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Covering Climate Now
Truthout is proud to join with more than 200 other news outlets for Covering Climate Now, a project geared toward deepening media coverage of the climate crisis.
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What Does Equitable Climate Policy Actually Look Like?
We must drastically and equitably reduce emissions and transform our economy before the window of opportunity closes.
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Farmers Are Plagued by Debt and Climate Crisis. Trump Has Made Things Worse.
Experts suggest that the U.S. must urgently look inward to address its own climate-related food security issues.
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Seas Are Rising. We Must Create Climate-Resilient Infrastructure — Now.
Activists everywhere can fight for climate resilience at the local level.
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Youth Action Gives Me Hope Amid Climate Crisis and Trump’s Totalitarian Threat
The frightening truth is no longer a theoretical model that will play out on some socially distanced tomorrow.
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These Races Will Shape What the US Elections Mean for Climate Progress
The people have marched, and now it’s time to vote.
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West Coast Wildfires Underscore Ominous Global Trend: Forests Are Dying
Trees are resilient, but the current rate of atmospheric warming is driving changes faster than forests can adapt to.
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Greenwashing Capitalism Won’t Heal the Planet
To truly heal the planet, we have no alternative but to replace our current economic paradigm with a more equitable one.
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Voters Want to Use Climate Change Policies to Rebuild the Economy After COVID
A new poll shows that voters want job training for workers who left the fossil fuel industry as well as a carbon tax.
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Trump Is Losing Farmer Support in Climate Crisis. Will They Swing the Election?
Amid the worsening climate crisis, farmers’ support for Trump has fallen from 89 percent to 71 percent since April.
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18-Year-Old Indigenous Climate Activist Fights to Save Arctic Wildlife Refuge
Quannah Chasinghorse is trying to protect the wilderness that the Trump administration opened to oil drilling.