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Climate Crisis
Mass Fish Die-Offs Are the New Normal: Climate Change Shuts Down a Montana River
Deadly fish kills in the Yellowstone River are a symptom of an ecosystem in crisis and bad news for Montana's economy.
Will Trumpism, Brexit and Geopolitical Exceptionalism Sink the Planet?
Electing green-minded leaders, stopping climate deniers from capturing office, and opposing fossil-fueled ultra-nationalism is the only realistic path to a habitable planet.
Scientific Study Warns of “Catastrophic Declines” in Earth’s Wilderness
The rate at which wilderness is being lost is nothing short of staggering and must be changed immediately.
Dahr Jamail | Toxic Slime Spreads Across Oceans as Climate Disruption Continues
Alaska is the proverbial canary in the coal mine for a world experiencing rapid anthropogenic climate disruption.
A Test of US Climate Leadership Will Be the Treatment of the Standing Rock Sioux
Can we trust Clinton-Kaine promises of an energy future “where no one is left out or left behind”?
President Obama: Pull the DAPL Permit, Do the Climate Test
We should see DAPL as no different than Keystone XL, and treat it as such.
Study Finds Greenhouse Gases Doubled the Chances of Louisiana’s Flooding Rains
A new study finds that human-caused climate change doubled the chances of the torrential rains that caused deadly flooding in LA.
Cuomo’s Flint
Legislative hearings have begun about the water crisis in Hoosick Falls, New York, and many people have been dropping the F word: Flint.
To Stop Climate Change, Don’t Just Cut Carbon; Redistribute Wealth
Climate disruption is inextricably linked to economic inequality. Serious climate solutions must be, too.
Climate Change Pledges Not Nearly Enough to Save Tropical Ecosystems
The carbon pledges made by 178 nations in Paris to date won't likely save tropical coral reefs or cloud forests, or prevent mass global extinctions.