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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.
We Cannot Afford to Gamble on Geoengineering to Achieve Net Zero
We cannot risk delaying climate action now in the hope that a technological fix will emerge.
In the Face of Ageist Attacks, Greta Thunberg Is Still Leading by Example
Governments and ordinary people who shirk their responsibility for climate change are the biggest threat to the planet.
Fracking Has No Place in a Livable Future
Fossil fuel apologists call fracked gas a “bridge fuel.” It's a bridge to planetary destruction.
Youth Activists Tell Washington “We’re Coming for You” on Climate Change
The time to rebel is right now, say organizers of the Youth Climate Strike.
Koch-Backed Republicans Want to Tax Your Electric Car
Charles Koch loves individual liberty -- except when individuals want to drive electric cars.
Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin: If We Want a Future, Green New Deal Is Key
We already have a realistic solution in the Green New Deal, we just lack the political will.
Water Protectors Are Prepared for Battle. Join Us.
The battle over Indigenous rights is also a battle over climate change and our collective future.
Being Arrested Scares Me, But the Climate Crisis Is Pushing Me to Act
Petitions and tweets won't cut it. We need mass civil disobedience to set us on a new course.
Meet the Climate Whistleblowers Muzzled by Trump
Six whistleblowers and ex-government scientists describe how the Trump administration made them bury climate science.
On Climate and Food, What’s the Lesson We Insist on Missing?
Our political and economic systems are twisted to undermine food security for some for the benefit of others.