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âWe Now Need to Do the Impossible.â How Greta Thunberg Is Fighting for a Greener Post-Pandemic World
Like millions of other students around the world, Greta Thunberg is still getting used to attending school virtually. But on a Sunday morning in late November, the 17-year-old Swedish climate activistânamed TIMEâs Person of the Year in 2019, the youngest titleholder everâ is enjoying having some routines back. âThatâs what I missed most during theâŚ
Trumpâs EPA Refuses to Set Higher Air Quality Standards That Could Save Lives
Scientific studies have linked higher levels of pollution to higher rates of death from Covid-19
How Climate Change Is Ushering in a New Pandemic Era
A warming world is expanding the range of deadly diseases and risking an explosion of new zoonotic pathogens from the likes of bats, mosquitoes, and ticks
Climate Bills That Could Actually Pass in a Mitch McConnell-Led Senate
If the GOP maintains control of the Senate, hopes of large-scale climate legislation will go down the drain. But there are some stealth bills that could pass â and have a significant impact
Does Climate Change Violate Childrenâs Human Rights? A European Court May Soon Decide
The summer of 2017 was hugely stressful for Sofia and AndrĂŠ Oliveira, then aged 12 and 9. From their home in Lisbon, they watched a season of record wildfires and severe heat waves tear through Portugal, killing 120 people. For the children, it was already clear that the extreme heat âwhich scientists linked to climateâŚ
Central American Leaders Demand Climate Aid as a Record Storm Season Batters the Region
For Central America, this yearâs storm season has been relentless. Already struggling under the economic toll of COVID-19, the developing region was battered by Hurricane Eta in early November and had little time to regroup before Hurricane Iotaâthe 30th named storm in a record-breaking hurricane season in the Atlanticâ made landfall in Nicaragua on Nov.âŚ
The U.S. Just Officially Left the Paris Agreement. Can it Be a Leader in the Climate Fight Again?
The U.S.âthe worldâs second largest emitter of greenhouse gasesâformally withdrew from the U.N.âs 2015 Paris climate change agreement on Nov. 4. Now ratified by 189 countries, the Paris Agreement is the most important international accord on combating climate change. It sets a central goal of limiting global average temperature increase to well below 2 degreesâŚ
Australiaâs Bushfires Burned an Area Twice the Size of Florida. Climate Change Means Thatâs Just the Beginning, a New Report Warns
Climate activists say they are hopeful the report will help break the country's deadlock on climate reform
Joe Biden Said He Wants to âTransition From the Oil Industry.â That Shouldnât Be a Surprise
Despite Trump's taunts, Biden has laid out a plan to eliminate the U.S. carbon footprint by 2050
What a Singaporean found after travelling to the Arctic and Antarctica to document the impact of climate change
While thousands of miles away, the impact on the poles might hit closer to home than we think.
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What a Singaporean found after travelling to the Arctic and Antarctica to document the impact of climate change
While thousands of miles away, the impact on the poles might hit closer to home than we think.
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The Conscious Festival to host talks, marketplace and games to inspire green lifestyle
The eco-event's 5th edition goes vegan, and will be held at South Beach from Nov 2-3.
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