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Climate

oil development and fire in california

Four Key Climate Questions About the Inflation Reduction Act

A law can be a historic achievement and scientifically insufficient at the same time, especially when veto power resides with a politician like Manchin. But nobody said this was going to be easy.

Mark Hertsgaard ·

Joe Manchin

People Fighting for a Livable Planet Don't Owe Joe Manchin One Single Thing

Whatever Republicans do—and in the end they will do what Big Oil instructs them to do—progressives should not sign off on permitting reform that helps expand the fossil fuel empire.

Bill McKibben ·

StopEACOP

Global PR Firm Reportedly Cuts Ties With Bank Over African Oil Project

Celebrating the move, a StopEACOP activist said that "the climate crisis is not only enabled by the fossil fuel companies but those who provide the financing and those that help shape their narrative."

Jessica Corbett ·

Joe Biden in the White House

The Decline and Fall of Everything (Including Me and Joe Biden)

What goes up... Well, you know the rest.

Tom Engelhardt ·

Activists with the Sunrise Movement march to the White House

We Must Pass This Imperfect Climate Bill—and Then Continue to Fight for the Future We Deserve

When the alternative is doing nothing, it's imperative we take the road towards progress and then continue struggling for justice.

Amy Goodman ·

Emissions rise from a coal-fired power plant

'A Dangerous Bet': Analysts Question Manchin Bill's Carbon Capture Promises

"Carbon capture has been largely an exercise in expensive failure, and there is no reason to think that additional taxpayer subsidies will change that."

Jake Johnson ·

Melting ice sheet in Antarctica

Without Climate Action, Melting of 'Sleeping Giant' Ice Sheet Risks Major Sea Level Rise

"The choices that we're making today in terms of emission reductions are going to set in place whether East Antarctica stays largely dormant as a very large ice sheet, or if we start to set in motion some unstoppable changes," said one expert.

Julia Conley ·

Three cars at the Inn at Death Valley pushed together by flash floods are towed on August 6, 2022.

Death Valley Floods Deemed a '1,000-Year Event'

"With climate change models predicting more frequent and more intense storms, this is a place where you can see climate change in action," said the park superintendent.

Kenny Stancil ·

firefigher cools flames

Historic Climate Bill, Say Clear-Eyed Critics, Still 'Pours Gasoline on the Flames'

"This was a backdoor take-it-or-leave-it deal between a coal baron and Democratic leaders in which any opposition from lawmakers or frontline communities was quashed," said one activist.

Jessica Corbett ·

France wildfires

Massive Fires Scorch France as Yet Another Historic Drought Grips Europe

One senior researcher said this drought—which is expected to worsen—could be the most severe to hit the continent in 500 years.

Brett Wilkins ·

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