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As World Moves Forward with Paris Accord, U.S. Observes From Sidelines

Caribbean Islands Pleaded for Climate Action. Hurricane Irma Shows Why.

Julia Conley, staff writer

Parts of the Caribbean island of St. Martin were left flooded Wednesday after Hurricane Irma hit.

Some of the small Caribbean islands that are expected to suffer the most damage from Hurricane Irma have had some of the loudest voices in recent months regarding the effects of climate change—and the harm being done by leaders including President Donald Trump, who withdrew the United States from the Paris climate accord in June. Images of the...

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'Earth Is Exhausted': Humans Have Already Consumed the Planet's Annual Resources

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This means that in seven months, we emitted more carbon than the oceans and forests can absorb in a year, we caught more fish, felled more trees, harvested more, and consumed more water than the Earth was able to produce in the same period," World Wildlife Fund and Global Footprint Network said in a statement.

With several months left until the end of 2017, humans have already used up...

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Climate Science Out, Coal In: EPA Exhibit Will Reflect Trump's Agenda

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt meeting with coal miners in Pennsylvania

An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) history exhibit that opened just...

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Jeremy Corbyn and Naomi Klein

Jeremy Corbyn Talks With Naomi Klein About Creating a Better World

Floods in Louisiana in August 2016

'When Rising Seas Hit Home': Hundreds of Towns Threatened by 2100

Greenpeace protested Donald Trump's arrival in Poland with the message "No Trump, Yes Paris."

'No Trump, Yes Paris': Greenpeace Gives US President Cold Welcome in Poland

Demonstrators protest U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate change accord.

Offering Moral Leadership, UCC Urges Clergy to 'Be Bold and Courageous' in Climate Fight

Deadline 2020: Just Three Years, Say Experts, Before Global Tipping Point

Embracing 'WWII Style Mobilization,' California Set to Go Big on Climate

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

To Save Future From Trump, Groups Ready for Nationwide #ActOnClimate Day

To Counter Trump, Hawaii and California Assert Leadership on Climate Action

John Oliver: Trump Climate Decision Is Behavior of Destructive 'Egomaniac'

Pruitt Offers 'Incoherent Distortions of Reality' in Defense of Trump's Paris Exit

Earth to Trump: You Are On Your Own

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Friends of the Earth

Trump’s Paris Decision is Not Climate Action

Center for Biological Diversity

Public Records Sought on Trump's Withdrawal From Paris Climate Agreement...

350.org

EU urged to honour Paris Agreement, withdraw support for gas mega-pipeline

Climate Action Tracker

Increased Reliance on Natural Gas Risks an Emissions Lock-In

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

In Rebuke to Trump and Pruitt, Other G7 Environment Ministers Signal Full Speed Ahead on Climate, Paris Agreement

350.org

With Trump Out of Paris, the Road Ahead is Up to Us

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Mark Decena

Not Without Us – Organizing Our Way to Solve the Climate Crisis

Annika Nilsson, Miyase Christensen, Tom Buurman

The Thawing Arctic Beyond Flags

Mel Gurtov

Reaching Paris Without Stopping in Washington

John Atcheson

Our Aversion to Doom and Gloom Is Dooming Us

Nick Dearden

G20 Is Desperately Trying to Save a Failed World Order

Sarah van Gelder

Our Best Shot at Meeting Paris Goals? Make Energy Public

Andy Rowell

Trump on "Direct Collision Course" With G20 Over Climate

Sara Mersha, Carol Schachet

Leaving Paris for All The Wrong Reasons

Richard Eskow

The Koch Brothers & Trump: The Men Who Sold the World

Tom Engelhardt

America Last: Will Trump Set a Record for the History Books?

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