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Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024?

2023 was the year governments looked at the climate crisis – and decided to persecute the activists. But around the world, the people fighting for the survival of our planet.

We WILL Fix Climate Change! What Will Earth Look Like When These 6 Tipping Points Hit? Five Animals That Could Go Extinct. What Is 'Disease X'? Abrupt Global Ocean Circulation Collapse.

A new U.N. report sets the stage for high-stakes negotiations at COP28 this month. This is the first-ever “global stocktake” since the Paris Agreement was ratified in 2016. When countries signed on to the international treaty...

Airline Strikers Win (in 1958), Greenhouse Gas Census (2013), Secret Combat Deaths (1918), Gun Control, Anyone? (1993), OSHA Doesn't Crack the Whip (1983), Sojourner Truth, Farewell (1883), Battle or Massacre? (1868)

The Inflation Reduction Act's $400B investment in clean energy will make a significant dent in emissions, but not enough to meet US carbon reduction goals. A Union of Concerned Scientists team showed how to lower emission by 50 percent by 2030.

There are more insights in this week’s elections than in polls about a vote that won’t happen for a year. Defense of abortion rights, legalizing marijuana, aligning with labor and saving the planet are winning issues.

New report shows that a dirty energy status quo prevails in America’s power sector

Storm Daniel was a Mediterranean hurricane that struck Greece, Bulgaria, Libya, Egypt and Turkey, killing thousands. Climatologists are struggling to understand whether this is a harbinger of North Africa's future.