Climate

'How Many More Deaths Must It Take?' Barbados Leader Rips Rich Nations in Fierce UN Speech

"How many more variants of Covid-19 must arrive, how many more, before a worldwide plan for vaccinations will be implemented?"

Jake Johnson · Sep 25, 2021

Barbados Prime Minister delivers a speech at the U.N. General Assembly

Water Protectors Challenge Minnesota AG Keith Ellison's Silence on Line 3 Pipeline

Brett Wilkins · Sep 24, 2021

'Coal Is Dead': New Global Pact Announced After China's Bold Step

Julia Conley · Sep 24, 2021

Greta Thunberg speaks during a climate strike in Germany

Hundreds of Thousands Take to Streets Worldwide for 'Uproot the System' Climate Strikes

Jake Johnson · Sep 24, 2021

A More Just Biodiversity Framework Must Build Better Bridge Between the Global North and South

Subhankar Banerjee · Sep 24, 2021

New Legal Campaign Aims to Protect People and Nature From Polluters' 'Irreparable Damage'

"States must listen to communities' demands to recognize the human right to a healthy environment and better regulate businesses with respect to the impacts of their operations."

Jessica Corbett · Sep 23, 2021

A woman stands in front of a refrigerator.

In 'Landmark' Decision, EPA Finalizes Rule Cutting Use of Super-Pollutant HFCs

The regulation will drastically curb the use of "the most potent super-pollutants known to mankind at the moment," one climate campaigner said.

Julia Conley · Sep 23, 2021

Joshua trees seen in Joshua Tree National Park

'Groundbreaking' Win as Court Rules USFWS Can't Ignore Climate Impacts on Joshua Tree

The ruling represents a step forward "for all climate-imperiled species whose fate relies upon the service following the law," said advocacy group WildEarth Guardians.

Julia Conley · Sep 22, 2021

WHO's New Air Pollution Guidelines Reflect Deadly Toll of Fossil Fuels

"What matters most is whether governments implement impactful policies to reduce pollutant emissions, such as ending investments in coal, oil, and gas and prioritizing the transition to clean energy," said a Greenpeace scientist.

Jessica Corbett · Sep 22, 2021

Climate Change Is Triggering a New Refugee Crisis—Inside the US

More than 1.2 million Americans are currently displaced from their homes because of climate change impacts—including increasingly severe storms, wildfires, and flooding.

Salote Soqo · Sep 22, 2021

'Huge Step Forward': China Applauded for Pledge to Stop Building Overseas Coal Plants

"The writing is on the wall for coal power," said the president of upcoming climate summit COP26.

Julia Conley · Sep 22, 2021

U.S. Militarism's Toxic, Planet-Killing Impact on Climate Policy

Twenty years of Pentagon violence and waste should ring alarm bells inside the head of every American, warning us that we have allowed our government to spend trillions of dollars waging war while ignoring real existential dangers to our civilization and all of humanity.

Medea Benjamin · Sep 22, 2021