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![Climate activists marched down 6th Avenue in Manhattan days after a report exposed the 35 different insurance companies supporting oil and gas projects across the U.S. Gulf South, on February 27, 2024, in New York City, New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2036587170-400x300.jpg)
Climate Crisis Will Shrink Average Global Income 19 Percent in the Next 26 Years
Countries least responsible for climate change may see 40 percent greater income loss than higher-emission countries.
![This underwater photo taken on April 5, 2024, shows bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometers (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0416-Coral-400x300.jpg)
From Florida to Australia, Global Coral Bleaching Could Soon Be Worst on Record
Coral reefs are a reliable gauge of climate disruption, and 90 percent of global warming is occurring in the oceans.
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Activists Slam Biden Admin’s Approval of Largest Offshore Oil Export Terminal
Fenceline communities will again be at risk for more oil spills, explosions and pollution, says one climate advocate.
![Representatives and lawyers of three climate change cases involving France, Portugal and Switzerland attend a hearing of the European Court of Human Rights to decide in three separate cases if states are doing enough in the face of global warming in rulings that could force them to do more, in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0409-court-400x300.jpg)
Top EU Court Rules Swiss Climate Inaction Violates Human Rights in Landmark Case
Environmental advocates say the decision will likely have ripple effects throughout Europe and beyond.
![Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during an 8-hour shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 12, 2023, where temperatures reached 106 degrees amid an ongoing heatwave.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0409-stop-400x300.jpg)
Project 2025 Threatens Not Only Workers’ Livelihoods, But Also Their Very Lives
The right-wing plan aims to gut everything from anti-discrimination protections to child labor standards.
![A plastic bag drifts in the Botnia Gulf on May 3, 2023, near Pietarsaari.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0408-plastic-ice-400x300.jpg)
Plastic Waste on Ocean Floors Could Be 100 Times Amount Floating on Surface
Researchers found that up to 11 million tons of plastic are polluting the planet's ocean floors.
![Bekah Hinojosa poses outside a planned facility slated to export fracked gas, or so-called liquefied natural gas (LNG), at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas on March 30, 2024. The terminal site is one of two facilities that are still moving forward at the port despite the Biden administration's announced LNG permitting freeze.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/Lead-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s So-Called LNG Export Freeze Sacrifices Gulf South Communities — Again
Environmental justice advocates in Texas aren’t waiting on Biden — or anyone else for that matter — to save them.
![A section of the Mountain Valley Pipeline is halted above a wetland area on August 25, 2022, in Ireland, West Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1428097657-400x300.jpg)
Six Things Everyone Should Know About the Mountain Valley Pipeline
These are the CEOs, big banks, asset managers, campaign finance ties and regulatory conflicts wrapped up in the MVP.
![Hundreds of Native Americans and supporters protested the Dakota Access Pipeline at Lafayette Park in front of the White House on October 12, 2021, in Washington D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1235841603-400x300.jpg)
Big Oil Ignores Millions of Climate Deaths When Billions in Profit Are at Stake
As the world burns, radical climate change activism is our only hope.
![Floodwaters cover an access road to oil refineries on September 25, 2005, in Port Arthur, Texas, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0402-refinery-400x300.jpg)
How Industry Coordinated to Deny Link Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change
As climate lawsuits mount, at least one major oil company anticipated legal action decades ago.