W e’re in serious trouble. That’s the message I saw written in the ashes of Los Angeles. And by “we,” I mean every human on this planet, rich or poor, young or old, Black or white or brown. In L.A., an $83 million house with 18 bedrooms and six bathrooms …
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Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is co-founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, distinguished scholar at Bowdoin College, and author of New York Times bestseller What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures. By the end of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, sea levels will be higher, …
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This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability. In December, the Biden administration quietly announced the finalization of its long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas, or LNG, exports. While Joe Biden is no longer president, the study’s release could complicate President …
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Joe Biden concludes his single term as, paradoxically, one of the best and worst presidents to occupy the Oval Office. Biden’s remarkable service to the country includes defeating Donald Trump in 2020 — which in that moment had the air of saving American democracy. A seasoned dealmaker from his career …
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In the last few days of Joe Biden’s presidency, Steven Donziger hopes Biden will pardon him — as do dozens of progressive lawmakers in Congress, as well as human rights and environmental activists across the world. Donziger’s story is unique. “I’m the only person in the country to be criminally …
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Margaret Klein Salamon, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of Climate Emergency Fund, which raises funds for and makes grants to non violent climate activists. She is the Author of Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth. Who is to blame for the Los Angeles fires? For …
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During his final weeks in the White House, President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order prohibiting new offshore oil and gas drilling, a move that would help protect areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans from President-elect Donald Trump‘s incoming administration. According to Bloomberg, people familiar with …
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While the country is focused on President-elect Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, such as Kash Patel for FBI director or Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, the fossil fuel industry is surely celebrating a pick that has mostly flown under the radar. Trump has chosen Lee Zeldin to …
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D onald Trump’s big victory and horrific agenda — for military-led mass deportation, accelerating climate change, rolling back reproductive rights, and pursuing dictatorial powers — sent Democratic governors leaping to the barricades. Or, at least, the microphones. In the days following the 2024 election, California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared he’d …
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My generation has grown up during one of the most complex and unprecedented times in American history. We’ve witnessed war, genocide, historic climate disasters, a raging gun violence epidemic, an insurrection, an economy that doesn’t work for us, and the lowest levels of trust in government — paired with an …
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