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- Without Action on Climate, Mass Extinction Event Will Likely Happen in Oceans https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/without-action-on-climate-another-mass-extinction-event-will-likely-happen-in-the-worlds-oceans-180979991/ 6 comments
- Will Climate Action Happen Now? More Democrats are focusing on it. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/briefing/climate-change-bill-democrats.html 5 comments climate
- These governors are showing what happens when you campaign on climate action and win http://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/1/31/18204898/climate-change-policy-governors-oregon-colorado 3 comments politics
- this article is discussing how the courts are being used to make sure that climate action cannot happen https://join.substack.com/p/crisis 21 comments climate
- Global nightmare: What happens if humanity doesn’t take real action against climate change? https://wraltechwire.com/2022/04/29/global-nightmare-what-happens-if-humanity-doesnt-take-real-action-against-climate-change/ 239 comments environment
- Florida is now a solar superpower. Here’s how it happened. | The Sunshine State built more large-scale solar than California last year and was again No. 2 for residential, despite state leadership opposed to climate action. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/florida-is-now-a-solar-superpower-heres-how-it-happened 8 comments climate
- Warning of 'Existential Threat' to Humanity, UN Chief Says Climate Change 'Moving Faster Than We Are' - "We know what is happening to our planet. We know what we need to do. And we even know how to do it. But sadly, the ambition of our action is nowhere near where it needs to be." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/11/warning-existential-threat-humanity-un-chief-says-climate-change-moving-faster-we 1253 comments worldnews
- Something big happened last Thursday in the Senate Appropriations Committee. But if you blinked, you might have missed it. It was a bipartisan vote in favor of international climate action http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/247871-growing-momentum-on-international-climate-action 5 comments politics
- Climate change is putting world at risk of irreversible changes, scientists warn | AAAS: "human-caused climate change is happening, we face risks of abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes, and responding now will lower the risks and costs of taking action.” http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/18/climate-change-world-risk-irreversible-changes-scientists-aaas 55 comments science
- Climate scientists on Earth's two futures | The worst effects of climate change don't have to happen, scientists say. But humans' actions in the near future will determine if they do. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-scientists-earth-future-60-minutes-2020-10-04/ 12 comments politics
- Happening Now: President Biden delivers remarks on executive actions to tackle the climate crisis and seize the opportunity of a clean energy future. [Live video] https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1549827472774111234 19 comments climate
- Around the World, Diplomats Gird for a Trump Assault on Climate Action | Some leaders insist that the global clean energy transition will happen with or without the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/climate/global-climate-negotiations-trump.html?smid=url-share&unlocked_article_code=1.Ok4.VRz_.vfefAB1NKJcY 8 comments climate
- Three climate protesters arrested at US National Museum of Natural History | The protesters’ action happened in the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils — Deep Time, in a section of the exhibit labeled “Last American Dinosaurs” https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/24/climate-protest-arrest-dinosaur-natural-history-museum-smithsonian/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjkyODQ5NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjk0MjMxOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTI4NDk2MDAsImp0aSI6ImJkYzZkMjhjLWZiYmUtNGZlOS1iZDljLWRiMTExNzViYWEyMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9kYy1tZC12YS8yMDIzLzA4LzI0L2NsaW1hdGUtcHJvdGVzdC1hcnJlc3QtZGlub3NhdXItbmF0dXJhbC1oaXN0b3J5LW11c2V1bS1zbWl0aHNvbmlhbi8ifQ.bFNBx-5X0bgds6U5svb56HVeK74GVG0iMbz-40Bu_-s 3 comments climate
- Why Toyota Spent Years Treating Electric Cars Like the Enemy. Once a pioneer in green transportation, the company is now uttered in the same breath as Exxon. What happened? In 2021 a think tank deemed Toyota one of the five most influential corporations in obstructing global climate action. https://slate.com/business/2023/01/toyota-electric-vehicles-slow-why-hybrid-prius-bz4x-rav4.html 141 comments energy
- KLP’s Grimsby: the energy transition won’t happen without the ‘carrot and stick’ approach. During London Climate Action Week, investors call for greater government policy action to accelerate the energy transition. https://www.netzeroinvestor.net/news-and-views/klps-grimsby-the-energy-transition-will-not-happen-without-using-the-carrot-and-stick-approach 2 comments energy
- As GOP Debates Climate Change, Corporate Lobbyists Wish For Action | While congressional Republicans remain staunchly opposed to action on climate change, corporate America pretty much agrees that the change is happening http://www.npr.org/2015/12/11/459357346/state-of-climate-debate-in-washington-leaves-corporate-lobbyists-with-little-lev?utm_source=cp+daily&utm_campaign=460cccb9c1-cpdaily11122015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_a9d8834f72-460cccb9c1-99552861 17 comments politics
- Tariffs Can’t Stop China’s Clean Energy From Winning the Future. The real action fighting climate change is happening in China. The US—especially with Trump back in office—remains at risk of getting left in the dust as the rest of the world abandons fossil fuels for a brighter future. https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/10/trump-china-green-energy-tariffs/ 149 comments energy