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![Dry soybeans are seen in Firmat, Argentina, on March 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-2113281471-400x300.jpg)
Extreme Heat Is Driving Up Food Prices — and It’s Only Going to Get Worse
New research shows that climate change is already fueling heatflation.
![Flares burning off gas at the South Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site, which is the fourth-largest oil field in California, in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0328-oil-gas-400x300.jpg)
US Leads in New Fossil Fuel Projects Despite Climate Emergency
A report by Global Energy Monitor found the US expanded oil and gas development more than any nation from 2022 to 2023.
![35w as seen on the way to downtown Minneapolis](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0325-minneapolis-35w-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Infrastructure Law Has Put a “Climate Time Bomb” in Black Neighborhoods
A new report says the bill's highway investments will wipe out climate progress and displace Black communities.
![Rev. Antwon Nixon poses for a portrait on March 14, 2024, in Folkston, Georgia. Nixon was born and raised in Folkston and has become an advocate for protecting the Okefenokee Swamp in recent years.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-2082105665-400x300.jpg)
Georgia Swamp Defenders Are Resisting Mining in Endangered Okefenokee Wetlands
Locals are fighting a proposed titanium mine threatening the swamp's endangered species and carbon-capturing processes.
![Police officers try to extinguish a wildfire in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, Indonesia, on September 12, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0319-fire-400x300.jpg)
2023 Shattered Key Climate Metrics, World Meteorological Organization Finds
“Earth is issuing a distress call,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said in response to the new climate report.
![Members of the environmental group Ende Gelände block the access road to a floating LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel, Germany, on March 16, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-2082102217-400x300.jpg)
Activists Across 6 Countries Stage Day of Action Against North Sea Oil Drilling
Protesters in the UK, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands blockaded roads, ports and refineries.
![Donald Trump shouts from a platform](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0311-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump Victory Could Add 4 Billion Tonnes to US Emissions by 2030, Analysis Finds
The additional emissions would be equivalent to the combined annual emissions of the European Union and Japan.
![The Exxon Mobil Baytown Olefins Plant is seen after high winds and rains ripped through the region, on January 24, 2023, in Baytown, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0308-exxon-mobil-400x300.jpg)
Climate Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Industry Now Move Closer to Trial
Until recently, most of these cases had been stuck in limbo.
![Appalachians Against Pipelines protesters block an access road to a Mountain Valley Pipeline construction site in Virginia in 2023. Mountain Valley Pipeline submitted the photo as an exhibit in a civil suit seeking injunctions against protesters.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/Access-road-f-400x300.jpg)
Despite Repression, Activists Continue to Shut Down Mountain Valley Pipeline
A vigorous protest movement has fought the project at every step of the pipeline’s path, and they aren’t giving up now.
![An Aerial view of the burned ground in the aftermath of the Texas Smokehouse Creek fire](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0304-texas-fire-400x300.jpg)
Largest Wildfire in Texas History Foretells Future of Worsening Climate Disaster
The Smokehouse Creek fire is the largest in the state's history with over 1 million acres burned and counting.