climate change
Q&A: What an Author’s Trip to the Antarctic Taught Her About Climate—and Collective Action
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood with Elizabeth Rush, author of “The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth.” The so-called “doomsday” glacier in Antarctica known as Thwaites holds enough ice that its melting could raise sea levels worldwide by […]
Read MoreThese Are the Climate Grannies. They’ll Do Whatever It Takes to Protect Their Grandchildren
Hazel Chandler was at home taking care of her son when she began flipping through a document that detailed how burning fossil fuels would soon jeopardize the planet. She can’t quite remember who gave her the report — this was in 1969 — but the moment stands out to her vividly: After reading a list […]
Read MoreConverging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest
“The future happens in California first” long referred to the state’s reputation as an environmental leader. It’s come to describe the Golden State’s front row seat to a rotating list of overlapping extreme events that are appearing with ever more frequency and ferocity as the climate warms. Now new research suggests that being on the […]
Read MoreWhy Joseph Goffman’s Senate Confirmation Could Be a Win for Climate Action and Equity
The decision to replace John Kerry with John Podesta as the top U.S. climate diplomat may be making headlines this week. But there’s another presidential appointee who could also have a significant impact on the nation’s efforts to address climate change but has mostly flown under the radar. On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Joseph Goffman […]
Read MoreUtah Legislature Takes Aim at Rights of Nature Movement
Lawmakers in Utah are advancing legislation aimed at stopping a growing “rights of nature” movement that has coalesced around efforts in the state to save the Great Salt Lake, which is drying up as a combination of climate change, development and agriculture drain on its freshwater sources. With activists promoting legislation recognizing that the Great […]
Read MoreEnvironmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’
The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously ruled last week that the state can restrict new groundwater pumping if it will impact other users and wildlife, a decision that strikes a blow to the plan of a developer that at one time hoped to build a new city of 250,000 people in the Mojave Desert and could […]
Read MoreJanuary Was Awash With Extreme Winter Storms. Climate Change Likely Played a Role
Winter storm and flood alerts continue this week for millions of Americans following a weekend of flash floods in states such as Pennsylvania and Illinois, where many residents were forced to evacuate their homes as they took on water. It’s the third weekend this month when large swaths of the country have been doused with […]
Read MoreCOP28 Left a Vacuum California Leaders Aim to Fill
California delegates to the United Nations’ 28th climate talks called the summit’s progress “lackluster” and, at a briefing last week, resolved to show the world how bold policies can pave the way toward a climate-safe future. When the U.N. talks ended in December, world leaders called on countries to transition away from fossil fuels for […]
Read MoreWith the World Stumbling Past 1.5 Degrees of Warming, Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest and Authoritarian Backlash
As Earth’s annual average temperature pushes against the 1.5 degree Celsius limit beyond which climatologists expect the impacts of global warming to intensify, social scientists warn that humanity may be about to sleepwalk into a dangerous new era in human history. Research shows the increasing climate shocks could trigger more social unrest and authoritarian, nationalist […]
Read MoreQ&A: How YouTube Climate Denialism Is Morphing
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood and with Imran Ahmed, the CEO and founder of the Center for Countering Digital Hate. It has been edited for length and clarity. Climate science has been under attack for decades. But some climate deniers are no […]
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