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Climate Crisis
Youth Must Focus This Election on Climate Change — and Push Dems to Confront It
We need to push our institutions to divest from the fossil fuel companies responsible for the climate crisis.
Europe Drives Destruction of US Forests in the Name of Fighting Climate Change
U.S. forests are being chopped down to feed the EU’s voracious demand for wood pellets to generate biomass electricity.
Over 170 Environmentalists Sign Letter Urging Against Green Party “Protest Vote”
Activists who mainstreamed the Green Party’s Green New Deal say electoral math is just as unforgiving as climate math.
Mutual Aid Response During Fires Shows Black Lives Matter Is Building Community
Organizers protesting police in Portland quickly mobilized to provide services for those impacted by wildfires.
Scientific American Breaks With 175-Year Precedent to Endorse Biden
The magazine’s editors said they were “compelled” by Trump’s rejection of science, which “has badly damaged the U.S.”
Trump’s Forest Management Talk Is a Ruse, Former White House Officials Say
Trump is using the baseless complaint of forest management for political purposes, former officials allege.
Indigenous Stewardship of the Land Would Help to Prevent Raging Climate Fires
A return to Indigenous practices could help better steward the land and foster greater climate resiliency.
Undocumented Farmworkers Face Triple Threat as West Coast Burns
Farmworkers continue working amid a pandemic and climate-fueled fires.
Sanders Says Climate Disaster Is Much More Expensive Than a Green New Deal
A Green New Deal would combat the climate emergency while creating millions of good-paying jobs.
Trump Is Conveniently Ignoring the Climate-Fueled Fires Raging in the West
Addressing the climate crisis would undermine the fantasies Trump is peddling on the campaign trail.