climate justice
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Headed to ‘Potential Collapse’: Alarm Bells Are Blaring in New Climate Report
Global climate extremes are adding up, and scientists are warning with renewed urgency that both natural and human systems are at risk of collapse. In a new report published in the journal BioScience, researchers analyze what they describe as 35 planetary vital signs used to track climate change. They found that 20 of the 35…
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Teens and Unions Take Over Glasgow as Greta Thunberg Declares UN Climate Talks a ‘Failure’
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — The leaves of Kelvingrove Park are a patchwork of yellow and green, caught between summer and fall, life and death. A stiff wind stirred the boughs above a throng of strikers who gathered there on Friday to send a message to negotiators in the conference rooms at United Nations climate talks 1.6…
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The U.S. Government Spends More on Fire Prevention in Rich, White Neighbourhoods
This year, California’s record-breaking fires caused untold suffering and destruction, and future wildfire seasons are expected to be even worse. New findings show that poorer communities of colour aren’t receiving as much funding to prepare for future fires as their wealthier, white counterparts.
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Doctors Release Their ‘Most Worrying Outlook’ on How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Health
The doctors are here to give the Earth its annual checkup, and they say it’s running a fever which is making people sick. They issued their findings showing all the ways climate change is affecting our health in the annual Lancet Countdown, published on Wednesday.