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Climate Crisis
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Dying From Climate Change While Poor
From India to Arizona in the United States, poor people are dying from climate change, extreme heat and the lie of independence.
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Dahr Jamail | The New Climate “Normal”: Abrupt Sea Level Rise and Predictions of Civilization Collapse
With up to 10 feet of sea level rise expected by 2050, the latest indicators show abrupt climate disruption is upon us.
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Why We All Need to Learn the Word “Anthropogenic“
The wettest rainforest in the continental US has gone up in flames.
Climate Pledges by Walmart, Bank of America and 11 Other Companies Are Mostly Symbolic
Corporate signatories of a White House-sponsored climate pledge are not promising much in the way of carbon emissions reduction.
Are Countries Legally Required to Protect Their Citizens From Climate Change?
A Dutch court recently ruled that greenhouse gas reduction is a state obligation.
Twenty-Five Years After Exxon Valdez, Kayakers Take to the Sea to Defend the Arctic
Environmental groups gathered in San Francisco in solidarity with “kayaktivists” in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Climate Change and Social Justice
Pence recently declared that Indiana will not comply with the EPA's new Clean Power Plan.
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The Looming Catastrophe
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Capitalism, Green or Otherwise, Is “Ecological Suicide“
Author Richard Smith recognizes that building a movement requires more than being against ecocidal destruction.
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Dahr Jamail | Mourning the Changes That Surround Us: Readers Speak Out on Climate
We asked Truthout readers to share observations of weather anomalies in their areas.