Climate

'Courting Disaster': Progressives Denounce Biden Plan for Taxpayer Bailout of Nuclear Industry

The Indian Point nuclear power plant is seen from Tomkins Cove, New York on April 22 2021. Indian Point ceased operations on April 30.

Study Warns of 'Rapid and Unstoppable' Sea Level Rise If World Misses Paris Climate Targets

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Once you put enough heat into the climate system, you are going to lose those ice shelves, and once that is set in motion you can't reverse it."

Tens of Thousands of Premature Deaths Linked to So-Called "Cleaner" Energy Like Fracked Gas: Study

Julia Conley, staff writer

"If you replace one combustion fuel for another combustion fuel, that is not a...

Backed by Unions and Climate Campaigners, Brown and Schumer Unveil $73 Billion Clean Bus Plan

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

An electric shuttle bus travels through downtown Santa Barbara, California. (Photo: Jumping Rocks/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"If we're going to beat the climate clock and stop polluting toxic fumes into...

68 Nobel Laureates Demand DOJ Probe Into Chevron's Prosecution of Steven Donziger

US Climate Envoy John Kerry Says 'We Just Have to End' Fossil Fuel Subsidies

New Soil Study Shows Pesticides 'Destroying the Very Foundations of Web of Life'

Highlighting Need for World Leaders to Go Into 'Emergency Mode,' Analysis Finds Earth on Track for 2.4˚C of Warming

In 'Critical and Totally Doable First Step,' EPA Proposes Phasedown of Climate Super-Pollutants

Green Groups Sue Army Corps of Engineers Over Nationwide Pipeline Permit

At Kentucky Rally, Sanders Blasts McConnell for 'Working Overtime' to Reward the Rich and Block Progress

Warning of Threat to 'Humanity and the Natural World,' Hawaii State Legislature Becomes First in US to Declare Climate Emergency

Outrage as Canadian Regulator Lets Government-Owned Pipeline Keep Insurers Secret

80 Groups Blast US Interference in Mexico's Phaseout of Glyphosate and GM Corn

Campaigners Welcome Imminent Closure of New York Nuclear Plant

'Revolving-Door Cronyism': Groups Line Up Against Fossil Fuel Lawyer for Interior

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About Damn Time

We're just gonna leave this photo here of two smart, tough, accomplished women - one of color, and the first and second in line of succession to the presidency - on the House dais before Joe Biden's first speech to a joint session of Congress, which he opened with the mellifluous if belated phrase, "Madam Speaker, Madam Vice-President." The media called the presence of Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi "historic." But we prefer Harris' term when asked the significance. "Normal," she said.