COP21: What It Does — and Doesn’t — Accomplish

By John Atcheson / Common Dreams Dec 13, 2015 In terms of avoiding catastrophic climate change, there’s an enormous -- and disastrous -- gap between what was agreed to at the Paris summit and what was needed. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

VIDEO: COP21 Climate Change Summit in Paris Reaches Landmark Deal

Staff / Truthdig Dec 13, 2015 After two weeks of negotiations, nearly 200 countries agreed to a carbon emissions-slashing deal that may signal an end to the fossil fuel era. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Greenpeace Sting Exposes Academics Hired as Climate-Change Deniers

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Dec 9, 2015 Professors from major U.S. institutions agreed to write reports promoting the benefits of CO2—and said they did not need to disclose fossil fuel funding. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Beijing Issues Its First Red Alert Over Smog as the City Goes Into Shutdown

Staff / Truthdig Dec 8, 2015 The ruling will impose tougher restrictions on industry and business in an attempt to curb the Chinese capital's pollution, which Greenpeace has called an “airpocalypse.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Climate Crisis on Track to Push 100 Million Into Extreme Poverty

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Nov 9, 2015 In response to a new study, the charity Oxfam urges the World Bank "to heed its own warnings and support equitable, low-carbon development." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama Rejects Keystone XL: This Is Big … and Just the Beginning

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2015 Just a few years ago, insiders and experts wrote us off and assured the world Keystone XL would be built by the end of 2011. Together, ranchers, tribal nations and everyday people beat this project back, reminding the world that Big Oil isn’t invincible -- and that organized people can win over organized money. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2015 UPDATED: After seven years of deliberation, the Obama administration rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on Friday. The proposed 1,179-mile pipeline would have carried 800,000 barrels a day of carbon-heavy petroleum from the Canadian oil sands to the Gulf Coast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate-Smart Villages Boost Nepali Farmers’ Harvests

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Oct 5, 2015 Nepali farmers are finding that environmentally friendly cultivation methods increase yields -- and also help them adapt to rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Warmer Winters Slow the Growth of Forest Giants

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 4, 2015 Trees coming into leaf later and bumblebees with shorter tongues are just two of the impacts on nature that researchers are linking to global warming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S.’ Atlantic Coast Likely to Take Worse Battering With Warming

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 3, 2015 Scientists say the Eastern Seaboard of the United States faces more frequent storms and flooding as sea levels continue to rise with climate change. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis Discuss Their New Film, ‘This Changes Everything’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2015 Inspired by journalist Naomi Klein’s best-selling book, "This Changes Everything," a new documentary of the same name re-imagines the vast challenge of climate change. The film, which opens Friday, profiles communities on the front lines of the climate justice movement—from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta tar sands, from the coast of South India to Beijing and beyond. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed the Role of Fossil Fuels in Global Warming Decades Ago

Staff / Truthdig Sep 16, 2015 A groundbreaking investigation reveals how the company’s top executives were warned of possible catastrophe from global warming in the 1970s, then led efforts to block solutions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )