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Let’s Make Friday the Biggest Day of Climate Action in Global History
Youth from communities most impacted by sea level rise are on the front lines.
As We Transition Away From Fossil Fuels, We Must Also Tackle Inequality
The solutions to climate change must not exacerbate existing inequities.
Naomi Klein: The Struggles Against Climate Change and Racism Are Inseparable
The author of the new book, “On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal,” discusses how she finds hope.
Neonicotinoid Pesticides Have Made US Agriculture Much More Toxic
The most widely used class of insecticides is dangerous for much more than its intended target, new research finds.
This Is Not the Sixth Extinction. It’s the First Extermination Event.
What we are witnessing is not a passive geological event but extermination by capitalism.
The Pompeo Doctrine Is a Formula for Catastrophe in the Arctic
The Trump administration increasingly views the Arctic as a key arena for future great-power competition and extraction.
Equity Firms and Venture Capitalists Lobby to Save Surprise Medical Bills
Investors buy up many large physician-staffing companies and drive up profits by staying out of insurance networks.
Greta Thunberg Says It’s Time to “Wake the Adults Up”
In this hour-long interview, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg says we need a system-wide disruption.
To Confront Climate Change, We Need an Ecological Democracy
We cannot confront climate change without first confronting the unequal power relations that caused it.
NOAA Officials Defend Trump’s Bogus Hurricane Dorian Alabama Claim
The federal agency that oversees the National Weather Service issued a statement that appeared to back Trump's tweets.