Big Business Threatens Earth’s Future

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Feb 10, 2018 With their global reach and financial resources, transnational companies say they are ushering in a sustainable future. But a new book says that trusting them to do that is like trusting arsonists to be firefighters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

2017 Was the Warmest Year on Record for Oceans

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jan 19, 2018 Global warming took surface temperatures in 2017 to near-record levels, while the upper oceans reached their hottest known level. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘This Is Human-Caused Climate Change in Action’

SETH BORENSTEIN / The Associated Press Jan 18, 2018 Scientists say 2017 was the hottest year on record without an El Nino boosting temperatures naturally. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Coal Industry Revives—for Now

Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network Jan 11, 2018 Before his election, Donald Trump promised a new age for coal. But so far, the industry’s gains appear to be temporary, and its future remains bleak. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Global Warming ‘Hiatus’ Is Over, U.K. Scientists Say

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Oct 5, 2017 The Pacific Ocean has reached the end of a period of cooler temperatures, according to Britain's national weather service. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Drought Has Long-Term Climate Consequences, Study Shows

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Aug 16, 2017 More frequent droughts, predicted for the future, may not allow ecosystems enough time to recover before the next prolonged dry spell. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Donald Trump’s Fossil-Fueled Foreign Policy

By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch Aug 2, 2017 He will do whatever it takes to prolong the fuels' reign, including sabotaging efforts to curb emissions and more. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The World’s Young Face a $535 Trillion Bill for Climate Change

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 22, 2017 Much of that will have to be spent on expensive technologies engineered to suck 1,000 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air by 2100, a new study shows. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Pressures Group of 20 Into Dropping Climate-Change Reference From Joint Statement

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Mar 20, 2017 Finance ministers of the world’s leading economies, defying German leadership, have removed a clause about funding, a G-20 official tells Reuters. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

This Election, We Can’t Afford to Ignore the Climate

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2016 As the seas rise, presidential candidates are arguing over whose wife is hotter. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘We Are Not Denmark’: Hillary Clinton and Liberal American Exceptionalism

By Matthew E. Stanley / Common Dreams Feb 27, 2016 America’s 21st-century "exceptions" appear as dubious distinctions: gun violence, carbon emissions, mass incarceration, wealth inequality, racial disparities, capital punishment, child poverty and military spending. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Nothing Less Than the Fate of the Planet May Hinge on the Next Supreme Court Justice

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Feb 17, 2016 Given the high environmental stakes, it's not surprising that green groups are applying heavy scrutiny to potential replacements for Antonin Scalia, who unexpectedly died last week. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )