Extreme Weather

Families in Brazil Face Devastating Floods; Social Movements Respond

We have set up a special emergency fund to support families in Bahia. Given the hardship these families are going through now and for months to come, we are calling upon all people of conscience to take immediate action in solidarity.

Saulo Araujo · Jan 15, 2022

How Corporate Greed Fuels Killer Tornadoes

Jim Hightower · Jan 12, 2022

Flames rip across a hillside behind a building donning a U.S. flag as the Caldor Fire pushes into South Lake Tahoe, California on August 30, 2021. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

NOAA Report Shows 310 Climate-Linked Disasters Cost US Over $2 Trillion Since 1980

Brett Wilkins · Jan 10, 2022

The Climate Emergency Is 'Now': Over 400 Weather Stations Set New Heat Records in 2021

Brett Wilkins · Jan 7, 2022

When a Sick Nation Comes Apart at the Seams

Tom Engelhardt · Jan 6, 2022

Colorado wildfires engulf a neighborhood

'We Are in a Climate Emergency': Late-December Wildfires Ravage Colorado

"None of this is normal," said Colorado state Rep. Leslie Herod. "We are not OK."

Jake Johnson · Dec 31, 2021

Ocean Heating This Century Could Create Hurricane Conditions Unseen in 3 Million Years: Study

The study's authors say the likelihood of higher-latitude tropical storms fueled by human-caused global heating "poses profound risks to the planet's most populous regions."

Brett Wilkins · Dec 29, 2021

Warmer in Alaska Than San Diego This Week as Temperature Record 'Pulverized'

"Climate change continues to push the envelope on what is possible all over the globe," said one meteorologist.

Brett Wilkins · Dec 29, 2021

Climate Change Brings Serious Health Risks

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that global warming and rainfall changes cause the loss of at least 150,000 lives every year.

César Chelala · Dec 24, 2021

Tornados Can Kill. So Does Amazon's Business Model

How long will we tolerate the corporate executive 'risk taking' that puts only workers at real risk?

Sam Pizzigati · Dec 23, 2021

2021's Climate Extremes: One Side of the Country Is Too Wet, the Other Dangerously Dry

Global warming fuels both dryness and extreme rainfall.

Shuang-Ye Wu · Dec 22, 2021

Climate Catastrophes Are Everywhere, From Tornadoes in Kentucky to Floods in Uganda

The wreckage and loss of life from this storm is yet another symptom of how our fossil fuel addiction heats the planet and drives disasters.

Amy Goodman · Dec 17, 2021

Catastrophic Global Disorder Beckons Unless We Act Swiftly on Climate

Without drastic change, the current world order will almost certainly collapse into catastrophic global disorder with dire consequences for all of us.

Alfred W. McCoy · Dec 16, 2021