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US, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait Launch 'Ludicrous' Effort to 'Sabotage' Support for Key UN Climate Study

COP24

'The Political System Is Failing Us': British Energy Dept Blockaded to Protest Climate Inaction and Fracking

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

$Using removable paint, activists sprayed anti-fracking slogans on the entrance of the U.K.'s energy department building in London. (Photo: Extinction Rebellion/Twitter)$

"The time to take action against climate injustice is now... If we do not act now, we face extinction. At the very least we will witness the breakdown of society as we know it."

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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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'Wake Up': Climate Campaigners Tell World Leaders Liberation From Fossil Fuel Industry's Grip Only Solution

Jon Queally, staff writer

Phlomena Telker stands on what was her covered porch after Hurricane Michael tore the roof of her home as it passed through the area on October 10, 2018 in Panama City, Florida.

"The IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C makes it clear that you're either on the side...

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What's Not in Terrifying IPCC Report? "Much, Much, Much More Terrifying" New Climate Tipping Points Research

Fifty-Thousand Come Together in Germany to Defend Ancient Forest and Fight Coal

Ticking Carbon Clock Warns We Have One Year to Avert Climate Catastrophe

The Time to Act is Now: IPCC Issues 'Final Word' on Climate Change

'It Is Not Hopeless,' says World's Chief Climate Scientist

Climate Needs 'Radical Shock Treatment'; EU Pledges Only 'Smelling Salts'

By Failing to Reduce Carbon Emissions, US Leads Way in Destroying Climate

'Severe... Pervasive... Irreversible": IPCC's Devastating Climate Change Conclusions

Newswire

350.org

Over 100 Global Climate Actions Call on World Leaders to Wake Up to 1.5

350.org

Ban Ki-moon Urges Pension Funds to Reduce Investments in Fossil Fuels

Friends of the Earth International

IPCC Report: Urgent Action Needed to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change, says Friends of the Earth

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

IPCC Summary Underscores Urgency of Emissions Reductions, Science Group Says

350.org

IPCC Report Strengthens Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, 350.org Says

Sierra Club

IPCC Report Makes Case for Clean Energy Economy

Views

Olivia Alperstein

We Have 12 Years to Save—or Lose—Our Only Home

Michael Molitch-Hou

Climate Activists Occupy Greenpeace UK Headquarters—Wait, That Can't Be Right

Richard Heinberg

When It Comes to Sustainability, We’re a Society of Distracted Drivers

Sam Pizzigati

Confronting Climate Change in a Deeply Unequal World

Avi Lewis

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

Rachel Cleetus

Seven Things You Should Know About the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report and its Policy Implications

Bill McKibben

The Big US/China Climate Deal: What It Is, and What It Isn’t

Nick Fillmore

Before a Global Climate Deal, Many Hurdles Still Ahead

Peter Frumhoff

The IPCC’s New Climate Science Guide for the Perplexed Policymaker

Andy Rowell

Oil Industry Set to Ignore “Final Warning” on Climate Change

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