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Climate Crisis
Climate-Conscious Voters Have Toppled Australia’s Right-Wing Prime Minister
In a stunning “greenslide,” a Green-Labor coalition has overturned a decade of conservative rule in Australia.
Electric Cars and Lithium Extraction Threaten to Drive Even More Climate Harm
Colonial policies of resource extraction are wreaking environmental havoc in poor countries that pollute the least.
Noam Chomsky: The Supreme Court Is Wielding Illegitimate Authority in the US
The Supreme Court has returned to its ultra-reactionary roots, and effects of this turn will be “extreme,” Chomsky says.
Study Warns Many Fossil Fuel Sites Must Be Shut Down to Avert Climate Disaster
The study estimates that 40 percent of global fossil fuel reserves must be left in the ground.
Private Law Has Failed to Hold Chemical Facilities Accountable During Disasters
Policy makers must develop strong emergency responses to keep vulnerable communities safe amid climate crisis.
Chomsky: To Tackle Climate, Our Morality Must Catch Up With Our Intelligence
It's within our power to end the hideous experiment we are so enthusiastically committed to, if we have the moral will.
Scientists Say Earth Has 50-50 Chance of Hitting 1.5°C by 2026
The World Meteorological Association warned that political leaders are failing to rein in fossil fuel use.
Manchin, Kelly Join GOP to Pass Motion Against Biden Declaring Climate Emergency
“Our political leadership is out to kill most of us,” lamented one climate justice advocate.
The Oil and Gas Industry Is Trying to Hold US Public Schools Hostage
Fossil fuel interest groups tell New Mexicans: Let us keep drilling or the state’s education system will collapse.
Those Who Face Record Heat Wave in India and Pakistan Did Not Create the Crisis
Historical emitters must step up as region reaches limits of adaptation to worsening heat waves, climate scientist says.