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'Unprecedented Threat' for East Africa as Larger Second Wave of Locust Crisis Arrives Amid Pandemic

Locust nymphs aggregated on the ground at a hatch site near Isiolo town in eastern Kenya on Feb. 25, 2020

'A Scourge of Biblical Proportions': UN Leaders Sound Alarm on East Africa Locust Crisis in Call for Global Response

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The worst outbreak in decades has devastated crops across a region already enduring food insecurity, conflict, and climate impacts.

A Month Ahead of Global Climate Strike, Thousands Pledge to Attend Rallies Across Planet to 'Turn Up the Political Heat' and Demand Action

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Time is running out. This decade is our last chance to stop the destruction of...

7,000+ Colleges and Universities Declare Climate Emergency and Unveil Three-Point Plan to Combat It

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"We all need to work together to nurture a habitable planet for future...

'The Climate Crisis Doesn't Go on Summer Holiday, And Neither Will We,' Says Greta Thunberg as #FridaysForFuture Returns to the Streets

Amid Rise of Xenophobes Like Trump, UN Report Shows World's Refugee Population Has Exploded to More Than 70 Million

For 'Challenging Us All to Confront the Realities of the Climate Crisis,' Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future Win Amnesty's Top Human Rights Award

'Beautiful Trouble' Grows With Friday Climate Strikes on Multiple Continents

Carbon Levels Are Higher Than They've Been in Past 3 Million Years, Scientists Reveal

Global Climate Strike in Pictures: Millions of Students Walk Out to Demand Planetary Transformation

Nader's Message to Boeing: Ground the Planes Now

"I'm Sure Dinosaurs Thought They Had Time, Too': Over 12,000 Students Strike in Brussels Demanding Bold Climate Action

Reproductive Rights Groups Slam WH Report on Trump's 'Unconscionable' Global Gag Rule

As Support Grows for Ban on Killer Robots, Viral 'Slaughterbots' Video Warns of Threat to Humans

'These Will Be Weapons of Mass Destruction': Warnings About Killer Robots After UN Talks

In a "World of Plenty," G7 Must Fight Famine

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Both Cruel and Stupid, Again/Still

In another crime against women and science, this week marks the anniversary of what advocates call "a clear killer": Trump not just reinstating, but expanding, a Global Gag Rule that denies U.S. funds to international health non-profits who offer - or even talk about - abortion, which in turn curtails access to contraceptives and other services. Activists marked the sorry event with a lightshow on Trump's D.C. Hotel declaring, "It doesn't take a genius to know family planning works."