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Deadly Heatwaves Could Threaten Nearly Three-Quarters of World's Inhabitants

At Least 61 Dead in Massive Fire That Roared Through Central Portugal

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Prime Minister Antonio Costa called it "the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known in years."

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Wilder Fires and Rising Waters, Climate Impacts Coming to America's Door

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

The Chelan Butte fire encroaches on homes in coastal Washington state. (Photo: Ben Brooks/cc/flickr)

Americans in many cases have been slow to acknowledge the real threats posed by...

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Artist Redesigns National Parks Posters for 2050, Showcasing Climate Devastation

Nika Knight, staff writer

Original Yellowstone poster and the re-imagined one for year 2050.

In a project meant to galvanize people to take action on climate, the Berkeley...

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Scott Pruitt

Pruitt Promised He'd Tackle CO2 But Now Plays Dumb on Climate Science

Global Sea Ice Hits Lowest Levels 'Probably in Millenia'

Earth 'On the Edge' as Disastrous 2016 Goes Down as Hottest Year on Record

Surprise: Climate Change is Likeliest Cause for Extreme Arctic Heat

Climate Change and the Coming 'Humanitarian Crisis of Epic Proportions'

Climate Links Evident as 'Fire for the History Books' Ravages Tennessee

Warning of Global Havoc as Possible Arctic 'Tipping Points' Pile Up

Arctic sea ice

'Climate Emergency': North Pole Sees Record Temps, Melting Ice Despite Arctic Winter

Just Weeks After Matthew, Global Community Has Forgotten Haiti

Hottest September on Record Basically "Locks In" 2016 as Hottest Year: NASA

Haitians with symptoms of cholera are treated in a hospital in Jérémie on Thursday.

Aid Groups Warn of More 'Unnecessary Deaths' in Haiti as Cholera Threatens

Man-Made Climate Change Making Kindling of America's Forestlands

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Jubilee USA Network

Seven Years After Devastating Earthquake, Haiti Struggles with Debt ‎and Hurricane Matthew Recovery

Oxfam International

Hurricane Matthew Bears Down on Haiti and Other Island Nations

Greenpeace

100,300 Deaths from Indonesia’s Fires During 2015, New Study Estimates

Senator Bernie Sanders

Five Years Since Irene, Report Warns of Severe Weather Damage From Climate Change

Center for Biological Diversity

Analysis: Burning Unleased Fossil Fuels in Gulf of Mexico Would Release 33 Billion Tons of Greenhouse Gas Pollution

350.org

In the Wake of Devastating Flooding in Louisiana, Groups Urge Obama Administration to Cancel Upcoming Gulf Drilling Lease Sale

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Richard Falk

End of Nuclearism or the End of the World: Utopian Dreams, Dystopian Nightmares

Chris Hedges

We Can’t Fight Climate Change if We Keep Lying to Ourselves

Bhikkhu Bodhi

A Decision Cruel and Callous

Rhea Suh

A Budget That Scorches the Planet

Edward Hunt

If They’re Wrong, the Planet Dies

Michael T. Klare

Climate Change as Genocide

Tom Newmark, Steven Farrell

Beyond Wetiko Agriculture: Saving Ourselves from the Soil Up

Andy Rowell

Meet Donald the Climate Clown

Mark Schuller

As World Looks Elsewhere, Haiti’s Disaster Just Beginning

Alexandra Tempus

The Era Of Climate Migration Meets Violent Borders

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