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Climate Crisis
Washington Governor: Heat Wave Is Earth “Screaming at Us” to End Fossil Fuel Use
“The fuse has been burning for decades, and now the climate change bomb has gone off,” Inslee said.
Customs and Border Protection Is Caging Migrants Outdoors Amid Heat Wave
The Intercept's Ryan Devereaux saw about 50 migrants being held inside a chain-link pen in the southern Arizona desert.
Carbon Budget to Limit Temperature Rise Ticks Away as Climate Clock Drops Below Six Years
As much of the Northern Hemisphere faces extreme heat, time is running out to restrict global temperature rise to 1.5°C.
LA Unified School District Is Spending Millions on Urgent Climate Adaptation
Los Angeles parents demanded solutions as their children struggled in hot classrooms and on asphalt playgrounds.
Biden’s New Fossil Fuel Leasing Rule Is a “Massive Climate Failure,” Critics Say
“President Biden is blowing an opportunity to end oil and gas extraction on public land,” said a climate campaigner.
Climate Crisis Makes Us Recognize Our Limits; Disability Culture Can Show Us How
Disability culture teaches us to honor our limits and resist injustice. We need both skills to navigate climate crisis.
China Sees Record-Breaking Temperatures as Europe Faces Historic Heat This Week
“We have not at all come close to grasping the scale and scope of the crisis we’re facing,” says Jeff Goodell.
Climate Change Is Turning the Ocean Green
More than half of the planet's oceans have experienced color change over the last 20 years.
How Big Banks Are Financing — and Profiting From — Climate Destruction
For nearly a decade, organizers have been naming and shaming the banks that prop up the oil, gas and coal industries.
2 Months of Rain Falls on Vermont Over 2 Days, Prompting State of Emergency
“The devastation and flooding we're experiencing across Vermont is historic and catastrophic,” Gov. Phil Scott said.