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'The Last Administration Able to Act in Time': Youth Climate Leaders Say Global Future Depends on Boldness of Biden

A child wears a protective mask and holds a sign during a protest as part of the Fridays for Future movement to call for action against climate change on October 9, 2020 in Turin, Italy.

After 'Incredible First Steps' on KXL and Paris, Biden Urged to 'Go Further' on Climate

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

At a January 19, 2021 rally organized by Food & Water Watch, New York Communities for Change, and 350 NYC, environmental activists demand that the Biden administration Build Back Fossil Free in front of Charging Bull sculpture in New York City. (Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"The Biden White House needs to chart a much more aggressive course for dealing with our climate emergency."

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With Dire Assessment, Scientists Warn Humanity in Denial of Looming 'Collapse of Civilization as We Know It'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A firefighter surveys the Bond Fire—started by a structure fire that extended into nearby vegetation—on December 3, 2020 in Silverado, California. (Photo: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

"We aim to provide leaders with a realistic 'cold shower' of the state of the...

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Report Urges Biden to Reverse Trump Environmental Rollbacks and Set US on 'Path to Cleaner, Healthier Future'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

"He cannot pass up that opportunity," said the author of Environment America's...

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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during the fourth day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which Graham chairs, on October 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Bill O'Leary-Pool/Getty Images)

Cruz and Graham Working to Block Biden From Rejoining Paris Climate and Iran Nuclear Deals

Climate activists gathered outside the CNN studios in New York, where a Town Hall on Climate Policy was held on September 4, 2019.

Groups Provide Biden With Draft Climate Emergency Order to Help Put Out 'Fire Fanned by Trump'

Coastal vegetation is seen burning close to the beach on December 7, 2020 in Fraser Island, Australia, also known as K'gari. (Photo: Greg Nature Slade/Getty Images)

'Can Anybody Still Deny That We Are Facing a Dramatic Emergency?' Asks UN Chief at Climate Summit

Participants attend Earth Hour 2018 in front of the Brandenburg Gate on March 24, 2018 in Berlin.

'We Need to Get Off the Current Road to Hell,' Say Former UN Climate Leaders

Then a Democratic presidential candidate, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden campaigned with former Secretary of State John Kerry on December 6, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Noting Nation's Unparalleled Contributions to Global Crisis, 100+ Groups Push Biden to Commit US to 'Fair Share' of Climate Action

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (C) takes part in a Fridays For Future protest in front of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) in Stockholm on September 25, 2020.

In Must-Watch Video, Greta Thunberg Warns Humanity 'Still Speeding in Wrong Direction' on Climate

A protestor wearing a face mask displays a placard reading 'Save The Earth' during the climate crisis protest in Seoul. (Photo: Simon Shin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

New UN 'Emissions Gap' Report Emphasizes Necessity of Green Recovery From Covid-19 Pandemic

A woman looks at the destruction in Haulover in the Northern Caribbean Autonomous Region, Nicaragua, on November 28, 2020, days after the passage of Hurricane Iota. (Photo: Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images)

As World Teeters on Brink, Over 250 Scientists and Scholars Warn of Full-Fledged 'Societal Collapse'

Then- Vice President Joe Biden laughs as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry introduces him to speak during the 2016 International Women of Courage Forum at the State Department, March 29, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

From 'Alarming Red Flag' to 'Something We Can Work With,' Campaigners Respond to Kerry as Biden Climate Envoy

Activists project flames and commentary on the side of the Trump International Hotel in protest of President Donald Trump's response to science and climate change in the face of devastating wild fires burning throughout the United States on October 21, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Climate Power 2020)

As US Officially Quits Paris Accord Amid Election Uncertainty, Progressives Say 'Make This Disastrous Decision Temporary'

New research calls for policymakers to end all government subsidies to the fossil fuel industry and ban all exploration for new fossil fuel reserves anywhere in the world.

Toothless Climate Pledges That Permit Fossil Fuel Extraction Are Like 'Declaring a Global Pandemic Without a Plan for Social Distancing': Scientists

Social and environmental justice groups opposed to Shell's plans to drill for fossil fuels in Arctic waters organized a protest in kayaks on the shores of Seattle's Elliot Bay in 2015. (Photo: Greenpeace)

Arsonists 'Pledging to Light a Few Less Fires': Analysis Exposes Failure of Big Oil Climate Pledges

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Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Earth Day Summit Signals US Serious About Working with World Leaders to Address Climate Crisis

Indigenous Environmental Network

Indigenous Environmental Network Responds to US Rejoining the Paris Agreement

350.org

350.Org on Joe Biden Rejoining Paris Climate Agreement

Food & Water Watch

Biden Must Make Bigger Climate Moves than Keystone and Paris

Environment America

Biden Expected To Keep Promise as U.S. Will Rejoin the International Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Biden Expected to Rejoin Paris Agreement on Day One, Bring US Back into International Fold

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Tina Gerhardt

Biden Rejoined the Paris Agreement. Now He Must Lead by Example.

Osprey Orielle Lake, Katherine Quaid

Re-entering the Paris Climate Agreement Is Just Step One to Address the Climate Emergency: Frontline Women Must Lead the Way

Elizabeth Cerceo

Lighter Coal Regulations May Mean More Covid-19 Deaths

Pelenise Alofa, Tasneem Essop

Climate Change Should Be Our Priority in the Post-Pandemic Era

Mark Hertsgaard

Humanity Faces Climate "Suicide" Without US Rejoining Paris Agreement, Says the UN Secretary General

Tara Ritter

Why Agricultural Carbon Offsets Can't Play a Role in International Climate Action

Jules Kortenhorst, Andrew Steer

Paris Agreement: Don't Count the US Out Just Yet

Olivia Rosane

U.S. Now Officially Out of the Paris Climate Agreement

Bill McKibben

This Election Isn't About the Next Four Years. It's About the Next Four Millennia

Mark Hertsgaard

A Second Trump Term Would Be 'Game Over' for the Climate, Says Top Scientist