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As hundreds of international climate scientists predict global warming will blaze past a dangerous threshold, the oil and gas industry is preparing for a potential second Donald Trump presidency with a slate of executive orders ready to be signed on Day One. Trump seems ready to play ball. The Washington …

In 2023, an increase in extreme rainfall led to catastrophic flooding in in Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Norway, and Sweden, while southern Europe suffered widespread drought. On Monday, the European State of the Climate (ESOTC) issued a new report looking back at the past year that found that Europe is warming …

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Across the sprawling city of Los Angeles — within feet of children’s bedrooms, playgrounds, office buildings, and places of worship — there’s an oil well, exuding toxins that put nearby residents at risk of asthma attacks, reproductive issues, and multiple types of cancer. The evidence stacked against Big Oil is …

Adam McKay would like to bring to your attention that the world is burning. “We’re living in a ridiculous farcical comedy, but the consequences are real,” says the director who turned a planet-ending comet into a metaphor for climate change in his film Don’t Look Up. “We can’t seem to …

Adam McKay would like to bring to your attention that the world is burning. “We’re living in a ridiculous farcical comedy, but the consequences are real,” says the director who turned a planet-ending comet into a metaphor for climate change in his film Don’t Look Up. “We can’t seem to …

T he river churns a muddy brown as it carries us through towering vermilion rock walls toward the roar of Gypsum Canyon Rapid. The sound of water breaking over boulders grows louder as we approach, but Mike DeHoff shows no fear at the coming chaos. Rather, as he works the …

Taylor Swift’s lawyers sent a cease and desist letter to a college student who uses public flight data to track private jet usage, suggesting his social media accounts were aiding Swift’s stalkers and threatening her safety. As The Washington Post reports, the letter was sent to Jack Sweeney, the same …

On Thursday, fresh off a major policy victory, organizers and activists from Climate Defiance confronted Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan at an event at a country club in his home town of Wellesley, Massachusetts. Moynihan was there to participate in a fireside chat about the economy and the finance …

The ice caps in Greenland are melting at a much higher rate than scientists previously thought, one that could profoundly affect major oceanic currents, according to a new study published in the Nature Journal. The study, which analyzed “236,328 manually derived and AI-derived observations of glacier terminus positions collected from …