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There’s no greater feminist cause than the climate fight – and saving each other

Last summer, a third of Pakistan was underwater. My country, the fifth most populous in the world, was submerged. Two million homes were destroyed, thousands of acres of agricultural land were flooded and 90% of the crops in Sindh, a…

In Held v. Montana, Young People Sue Montana Over Use of Fossil Fuels – The New York Times

Sixteen young Montanans have sued their state, arguing that its support of fossil fuels violates the state Constitution. KALISPELL, Mont. — Badge and Lander Busse tromped into the forest behind their house on a snowy Sunday in March, their three…

Adam McKay: Global Warming Is Not Being Treated Like an Emergency – Jacobin magazine

Adam McKay: Global Warming Is Not Being Treated Like an Emergency By Adam McKay Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay writes in Jacobin about climate change and the institutional blindness and warped incentives that should scare the crap out of…

Republicans slam Biden energy secretary for claiming US can ‘learn from what China is doing’ on climate change – Fox News

Republican lawmakers are tearing into U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm after she held up China as a model for the United States to emulate on climate change. At the annual SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, on Friday, Granholm praised China’s…

How climate change is making plane turbulence worse – Business Insider

The inside of the plane after Lufthansa Flight 469 hit “severe turbulence” en route to Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Rolanda Schmidt Redeem now You may experience more turbulence on future flights, especially transatlantic routes. Climate change has altered the jet stream…

The 50 States of Climate Change – Outside Online – Outside

Since the 1700s, the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has increased by 40 percent, largely from greenhouse gasses released by people burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal. As a result, the climate is becoming more…

Smoke from Australian bushfires depleted ozone layer by up to 5% in 2020, study finds

Particles in bushfire smoke can activate molecules that destroy the ozone layer, according to new research that suggests future ozone recovery may be delayed by increasingly intense and frequent fires. A study published in the journal Nature has found that…

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