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...
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‘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...
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...
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...
Can COVID-19 create a turning point in the fight against climate change?
By KAVEH MADANI It is official. COVID-19 is no longer just a simple disease outbreak or epidemic in the global south. It is a global...
Virginia climate faith group finds persistence leads to progress
By ELIZABETH MCGOWAN The nondenominational Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions has expanded to include 75 congregations and communities. A small gathering of worshipers dispirited...
Southeast Asia’s Crucial Mekong River is Drying Up
By MIRIAM ACZEL For many years, experts have been warning of an ‘environmental crisis along the nearly 3000 mile-long waterway, which spans six Asian...
Australia’s Wildfires: Climate Change and How We Can Help
By MIRIAM ACZEL Apocalyptic Wildfires As ‘apocalyptic wildfires’ continue to burn across the Australian Continent, the extent of loss of life is hard to comprehend. Ecologists at the University...