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Climate Denier Scott Pruitt Faces Protests at Senate Hearing as 2016 Is Declared Hottest Year Ever
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testified in front of the Senate Wednesday.
Atlantic Ocean Current Could Collapse Within 300 Years
Weather patterns across the globe will be affected if climate change collapses a major oceanic conveyor belt current.
Trump’s Suppression of Climate Science Echoes Restrictions Under Stalin
When ideology trumps peer-reviewed scientific research, as it did in the Stalinist Soviet Union, the world loses.
World Is “Backsliding” on Gasoline Subsidies, Study Finds
Taxes on gasoline effectively reduce CO2 emissions, yet they are lower now than they were 13 years ago, finds a new study.
2016 Was the Year of Shrinking Ice
A 37-year graph tracking sea ice cover at both poles shows just how dramatic the loss of sea ice was during 2016.
Nationwide Protests Call Attention to Climate Change as Trump Cabinet Hearings Begin
Protest organizers said they would keep the pressure on throughout the Trump administration.
William Rivers Pitt | Some Questions for Mr. Trump
If Trump actually shows up for his scheduled presser, here are some questions I'd like him to answer.
“Unprecedented” Polar Melting Unfolds as Climate Disruption Denial Goes Wild
Early January saw colder temperatures in Seattle than at the North Pole but the climate science denial goes on.
Clean Energy: The Challenge of Achieving a “Just Transition” for Workers
Tackling climate change is good for the economy, good for business and good for people.
Trump’s America and the New World Order: A Conversation With Noam Chomsky
Chomsky discusses Trump's lethal know-nothing appointees and the US's growing isolation within a new world order.