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'Disgraceful and Enraging': Supreme Court Halts Youth Climate Case After Last-Ditch Trump Effort to Kill Suit

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Found in 90 Percent of Table Salt Brands, Study Finds Average Adult Ingests 2,000 Pieces of Microplastic Per Year

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The more we consume plastics, the more we literally consume plastic."

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'Are You Kidding Me?' Outrage as Dems Push 'Incremental Steps' Over Bold Agenda Needed to Save Planet

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The first and most important things Democrats should do is stop feeding the beast that's gotten us in this climate mess," David Turnbull, strategic communications director at Oil Change International, told Common Dreams.

"Gradualism is fundamentally incompatible with protecting civilization and the...

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As Judge Considers Letting Monsanto Off the Hook, Jurors Demand Court Respect Their Historic Verdict Holding Company to Account

Julia Conley, staff writer

"You may not have been convinced by the evidence, but we were."

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In 'Blockbuster' Ruling, Judge Says Youths' Climate Case Against Trump Administration Can Proceed to Trial

'One of Most Disturbing Articles I Have Ever Read' Scientist Says of Study Detailing Climate-Driven 'Bugpocalypse'

'They're Doing Us Like They Did New Orleans': Anger at Trump Inaction as Hurricane Michael Leaves Millions Without Power and Basic Needs

With Planet in 'Crisis Mode,' Bernie Sanders Rips Trump White House for 'Dangerous' Dismissal of Climate Science

Urging Multi-Pronged Effort to Halt Climate Crisis, Scientists Say Protecting World's Forests as Vital as Cutting Emissions

More Proof Trump EPA 'Working for Coal Millionaires' as EPA Plan to Weaken Mercury Regulations Revealed

Stay of Execution for Yellowstone Grizzly Bears as Court Rules Trump Admin Illegally Gutted Protections

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'Say No to Red Tide Rick': Florida Governor Forced to Flee Event After Angry Protesters Shame Him Over Anti-Environment Record

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To Prevent 'Major Extinction Crisis,' Scientist Call for Designating Half of Planet as Protected Areas by 2050

Bloomberg's Comparison of Climate Leaders to Build-the-Wall Trumpsters Denounced as 'Offensive' and 'Absurd'

Calling for Genuine Leadership Over 'Climate Capitalism,' Protesters Demand Seat at the Table at Business-Friendly Climate Action Summit

Fueled by Floods, Storms, and Drought Made Worse by Climate Crisis, Global Hunger Levels Rise for Third Straight Year

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Antarctica: Don't Come Here

Though he gets the appeal of free snow cones and penguins, John Oliver is more worried about the environmental impact of an estimated 40,000 eager tourists a year traipsing to and inevitably trashing Antarctica. His solution: A hilarious anti-tourism PSA.

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Earthrights International

Austrian Turbine Company Should Uphold Human Rights Principles In Mekong Mega Dam Project

Sierra Club

Wheeler Attacks Obama Admin’s Policies, Then Ridiculously Takes Credit for Their Benefits

350.org

350.org Slams ‘Petroleum Executive of the Year‘ Keynote Speech

Earthjustice

Federal Court Upholds Protections for Oceans and National Monuments

Friends of the Earth

‘This Is a Climate Emergency’: Global Mobilization Against Dirty Energy as IPCC Warns of Climate Catastrophe if Warming Continues

350.org

IPCC Report Confirms the Need to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground to Achieve 1.5ºC, 350.org Says

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Peter Thacher

We Need To Inspire Courage to Stop Climate Change—Not Fatalism

Christopher D. Cook

To Address the Climate Crisis, We Must Completely Rethink How We Produce and Consume Food

Daniela Manuschevich, Nick Meynen

Chilean Union Leader Found Dead One Day After Anti-Pollution Demo

Jeremy Lent

We Need an Ecological Civilization Before It’s Too Late

Shaye Wolf

If We Don’t Stop Digging Up Fossil Fuels, Who Will Die?

Robert C. Koehler

Climate Change and Collective Salvation

Avi Lewis

Time to Use Our Fear as Fuel: Three Takeaways from the IPCC's New Report

Kevin Anderson

What Does Science Demand? A Global Energy Transformation With Focus on Inequality of Consumption

Jade Begay, Dallas Goldtooth

Letter From Indigenous Activists

Anthony Pahnke, Jim Goodman

Bad Farm Policy Contributes to Natural Disasters

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