climate emergency

World’s Cities Woefully Underfunded to Fight Climate Emergency

World’s Cities Woefully Underfunded to Fight Climate Emergency

By Julia Conley Although more than 90% of cities around the world report facing risks of flooding, drought, extreme weather, and other hazards due to the climate crisis, nearly half of the cities in a new survey reported that they have no plans in place to adapt to the planetary emergency, with one in four […]

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    Hawaii Becomes First U.S. State to Declare Climate Emergency

    Hawaii Becomes First U.S. State to Declare Climate Emergency

    By Andrea Germanos Hawaii is poised to become the first U.S. state to declare a climate emergency after the Legislature’s adoption Thursday of State Senate Concurrent Resolution 44. The bill “acknowledges that an existential climate emergency threatens humanity and the natural world, declares a climate emergency, and requests statewide collaboration toward an immediate just transition […]

    Poland Clinches ‘Historic’ Deal to Phase Out Coal by 2049

    Poland Clinches ‘Historic’ Deal to Phase Out Coal by 2049

    Poland’s government and unions signed an agreement with the coal mining industry on Wednesday, to phase out coal production by 2049. Industry representatives agreed to shut all coal mines by the target date, with severance payments for workers in the Silesia coal basin. The agreement marks the first time that the powerful coal mining sector […]

    Greta Thunberg Tells Congress Fossil Fuel Subsidies Must End

    Greta Thunberg Tells Congress Fossil Fuel Subsidies Must End

    Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attacked powerful politicians for ignoring climate change, as she called for an end to government subsidies for fossil fuels such as coal and oil. The 18-year-old was speaking at an online U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing. It was held in honor of Earth Day, to address “The Role of […]

    Biden White House Hosts Earth Day Summit on Climate Emergency

    Biden White House Hosts Earth Day Summit on Climate Emergency

    Forty leaders from the world’s top greenhouse gas-polluting nations where hosted by the Biden administration on Thursday for an all-virtual summit to discuss the global climate emergency and the pathways — including individual emission reduction goals — that governments must take to stave off the worst impacts of global warming and runaway destruction of the […]

    When Crises Collide: Being Homeless in America When Climate Disaster Strikes

    When Crises Collide: Being Homeless in America When Climate Disaster Strikes

    By Andrew McCormick Terri Domer knows well what a brewing storm looks like. Domer, 62, an Iowa native, has spent her life watching thunderstorms gather and tornadoes dash across rolling hills. Last August, when the midday sky darkened over the riverside homeless encampment where Domer and four other people spent most nights — built on […]

    Earth Day 2021: Join the Global Youth Climate Summit

    Earth Day 2021: Join the Global Youth Climate Summit

    By Alexandria Villaseñor This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. My journey to becoming an activist began in late 2018. During a trip to California to visit family, the Camp Fire broke out. At the time, it was the most devastating and destructive wildfire […]

    ‘Watershed Moment’ as Haaland Revokes Trump-Era Orders, Creates Climate Task Force

    ‘Watershed Moment’ as Haaland Revokes Trump-Era Orders, Creates Climate Task Force

    By Jessica Corbett As the Biden administration reviews the U.S. government’s federal fossil fuels program and faces pressure to block any new dirty energy development, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland won praise from environmentalists on Friday for issuing a pair of climate-related secretarial orders. “Today is a watershed moment in the history of the U.S. Department […]