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Climate Crisis
800 Climate Scientists Warn Trump Presidency Could Be Defined by “Denial and Disaster“
Hundreds of scientists and energy experts sent a letter to Trump urging him to admit that climate change is real.
Businesses Are Beginning to Realize That Smart Money Is in Renewable Energy
Much of the private energy sector has turned a corner, looking to profit from clean technology.
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Climate Action Is Up to the Rest of Us Now
With Trump in the White House, “there is no time to waste” on fighting climate change.
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Bolivia Is in a Drought State of Emergency
Over 2 million residents of Bolivia are at risk due to severe drought caused by glacial melt in the Andes.
Dahr Jamail | Without Major Interventions, the Orca’s Days Are Numbered
Multiple factors stemming from planetary warming are converging to threaten the existence of the iconic orca.
Climate Finance for Farmers Is Key to Averting 1 Billion Hungry
When climate change is added to the food security equation, local solutions become more complex.
Dispatch From Nepal: The Disaster Didn’t End When the Earth Stopped Shaking
The earthquakes that struck Nepal in 2015 are just one ingredient in a toxic brew of suffering.
US Retirement Funds Contribute to Deforestation and Climate Change
As of June 2016, US mutual funds had a net investment of more than $5 billion in palm oil producers.
How Climate Change Makes Bioconservatism the Most Relevant Ideology
Cultural-bioconservatism can teach us what to conserve and how to contribute to an ecologically sustainable future.
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Four Ways to Look at Standing Rock: An Indigenous Perspective
In the shadow of the Trump election, I found myself explaining to world climate leaders how to see Standing Rock through an Indigenous lens.