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As Amazon and California Burn, New Analysis Warns Human Activity Driving Global Wildfire Surge

By Jessica Corbett Given estimates that humans are responsible for around 75% of fires, “this means solutions are in our grasp too.” While devastating fires...

‘Sudden Collapse’: Study Suggests 60% of Antarctic Ice Shelves Face Fracture Risk

By Brett Wilkins Massive southern shelves split by climate-induced hydofracturing can collapse in hours—or even minutes—fueling dangerous sea level rise and coastal flooding. More than...

‘Warning Sign of Major Proportions’: Number of Siberian Forest Fires Increase Fivefold Since Record High Temperature

By Eoin Higgins This photo taken on Friday, June 19, 2020 and provided by ECMWF Copernicus Climate Change Service shows the land surface temperature in the...

DC Sues Fossil Fuel Giants for Decades of Spending Millions to ‘Mislead Consumers and Discredit Climate Science in Pursuit of Profits’

By Jessica Corbett “Climate denial is not a victimless crime. Now, one by one states and local governments are stepping up to hold...

Inventing her way to a world without trash

Matthew Capuano-Rizzo Design by Freedom founder and CEO Anukampa Freedom Gupta-Fonner on her inspirations, the Freedom Sleeve 2.0, intersectionality, and zero-waste during COVID-19. Some claim...

Research Shows ‘Linking Climate Policy to Social and Economic Justice Makes It More Popular’

By Jessica Corbett “The public wants a Green New Deal. The public wants green stimulus. The public wants to address inequality.” Amid persistent...

‘Without Urgent Govt Intervention,’ Koalas Face Extinction in New South Wales by 2050

By Andrea Germanos “If urgent action isn’t taken now, NSW is taking a chainsaw to the last koala tree in the bush.” Koalas...

Working Circular: Incorporating Circular Economy Principles at Work

By Jess Parker On June 24th, 68 guests attended a virtual discussion hosted by Leaders in Energy Circular Economy Working Group, DC EcoWomen, and...

‘Incredible Green Wave’ in French Elections Celebrated as ‘Mandate to Act for Climate and Social Justice’

By Jessica Corbett “It’s an incredible green wave.” That is how Yannick Jadot, a European Parliament lawmaker from the Europe Écologie Les Verts (EELV)...

Agrivoltaics: how you can have your kale and eat it too

By Mary Chambers Droughts, floods, and heat waves are exacerbating the global struggle to feed a growing population. To combat climate...

A Community Stronger Than COVID

Matthew Capuano-Rizzo Photo: Youth attendees at CCL’s Third Coast February Conference –Princella Talley/CCL Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s summer conference focused a large amount on diversity and...

IEA Chief Warns: Just Six Months Left for Green Recovery to Change Course on Climate

By Eoin Higgins The world must take advantage of the opportunity presented by the coronavirus economic shutdown and focus on a green recovery, the head...