In a xenophobic, hate-filled speech laden with lies and disinformation, President Donald Trump declared before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” and railed against all forms of green energy. It was more than just a rant; …
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While the United States is mired in one Donald Trump controversy after another, much of the rest of the industrialized world is steadily moving into the future. Other nations can’t ignore America, but they can try to figure out new ways to proceed with less American involvement, and many of …
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In late July, Willie Nelson was onstage during his set on the Outlaw Music Festival tour in Raleigh, North Carolina, when tour manager John Selman noticed an abrupt shift in the weather. During his 20-plus years working with Nelson, Selman has dealt with the elements, but nothing like what he …
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Donald Trump has long called climate change a “hoax.” Some of his appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency have made clear over the first six months of the president’s second term that they feel similarly. The EPA is reportedly preparing to rescind a landmark 2009 declaration, known as the “endangerment …
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The Outlaw Music Festival tour’s June 29th stop in Ridgedale, Missouri, was cut short on Sunday after extreme weather brought heavy rains and winds to the Thunder Ridge Nature Arena. Now, the fallout from the sudden storm has caused the tour to cancel a July 1 date in El Reno, …
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The United States is not where it should be when it comes to the transition to renewable energy. Ask any climate scientist or reputable energy expert, and they’ll tell you we’re significantly behind schedule if we’re hoping to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. The Inflation Reduction Act …
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Heat waves are freaking everyone out right now, including Chrissie Hynde. The Pretenders‘ lead singer took to social media to heed the warning about the future of outdoor concerts as both the U.S. and the U.K. experience record-high temperatures. “I trust you’re all surviving the heat waves,” Hynde wrote in …
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This morning,theHouse of Representativespassed Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which takes a sledgehammer to Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA),a law that created hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs and over billions in green energy investments across the nation. The reconciliation bill enshrines Trump’s 2017 tax cuts into law …
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As President Donald Trump continues to bow down at the altar of the fossil fuel industry and decimates federal commitments to confront the worsening climate crisis, activist groups in the United Kingdom took to the streets to grieve over losses and organize for renewed action. Today, Extinction Rebellion Cambridge and …
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How much of a $450 pot would you give to a charity that cuts carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy, and how much would you keep for yourself? That was the question posed in a recent academic experiment. The answers mattered: real money was handed out as a result …
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