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Climate Crisis
The Real Impact of the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Will Be Felt Locally
For decades, many localities have preferred to cut taxes and defer needed improvements to infrastructure.
For First Time on Record, Rainfall Observed at Peak of Greenland Ice Sheet
This “is not simply a warm decade or two in a wandering climate pattern," said one expert. "This is unprecedented.”
Judge Rules Against Alaskan Oil Pipeline Approved by Trump and Defended by Biden
The Trump administration failed to adequately consider the climate impacts of ConocoPhillip's plan, said the judge.
Centrists Threaten Congress’s Only Climate Bill as Earth Records Hottest Month
The $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill contains some of the only climate provisions with any chance of passing Congress.
Chomsky and Pollin: We Can’t Rely on Private Sector for Necessary Climate Action
Private businesses will not move beyond greenwashing unless they are forced to by stringent government regulations.
Jayapal Slams Conservative Democrats Over Threats to Reconciliation Bill
Rep. Pramila Jayapal said that there's nothing “moderate” about tanking Medicare expansion and climate action.
The UK Is Exceeding US Climate Action — But That’s Not Saying Much
While the U.K. debates how to tackle the climate crisis, the U.S. still debates the basic reality of climate change.
Average Global Temperature Has Risen Steadily Under 40 Years of Neoliberalism
Yet we continue to allow fossil fuel companies to profit off destroying the planet, says economist Robert Pollin.
Amid Praise of Infrastructure Bill, Indigenous Climate Activists Sound Alarm
Some tribal members say the bill woefully underfunds programs that help tackle the climate crisis.
Chomsky: Biden’s “Radical” Proposals Are Minimum Measures to Avoid Catastrophe
An ever-growing military budget and continued support for oil and gas meanwhile push us inexorably toward doomsday.