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Climate Crisis
With This Decade’s Climate Policy, Expect More Warming Than if Nothing Was Done at All
Since 1986, we have emitted as much carbon dioxide as we emitted in the prior 236 years, yet climate policy has only become approximately 13 percent more stringent.
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A Carbon Tax Is Absolutely Essential
What do a major investment from Verizon and the melting of our polar ice caps have in common? A lot more than you may think.
Greenland Glaciers’ Rapid Melting Will Have Global Effects
May and June had the hottest global temperatures on record, according to a report from the National Climactic Data Center.
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Dahr Jamail | “Peak Water,” Methane Blowholes and Ice-Free Arctic Cruises: The Climate Crisis Deepens
This month's climate disruption dispatch, explaining how the planet is being impacted by anthropogenic climate disruption, provides another sobering reality check, demonstrating how rapidly our world is moving toward …
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Edelman Makes a Climate Change Pledge, but Forgets About ALEC
If the PR firm is serious about not working for groups that deny climate change, then it should also not work for groups like ALEC, which is working hard …
The Right’s New Strategy on Climate: Criticizing Billionaires’ Spending
A few billionaires and environmental foundations are conspiring to spread propaganda against the use of fossil fuels.
Fracking Success Shut Down US Climate Change Policy
Christopher Williams tells Paul Jay that the fabulous profits made from fracking oil and gas took climate change off Obama agenda, and while coal emissions may be down in …
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Moving From a Culture of Death to a Culture of Life: Mobilizing for the People’s Climate March
As we prepare for the People's Climate March, we must remember that technology change alone will not avert global disaster. We must prioritize preserving the integrity of human beings …
Dahr Jamail | NASA Scientist Warns of Three to Four-Meter Sea Level Rise by 2200
Former NASA glaciologist Robert Bindschadler discusses his concerns about Antarctic glaciers, why scientists often stay out of the political debate over climate change, and why he decided to get …
New Climate Bill Would “Shrink Government,” Award Taxpayers
PERI's James Boyce discusses how Rep. Chris Van Hollen's climate bill would limit carbon pollution by auctioning off permits to fossil fuel vendors and result in a net gain …