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"The Nepal deaths were climate-driven. You emit in New York and Kathmandu suffers. Nepal is among the lowest per capita emitters on earth, and it is not their carbon dioxide they are dying from, and that should read as a warning."- Philosopher Acharya Prashant

65% of Americans support transitioning the U.S. economy from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy by 2050.

Expert's chilling warning world will 'collapse' in less than 25 years - fisheries and farmland across the globe are being "managed unsustainably"

The Hormuz crisis just did what climate summits couldn’t. The war wrecking your fuel budget is quietly moving a number nobody expected to move this decade.

EPA to announce US will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says | In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.

“If we act now, we can limit overshoot (exceed, peak and return to 1.5°C): not a safe world, but safer than remaining above. If we delay action, we lose the chance to return to 1.5°C and face an unprecedented, damaged world.” — United Nations Environment Programme, 02 September 2026 Report

Incoming El Niño is so extreme it doesn’t have a scientific name. Climate scientist Daniel Swain explains what may be in store for the next year as we brace for an El Niño “so far above anything we've previously seen, it doesn't even fit on the same axis.”

Oceans have absorbed 90% of Earth’s excess heat since 1970, saving humanity from itself. “The heat energy absorbed by the ocean’s upper 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) between 1955 and 2010 would have warmed Earth’s atmosphere +36°C (64.8°F) rather than the current +1.5°C."

Judge rules EPA illegally ended $7B Solar for All program, intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans.