Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that his government would once again approve the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, which would triple the amount of oil transported from Alberta’s tar sands to the coast of British Columbia (BC). The decision comes a day after Canada’s House of Commons passed a non-binding resolution declaring […]
Pope Francis declared a climate emergency Friday as he met with oil industry executives and some of their biggest investors to urge them to act on the climate crisis. “Future generations stand to inherit a greatly spoiled world. Our children and grandchildren should not have to pay the cost of our generation’s irresponsibility,” he said, […]
by Jordan Davidson Taking action to stop the mercury from rising is a matter of life and death in the U.S., according to a new study published in the journal Science Advances. Extreme heat due to the climate crisis will cause thousands of deaths around the country unless immediate action is taken to stop global […]
Four elderly pilgrims died while riding in a non-air-conditioned train car as India’s deadly heat wave continues, The Times of India reported Tuesday. The four, aged between 69 and 81, had been returning from the holy city of Varanasi to Kerala in the south, The Independent reported. Railway official Manoj Kumar said they collapsed in […]
By Jason Bittel Planet Earth is in crisis, and we’re all in it together. One million species could soon face extinction. Climate change is accelerating at a breakneck pace, already affecting about half of all threatened mammal species and a quarter of threatened birds. And according to a study published in Science last year, if […]
By Neta C. Crawford Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern. They project that the consequences of global warming — rising seas, powerful storms, famine and diminished access to fresh water — may make regions of the world politically unstable and prompt […]
If greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise until 2080, dengue fever could spread through much of the southeastern U.S. by 2050. That’s one of the findings in a study published in Nature Microbiology Monday on the potential spread of the mosquito-borne disease, which currently kills around 10,000 people per year and sickens 100 million. The […]
By Jeremiah Lowery The climate crisis is comprised of many issues, which require many solutions. Now is the time for presidential candidates to discuss all these issues facing U.S. citizens and our international community. When I was growing up in the Washington, DC area, many members of my community struggled with not only unemployment, but […]
Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg and her Fridays for Future protest movement on Friday won an Amnesty International human rights award for their “unique leadership and courage in standing up for human rights.” Thunberg and the millions of school students she inspired to skip school and protest on Fridays won the Ambassador of Conscience […]
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