Climate

'Radical and Ambitious' Labour Manifesto Promises to Transform UK

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after speaking at an activists training event at the GLO Centre in Motherwell, Scotland on October 26.

Omar's $1.2 Trillion 'Homes for All Act' Heralded as Ambitious Addition to Green New Deal Framework

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The 10-year plan to build millions of sustainable, affordable housing units is called "a new mile marker in the progressive left's efforts to stake out a national housing agenda."

Is Greta Thunberg a Time Traveler 'Here to Save Us' From Climate Emergency'? 120-Year-Old Photo Sparks Flood of Conspiracy Theories

Common Dreams staff

Children operating a rocker at a gold mine on Dominion Creek, Yukon Territory in 1898. The young girl in the foreground looks eerily similar to Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg—with the resemblance setting off a wave of good-natured conspiracy theories. (Photo: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections)

"Wishing her all the best and success in her mission to save the Earth. We can...

Bolsonaro, Facing Blame for Surge in Amazon Deforestation, Says Destruction Won't End Because "It's Cultural"

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, seen here at the U.N. General Assembly's 74th session on Sept. 24, 2019, said Wednesday that the fires and deforestation in his country aren't coming to an end.

The Brazilian president's new comments came after data confirmed that "2019 has...

'Climate Emergency. Look It Up.': Activists and Experts Celebrate New Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year

Projected Fossil Fuel Production 'Dangerously Out of Step' With Global Climate Goals, UN Report Reveals

Climate Groups Applaud Newsom's Temporary Fracking Ban in California, But Say Other 'Critical Next Steps' Still Needed

Driven by Anti-Science Agenda, Trump Agencies Defying Mandate to Save Endangered Species From Climate Risk

'Time Is Up': Campaigners Occupy Pelosi's Office, Launch Global Hunger Strike for Climate Action

While Warning of Nazi-Like Fascism and Corporate Crimes, Pope Francis Proposes Adding 'Ecological Sin' to Church Teachings

Extinction Rebellion Members Blockade Private Jet Terminal Used by Wealthy Elites in Geneva

Irish Youth Activists at First-Ever Climate Assembly Implore Govt to Listen to Science

'Pure Propaganda': New York Times Condemned for Comparing Sanders Green New Deal to Trump Border Wall

Dozens of Groups Urge California Gov. Gavin Newsom to 'Facilitate a Public Takeover of PG&E'

'Beginning of the End of Climate-Wrecking Fossil Fuel Finance': World's Largest Public Bank Ditches Oil/Coal

New Global Health and Climate Crisis Report Warns of Future 'Where a Child Has to Fight Simply to Survive'

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Okay Kids Do Your Thing

It seems Trump's desperate quest to find a public sports event that won't boo him off the planet has already run into a couple of glitches: The handlers of the Baby Trump balloon quickly raised enough money to get their VIP (very important protester) to the game, and Alabama's earlier warning to students not to engage in "disruptive behavior" clarified, after backlash, that it " strongly affirms its belief in free speech." So yeah. Let the booing begin.