Skip to main content

This Heat Wave Wouldn’t Have Happened in 1776

Andrea Thompson Scientific American
The heat wave sending temperatures into the triple digits this July Fourth is a prime example of climate change loading the dice. It would have been “virtually impossible” when the U.S. was founded

Friday Nite Videos | June 12, 2026

Portside
AOC Sat Down With Georgia Republican Voters. I Love Boosters | Movie. Zohran's New Ad Gets Standing Ovation During Knicks Final! We’re Still Here – Native Hip-Hop Anthem. Why Scientists Are Terrified About What They're Finding Beneath Antarctica.

10 Big Lessons on Ending the Fossil Fuel Era

Jonathan Watts and Fiona Harvey The Guardian
Hope is contagious and science is king: At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting, delegates say it was ‘euphoric’ to finally be focusing on concrete solutions

The Paris Climate Treaty Changed the World. Here’s How

Rebecca Solnit The Guardian
What we’ve done to rescue the climate is far from good enough, but we are “bending the curve.” Landmarks like the Paris treaty and the Vanuatu victory matter, as do renewable energy milestones, and there’s plenty left to fight for.

For Reality

Bill McKibben The Crucial Years
A few thoughts on the last day of the old world

This Week in People’s History, Nov 20–26

Portside
Image of a newsreel title: "Gen. Butler bares 'plot' by Fascists" Did Wall Street Want FDR’s Ouster? (1934), A first for Song’s First Lady (1934), Tamir Rice Would Be 22 (2014), Women Workers Stand Up (1909), AFL Jump-Starts the Cold War (1944), Standing Up for Press Freedom (1929), The Gap Just Gets Bigger (2019
Subscribe to Global warming