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Environment
CO2 Concentration Is Higher Than Ever in Human History
The amount of CO2 in Earth's atmosphere already constitutes a climate emergency, and it's worsening each year.
Big Oil Pushes Corporate-Friendly Carbon Tax to Halt Green New Deal Wave
Big oil is attempting to shield itself from Green New Deal efforts with a free-market-based carbon tax plan.
Trump Is Trying to Ban Climate Science Because… Obama?
History will remember Trump as a small man who thought he could ignore the ocean.
New Report Warns Planet May Be Warming Twice as Fast as Expected
We have less than 12 years to reverse climate change, according to a new IPCC report.
Record Support for Green Party in EU Elections as Youth-Led Climate Strikes Grow
Luisa Neubauer, a youth climate activist and member of the German Green Party, discusses the party’s next steps.
Scientific Panel Votes to Recognize the Destructive Impact of the “Anthropocene”
The recognition of the new epoch is a step toward recognizing that humankind has drastically altered the planet.
In Palestine and Beyond, Tear Gas Takes Environmental Toll
In an area threatened by chemical attacks, Palestinians are planting gardens and implementing permaculture.
After Years of Abuse, the Earth Has Sent Its Bill Collectors
We have to stop relying on our “Capitalism One” card to defer the true cost of what we exploit and consume.
Retired Oil Rigs Off California Coast Could Find New Lives as Artificial Reefs
Rigs-to-reefs conversions could serve as a model for decommissioning thousands of other offshore platforms worldwide.
What Would It Mean to Deeply Accept That We’re in Planetary Crisis?
The work of these times is not about saving the world but rather about belonging to it more fully.