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Climate Crisis
Dahr Jamail | As Trump’s Denialists Get to Work, the Climate Is Changing 170 Times Faster
Denial won't help us when the consequences of climate change hit — not gradually but with the force of a meteor strike.
Doctors: Climate Change Is Already Making US Kids Sicker
Children are among the most vulnerable to the health impacts of climate change.
Climate Change Forces Northwest Natives From Their Ancestral Homes
As rising waters eat away the land beneath their feet, many Native communities are turning into climate refugees.
Release of Arctic Methane “May Be Apocalyptic,” Study Warns
The impending release of methane hydrate across the Arctic is not a good sign for life on Earth.
Seven Things That Need to Happen to Keep Global Temperature Rise Below 2C
A new report by IEA and IRENA is the latest attempt to address the question of global temperatures.
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Climate Change Is Making Kenya’s Droughts More Severe
Kenya's current severe drought, exacerbated by the recent La Nina, has left over two million people in Kenya without enough to eat.
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A Call to Recognize the US’s Women Human Rights Defenders
While the US has branded itself as a model of human rights, it has been criticized for dropping the ball on advancing women's rights at home and overseas.
To Stand With Palau, We Must Stand Against Capitalism
Perhaps the ocean, in its immensity and its intimacy, its vast and delicate diversity, can awaken us, when appeals to lower carbon emissions have not.
The Human Race Has Only 50 Years Left
The environmental crisis is likely to spur increasing conflict ending in nuclear war.
How Trump’s Environmental Agenda Will Exacerbate the Refugee Crisis
Trump has proven himself a direct adversary of climate refugees and their fight.