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Aid Groups Warn of 'Untold Suffering for Millions' as Trump Weighs Billions in Cuts to UN Humanitarian Programs

Well Wishes for Greta Thunberg as Teen Leader Sets Sail for US to Combat 'Climate and Ecological Crisis'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Greta Thunberg

The 16-year-old Swede is kicking off a two-week journey on a fossil fuel emissions-free boat from the U.K. to a U.N. summit in New York City

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Warning of 'Severe' Harm to Millions of People, UN Human Rights Chief Condemns Trump Embargo Against Venezuela

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Wide-ranging unilateral sanctions can end up denying people's fundamental...

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UN Report Calls for Transforming Land Practices to Battle Hunger and 'Suffocating Blanket of Climate Emergency'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"There are a lot of actions that we can take now... But what some of these...

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Shifting Subsidies to Renewable Energy Instead of Propping Up Fossil Fuel Giants Would Prompt 'Clean Energy Revolution', Study Shows

Sailor Boris Herrmann (L) with Svante Thunberg, father of Greta, and Greta Thunberg (R). (Photo: Birte Lorenzen)

To Deliver 'Fundamental Message' for 'Survival of Future Generations,' Greta Thunberg to Sail Atlantic for Americas

Rescued migrants sit on the coast of Khoms, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Libyan capital Tripoli, on July 26, 2019.

EU Leaders Denounced for 'New Low' After 'Worst Mediterranean Tragedy' This Year Claims Lives of 150 Migrants

Blocks of C-4 detonate

Scientists Urge Environmental Destruction Be Added to Geneva Conventions' List of War Crimes

'Unprecedented' Decline of Plants and Animals as Global 'Red List' Reveals Nearly One-Third of Assessed Species Under Threat

climate emergency sign

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

One of the drawings made by a child recently released from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center.

Smithsonian Seeking Child Migrants' Drawings of Horrific Detention to Document 'History as It Unfolds'

People stand on top of a broken bridge, damaged during Cyclone Idai

'Staggering' UN Warning That Climate Crisis Disasters Now Occur Weekly Provokes Calls for Action

Arid soils

Citing $69 Trillion Price Tag by 2100, Moody's Warns Central Banks of Far-Reaching Economic Damage of Climate Crisis

Libya

'This Attack Clearly Could Constitute a War Crime,' Says UN Envoy After at Least 44 Killed in Bombing of Libyan Migrant Detention Center

Migrant workers

With Poorest Bearing the Brunt, Report Warns Searing Temperatures of Global Heating Could Cost World Economy $2.4 Trillion by 2030

As Heat Wave Boils Europe, Lackluster Bonn Talks Marred by US and Saudi-Led Obstruction of Climate Science

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Amnesty International - USA

UN Secretary General Orders Investigation Into Atrocities in Idlib, Syria

Amnesty International

Philippines: UN Investigation Urgently Needed Into Duterte Administration’s Murderous “War on Drugs”

Jubilee USA Network

Senate Bill Tackles Tax Evasion, Secrecy and Money Laundering

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Bonn Climate Talks Make Limited Progress, Greater Political Leadership Essential to Address Climate Emergency

Peace Action

Peace Action: Striking Iran Now Could Spark a Major War

Amnesty International - USA

Saudi Arabia: UN Findings on Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Highlight Need for Independent Criminal Investigation to Uncover the Truth

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Kristin Ohlson

Regenerative Agriculture Is Key for a Sustainable Climate and Food System

Juliette Majot

Landmark UN Report Emphasizes Crucial Role of Regenerative Farming Practices to Address Climate and Food Emergencies

Gillian Kane

Trump’s Is Not the First US Administration to Ignore Facts, and Slash Aid for Women’s Healthcare

Joan Martinez Alier , Nick Meynen

Never-Ending Growth?

Jessica A. Knoblauch

Fireflies’ Glow Could Soon Be Extinguished by Human Actions

Steven McFadden

Sleepwalking Into Certain Catastrophe, or Awakening via Agroecology

Conn Hallinan

The World Needs a Water Treaty

Timothy Wise

Agroecology as Innovation

Philip Alston

US Can't Ignore That Climate Crisis Will Force 120 Million People Into Poverty

Juan Cole

Saudi Arabia Erases Science, Blocks Progress at Bonn Climate Summit, Pushing Dirty Oil