News | Environment & Health 18 Youths in California Sue the EPA Over Climate Pollution “We feel a constant worry about the future, and all around us no one is moving fast enough," said one plaintiff. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams December 11, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Latest COP28 Climate Adaptation Draft Is Weak, Critics Say as Summit Winds Down The Global South needs between $215 and $387 billion annually to adapt its infrastructure to the climate crisis. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams December 11, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health Some of the Most Important Connections at COP28 Aren’t Between Heads of States In the ashes of disappointing negotiations rises a global climate movement demanding action and building solidarity. By Kwolanne Felix , Truthout December 11, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Will COP28 End Up as the Greatest Flop in Global Climate Diplomacy Thus Far? Environmental economist James K. Boyce analyzes the roadblocks to climate action at the COP28 climate summit. By C.J. Polychroniou , Truthout December 9, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Atmospheric CO2 Has Reached Levels Not Seen in 14 Million Years, New Study Finds We've already pushed the atmosphere beyond anything we've seen as a species, said a corresponding author of the study. By Olivia Rosane , CommonDreams December 8, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Carbon-Trading Plans Are Thinly Veiled Land Grabs That Displace People Globally The COP28 climate summit is in danger of codifying carbon-trading schemes that often displace Indigenous people. By Ashley Dawson & Fiore Longo , Truthout December 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health House GOP Would Have Taxpayers Pay for Cleanup When Fracking Boom Goes Bust Lauren Boebert’s bill could saddle taxpayers with up to $17.7 billion in oil and gas cleanup costs on public lands. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout December 6, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Public Health Finally Gets a Platform at COP28, But Will Real Action Follow? As prior COPs have shown, making commitments is often the easy part — actually seeing them through is much harder. By Zoya Teirstein , Grist December 6, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health With COP28 Underway, Let’s Recommit to an Ongoing Struggle for Systemic Change Neither COP28 nor individualistic approaches will solve the climate crisis. We need to buckle down for a long fight. By Kwolanne Felix , Truthout December 5, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights COP28 Activists Defy UAE Protest Restrictions to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza Some held banners with watermelons, a symbol of the Palestinian movement, to circumvent a ban on Palestinian flags. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! December 4, 2023 Truthout