By Kate Yoder It’s been nearly two years to the day since a freak heat wave obliterated temperature records across the Pacific Northwest. Portland reached a blistering 116 degrees on June 28, 2021, with the…
By Richard Heinberg Human activity, mostly the burning of fossil fuels, has raised Earth’s atmospheric carbon content by 50 percent, from 280 parts per million to 420ppm. Since the start of the Industrial Revolution, we’ve…
By Emma Foehringer Merchant Climate change is spurring interest in remaking local infrastructure to accommodate renewable energy, minimize power failures and expand consumer choice. Clyde, Ohio, with a population of around 6,000, has two electric…
By Julia Conley Joined by two residents of a community where emissions from landfills have forced them to live in the “center of a toxic wasteland,” more than a dozen environmental and community advocacy groups…
By Jim Robbins In downtown San Francisco, in a cavernous garage that was once a Honda dealership, a gleaming white-and-blue appliance about the size of a commercial refrigerator is being prepared for transport to a…
By Medea Benjamin The environmental justice movement that is surging globally is intentionally intersectional, showing how global warming is connected to issues such as race, poverty, migration and public health. One area intimately linked to…