News | Environment & Health Frontline, Youth and Labor Activists Demand Biden Act Now on Climate Crisis During the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City, activists decried Biden’s refusal to declare a climate emergency. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 18, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health “A Watershed Moment”: CA Sues Oil Giants Over Decades of Climate Destruction California is the largest economy so far to take aim at fossil fuel companies for their role in climate destruction. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 17, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Greta Thunberg Could Face 6-Month Jail Term for Blockade of Swedish Oil Port The climate activist was charged for a second time on September 15 for refusing to leave a protest at an oil terminal. By Olivia Rosane , CommonDreams September 15, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Humans Have Crossed 6 out of 9 Planetary Boundaries, Study Warns The impacts on Earth's stability and resilience "may serve as a renewed wake-up call to humankind," researchers said. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams September 14, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health A Mass Climate Mobilization Is Taking Place Sunday. Here’s Why It’s Urgent. Economist Robert Pollin analyzes the state of the global green transition in the lead-up to Sunday’s mass protest. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout September 14, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Libyan Youth Climate Activist Says Flooding Disaster Was Not a Surprise “I’m hoping that this tragedy could be the turning point” to take the climate crisis more seriously, says Nissa Bek. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! September 13, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health An Environmental Defender Was Killed Every Other Day in 2022, Report Finds More than a third of those killed were Indigenous, and 39 defenders were killed in the Amazon rainforest last year. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 13, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Over 5,000 Dead and Thousands More Missing Amid Extreme Flooding in Libya Libya’s health minister told reporters that ultimately the number of deaths is expected to reach 10,000. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams September 12, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health World Bank Spent Nearly $15 Billion Supporting Fossil Fuels Since Paris Accords The World Bank has long been accused of reneging on its climate commitments. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams September 12, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Small Island States Say Global Ocean Treaty Must Cover Climate Pollution A landmark hearing in Hamburg, Germany, may determine whether climate protections are afforded under the Law of the Sea. By Olivia Rosane , CommonDreams September 11, 2023 Truthout