By Jake Johnson “If you asked me to go and live downwind [of fracking sites], I would not go,” said the lead author...
Archive for tag: Climate Change
‘No Time to Lose’: New Study Shows 50% Coral Decline on Great Barrier Reef
By Brett Wilkins “We expect this decline to continue,” predicted one of the study’s authors, who said that unless urgent climate action is taken, “the...
Public Lands Are Key to Fighting Climate Change
By Tim Whitehouse Existing gas and oil development in the Plateau Creek Drainage, near where BLM leases were sold in December 2016 and December...
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...
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...
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...