Now, Green Queen Media, Scientific American, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, The Guardian, Noticias Telemundo, Al!-->!-->!-->…
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Climate Disinformation Is Real: So What Should Journalists Do?
By: Andrew McCormick
Texas had only just frozen over. In the wake of a devastating winter storm, millions in the state were without power and struggling to find warmth. They boiled snow for water; some were dying. And against all!-->!-->!-->…
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U.N. Environment Chief: ‘There Is No Vaccine For Climate Change’
By: Mongabay
The world is not prepared for climate change, a new U.N. report warns, highlighting how far behind countries have fallen in implementing adaptation measures.
“The hard truth is that climate change is upon us,” Inger!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Women Are Still Not Heard In the Climate Policy Conversation
By: Meghie Rodrigues
A case study in Brazil points to a deep gender gap that still has to be bridged in the policymaking debate.
Climate change effects don’t have the same impact on everyone: Vulnerable groups always have it!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Humanity Faces Climate ‘Suicide’ Without U.S. Rejoining Paris Agreement, Says The U.N. Secretary General
By: Mark Hertsgaard
Joining China and other big polluters, Biden’s pledge of “net zero” US emissions by 2050 brings the Paris Agreement goals “within reach”.
“The way we are moving is a suicide,” United Nations Secretary General!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Madagascar: First Ever Indian Embassy To Go 100% Solar
By: Malavika Vyawahare
The Indian embassy in Madagascar went solar to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, becoming the first Indian embassy to embrace renewable energy.
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Tibetan Plateau ‘Third Pole’ Pollution Linked To Arctic Sea Ice Loss
By: Michael Allen
New research suggests an atmospheric connection between Arctic sea ice melt and anthropogenic aerosol pollution over the Tibetan Plateau.
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The Global North Is Responsible For An Eye-Popping 92% Of Our Excess Carbon Emissions
By: Rishika Pardikar
The United States and European Union bear disproportionate liability for emitting to the atmospheric commons, new research argues.
The United States is responsible for 40% of the climate breakdown the world is!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Why The U.S. Supreme Court Matters So Much For the Climate Crisis
By: Mark Hertsgaard
Imagine any serious adult saying they don’t know whether gravity is real. That, in effect, is what judge Amy Coney Barrett testified to the US Senate during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings last week. After!-->!-->!-->…
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Want To Know How Fast The Ocean Is Warming? Follow The Earthquakes
By: Katherine Kornei
By timing sound waves set in motion by earthquakes, scientists have estimated that the Indian Ocean is warming by roughly 0.044 K per decade.
As greenhouse gases accumulate in Earth’s atmosphere, the planet holds!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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