The abrupt collapse of part of a glacier and resulting cataclysm catches our attention. But the slower, far more disastrous retreat of most of Earth's glaciers doesn't grab us.
If there were any ambiguity in a handful of his many vicious, xenophobic past statements, there was none in what he said this weekend.
The Bureau of Reclamation announced a plan Friday for allocating river allocations to seven states through 2036. Marc Reisner warned us four decades ago in "Cadillac Desert" that this day was coming.
Of a report showing that blocking electrification and domestic clean energy manufacturing will cause a cumulative loss in GDP of $2.3 trillion by 2040, Bill McKibben says, "This all amounts to setting money on fire."
The last time this happened, it was after a lot of secret administration happy talk about how much removal of protections could mean gobs more public land could be mined, logged, drilled, and otherwise exploited by their industry pals.
More pollution means worse health impacts, meaning more medical bills. Less clean energy means higher electricity and transportation bills. Being less competitive globally means a $2.3 trillion loss of GDP by 2040.
“The US having to cancel major 4th of July celebrations because of extreme heat is almost too spot on as a metaphor for the country’s failure to combat global warming.”—Fossil Free Media director Jamie Henn.
Chances are strong that prohibitions on the sale and possession of AR-15s and other semi-auto firearms will be overturned by the justices
How long before teachers get disciplined or fired for failing to take the right line when discussing these biblical excerpts?
In 1991, when the National Parks Service renamed the Little Bighorn battlefield site, removing Custer's name, it sparked hate mail from Americans who still viewed him as a hero.
What does It say about our national zeitgeist that the most famous and revered quote from an American Indian was part of a surrender speech?
What are purportedly provisions of the memorandum of understanding regarding ending the Iran-US-Israel war looks to make it the "worst deal ever."
Big Five nuclear nations ignore key element of non-proliferation treaty as they enhance and expand their atomic arsenals while telling non-nuclear nations to obey it to the letter. There's growing disgruntlement over that.
WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo: “Extreme heat is increasingly defining the conditions under which agrifood systems operate."
The post-Cold War nuclear weapons reductions that once lent credibility to the disarmament project have reversed.
The Iranian mullahs aren't good guys. They slaughter their own people. But the war on Iran over its nuclear program is very much our Outlaw Prez's fault motivated at least partly by his antipathy for all things Obama
UN Secretary-General António Guterres: "Humanity has just endured the 11 hottest years on record. When history repeats itself 11 times, it is no longer a coincidence. It is a call to act."
Energy Secretary Wright and other “energy dominance” muckety-mucks dismiss the burned towns, flooded neighborhoods, disrupted harvests, displaced communities, and sea-level rise. But they cannot ignore the economics.