climate
Warned 30 years ago, global warming ‘is in our living room’
June 19, 2018Earth is noticeably hotter, the weather stormier and more extreme. Polar regions have lost billions of tons of ice; sea levels have been raised by trillions of gallons of water. Far more wildfires rage.
Read moreTrump pulls out of Paris climate accord
June 1, 2017President Trump may make a decision that would widen a rift between the U.S. and its allies, as well as take an enormous step backward in the fight against climate change.
Read moreDespite Justice Dept. order, #NoDAPL pipeline standoff continues
November 4, 2016This week, the Obama administration released through the Department of Justice webpage an official statement on the Dakota Access Pipeline, stating that they will be halting the construction until “it can determine whether it will need...
Read moreLeave it in the ground: A new abolitionism needed for climate change
June 7, 2016Like Frederick Douglass and the abolitionists of the 19th century, today's movement to stop climate change must build a broad alliance.
Read moreClimate activists converge in Midwest on global day of action
May 17, 2016The event, one of hundreds held across the world, was held in Whiting, within sight of a BP oil refinery where workers struck over safety concerns last year.
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