Tim Radford: World’s Young Face $535 Trillion Bill for Climate
The next generation will have to pay a $535 trillion bill to tackle climate change, relying on unproven and speculative technology. LONDON, 19 July, 2017 – One of the world’s … Continue reading
Margaret Klein Salamon: The Planet Is Warming. And It’s Okay to Be Afraid
Why being fearful can be part of a healthy, heroic response to the climate crisis. Last Week, David Wallace-Wells wrote a cover story for of New York Magazine, “The Uninhabitable … Continue reading
Tim Radford: Extinction gathers pace as species vanish
Planet Earth is undergoing a “great extinction,” researchers say – and we need to worry much more about the annihilation of biology. LONDON, 12 July, 2017 – The planet could … Continue reading
Jessica Corbett: ‘When Rising Seas Hit Home’ — Hundreds of Towns Threatened by 2100
Daunting new report shows coastal communities are at-risk and unprepared for flooding caused by climate change. As an iceberg the size of Delaware broke away from an ice shelf in … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: On Trump and the State of the Union
Over the past few months, as the disturbing prospect of a Trump administration became a disturbing reality, I decided to reach out to Noam Chomsky, the philosopher whose writing, speaking … Continue reading
Julia Conley: As Climate Threats Mount, Experts Say No Time Left for Deceitful “Debate”
As new and worrying evidence of global warming’s destructive impacts mount around the globe, climate experts are saying efforts by the Trump administration’s EPA chief to discredit decades of climate … Continue reading
Video: Diet & Climate Change
. While epidemics of chronic disease are currently by far our leading causes of death, global warming is considered a looming public health threat as well. How can we change … Continue reading
Video: Noam Chomsky — Ticking Towards Midnight
. In this brief excerpt from a recent interview, the renowned public intellectual Noam Chomsky answers the question: Where in history are we now? According to Chomsky, climate change and nuclear … Continue reading
Lauren McCauley: Exxon and Tillerson Accused of Defrauding Investors Over Climate Risks
New York attorney general claims the oil giant used “secret, internal figures” to account for impacts of climate change. ExxonMobil is being accused of using “sham” accounting to “mislead” investors … Continue reading
Tim Radford: Urban heat islands leave cities sweltering
Many city dwellers face a hotter future than their suburban and rural peers. LONDON, 1 June, 2017 – Many of the world’s great cities are about to feel the heat. A … Continue reading
Paul Brown: Food industry is cooking the planet
One of the biggest contributors to climate change is the agricultural food industry, but the political will to tackle the issue is lacking.
Video: Worlds Apart (Heineken ad)
. You won’t find parties, loud music, or scantily-clothed women in Heineken’s latest ad campaign. Instead, the beer company went in a wonderfully different direction. The company’s #OpenYourWorld campaign is the exact … Continue reading
Lauren McCauley: Wilder Fires and Rising Waters, Climate Impacts Coming to America’s Door
Pair of new studies show how American climate refugees will ‘reshape’ population landscape of the nation. Americans in many cases have been slow to acknowledge the real threats posed by … Continue reading
George Monbiot: Make America Wait Again
Dirty industries spend more on politics, keeping us in the fossil age. Make America Wait Again. That’s what Donald Trump’s energy policy amounts to. Stop all the clocks, put the … Continue reading
