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‘What Betrayal Looks Like’: UN Report Says World on Track for 2.7°C of Warming by 2100
"Whatever our so-called 'leaders' are doing, they are doing it wrong." ...[Read more]
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House Dems Unveil Bill to Stop Wall Street From Destroying the Planet
"The Federal Reserve's role is not to surrender our planet to corporate polluters and shepherd our financial system to its destruction," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. ...[Read more]
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US Breaks Summer Heat Record Set During Dust Bowl in 1936: NOAA
The United States just experienced the hottest summer ever, breaking the record set in 1936 when the Dust Bowl Era took hold amid extreme heat, drought, crop failures that upended the country. ...[Read more]
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It’s Not Just a Loss of Electricity — Ida Left People Houseless and Jobless
Residents and advocates were already bracing for a wave of hardship and home evictions across an economically vulnerable region when Hurricane Ida slammed into southeastern Louisiana last week, destroying homes and businesses and displacing tens of thousa ...[Read more]
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220+ Medical Journals Unite to Demand Urgent Action on Climate Emergency
Asserting that humanity "cannot wait for the pandemic to pass" before acting to rapidly reduce carbon emissions fueling the climate emergency, more than 220 health journals around the world on Sunday published an unprecedented joint editorial calling for ...[Read more]
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Berlin’s university canteens go almost meat-free as students prioritise climate
Students at universities in Berlin will from this winter swap currywurst and schnitzel for seeds and pulses, as campus canteens in the German capital make heavy cuts to their meat and fish options. ...[Read more]
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‘Unprecedented’: Madagascar on Verge of World’s First Climate-Fueled Famine
"These people have done nothing to contribute to climate change," said one U.N. official. "They don't burn fossil fuels... and yet they are bearing the brunt of climate change." ...[Read more]
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Rainfall Observed at Peak of Greenland Ice Sheet for First Time on Record
This past weekend, researchers at the National Science Foundation's Summit Station observed rainfall at the peak of Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet for the first time on record—an event driven by warming temperatures. ...[Read more]
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Average Global Temperature Has Risen Steadily Under 40 Years of Neoliberalism
ince the advent of neoliberalism 40 years ago, societies virtually all over the world have undergone profound economic, social and political transformations. At its most basic function, neoliberalism represents the rise of a market-dominated world economi ...[Read more]
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‘Not a Report to Despair Over’: IPCC Gives Humanity Clear Directive to Act Boldly and Urgently
"We have the solutions to prevent further harm to people and the planet—it's time to implement them," says 350.org. "We must start by putting an immediate end to fossil fuels." ...[Read more]
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Biden Made Big Compromises on Climate — and Movements That Backed Him Are Livid
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden unveiled a plan to tackle climate change, which he termed “an existential threat — not just to our environment, but to our health, our communities, our national security, and our economic well-being.” He promis ...[Read more]
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