Climate

Cancel All Coal Projects to Have 'Fighting Chance' Against Climate Crisis, Says UN Chief

In North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, wind turbines stand adjacent to a coal-fired power plant on November 18, 2020. (Photo: Oliver Berg/picture alliance via Getty Images)

A 'Green New Dud'? Progressives Warn House Climate Bill 'Fails to Grasp the Fundamental Truth' of Planetary Crisis

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

$"A real transition to a clean energy future can and must begin with a halt to new fracking—first on federal lands, and everywhere else soon after," says Food & Water Action executive director Wenonah Hauter. (Photo: michael_swan/flickr/cc)$

"Democrats should be making a big, bold push on climate—and the CLEAN Future Act is simply not strong enough."

'A Disgrace': First Nation Pipeline Opponent Gets 90 Days in Jail After Ceremony Along Trans Mountain Route

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Indigenous land defender Stacy Gallagher (right) was sentenced to 90 days in jail after performing a ceremony along the Trans Mountain pipeline route in British Columbia. (Photo: Rita Wong)

"Gallagher is one of more than 200 people, many Indigenous, who have been...

New IEA Data Shows World on Path to Resume 'Carbon-Intensive Business-as-Usual'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Protesters hold a CO2 banner during a Walk For Future climate march in Warsaw on December 9, 2020.

The agency's chief said the new figures offer "a sharp reminder of the immense...

'It's Like Nobody Cares': After Two Weeks Without Running Water, Jackson, Miss. Pleads for Help

'The Time Is Now': Survey Finds Overwhelming International Support for Greater Environmental Protection Ahead of UN Climate Conference

Investigation Into How Fracking Exposes PA Families to Dangerous Chemicals Provokes Call for Rapid Phaseout

'A Red Alert for Our Planet': New UN Report Shows Radically Bolder Action Needed to Hit 1.5°C Target

300,000+ Demand Biden Stop Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipelines to 'Secure the Livable Future We All Deserve'

Investors Managing $250 Billion in Assets Call on Big Banks to Stop Funding Mountain Valley Pipeline

Avowed Climate Champion Gavin Newsom Sued for 'Completely Unacceptable' Approval of Oil and Gas Projects in California

'Glad That's Settled': Manchin Backs Haaland for Interior

Fighting 'Disease of Greed and Destruction,' Water Protectors Blockade Over a Dozen Line 3 Worksites

Coastal Annapolis Becomes 25th US Community to File Climate Suit That Aims to #MakePollutersPay

'We Must Heed the Warning': 1 in 3 Freshwater Fishes—Vital to Food and Jobs for Millions—Face Extinction

After Trump Was Allowed to Let Lobbyist Run Interior Dept., Manchin Called to 'Do What's Right' and Confirm Haaland

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And Behold, the MAGA-ites Sinned Bigly, and They Were Cast Out, and the Lord Your God Sayeth Unto Them, Jesus, Really?

CPAC 2021! Wingnut City! Its first day of lunacy featured Ted 'Braveheart' Cruz shrieking "FREEDOM!" and Kimberly 'THE BEST IS YET TO COME!" Guilfoyle yelling "communists want to see our nation burn" and an SS-insignia-shaped stage, but the highlight was when they broke out the Golden Calf, a gold Trump statue in stars-and-stripes shorts with a magic wand, because somehow all these Christians never got to the part in the Bible about false idols. Who are these people and can they leave soon?