Climate

For the first time ever, global temperatures are now likely to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming within the next five years, a major climate change threshold. Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro, Professor and Chair of Dept of Geography and Environmental Studies, SUNY at New Paltz discusses the possibility...

It’s widely accepted that humans are driving climate change and environmentalism has become mainstream. But what if “humanity” in the abstract isn’t to blame? Is it true that humans are inherently bad for nature? What if the real culprit is the systems we’re forced to operate under — capitalism, imperialism,...

After years of catastrophic droughts, deadly storms have put 90% of Californians under flood watch. The torrential rainstorms in the state have created deadly flooding and mudslides that have killed 17 and left hundreds of thousands without power. The flooding in California, along with the deadly winter storm that ravaged...

South African workers are outraged at the $8.5 billion climate change deal signed by their government at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). The deal, which was supported by Germany, France, the UK, the US, and the EU (or the Just Energy Transition Partnership, or JETP) at COP26,...

It’s been nearly a month since Hurricane Fiona hit, yet many are still without power, clean water, nutritious food, or adequate shelter. The local government and the U.S. federal government are providing little help—the majority of cleanup, repair, and care work is being organized by Puerto Ricans themselves despite limited...

As the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow gears up, the Biden administration torpedoed its own U.S. climate policies in the Build Back Better spending bill. When will the United States get serious about the climate crisis that is already having serious and deadly effects on vulnerable communities worldwide? Brandon...

The Biden administration has raised the level of ethanol in the gas at the pumps, is promoting electric vehicles over public transit, and reversed course to open up federal lands for gas and oil companies to lease for drilling. Kassie Siegel, director of the The Center for Biological Diversity‘s Climate...

The following is a lightly edited transcription from The Punch Out with Eugene Puryear, a daily news podcast that comes out Monday through Friday, 5pm ET. Subscribe here. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the main United Nations entity that studies and presents reports on the climate crisis, continues to...

World leaders are meeting in Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference, but the minimal promises made at these gatherings are not kept and are not enough. Communities in the Global South are demanding real and meaningful change — an entire system change away from profit-driven, rather than people-driven, governments. Mozambique-based...

The scale of US policy on climate change fails to match up with its contributions to the global climate catastrophe The UN Climate Change Conference of Parties or COP26 wrapped up its first few days with over 120 heads of state participating in the World Leaders Summit. The conference began...