Climate Change
Clean and clear: Can we produce drinking water without leaving a...
Producing clean drinking water can be highly energy intensive. But in Saudi Arabia, one of the driest places on earth, there’s a growing industry...
“People vs. Fossil Fuels”: Over 530 Arrested in Historic Indigenous-Led Climate...
October 15, 2021
This week over 530 climate activists were arrested during Indigenous-led civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., calling on President Joe Biden to...
Tens of thousands rally in Belgium climate march
Oct 10, 2021
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Tens of thousands of protesters joined the first major climate march in Brussels since the start of the coronavirus...
Rain falls on peak of Greenland ice cap for first time...
By Damian Carrington
20 Aug 2021
photo: Ulrik Pedersen/
NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock
Rain has fallen on the summit of Greenland’s huge ice cap for the first time on record. Temperatures...
The Great Fear
by Evaggelos Vallianatos*
August 24, 2021
Photograph Source: Ivan Radic – CC BY 2.0
I like to believe that a few powerful persons in the United States,...
Hundreds of Thousands Take to Streets Worldwide for ‘Uproot the System’...
"The climate crisis has not disappeared," said Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. "It's the opposite—it's even more urgent now than it was before."
By Jake Johnson
September...
Europe’s Big Polluters Want to Ensure the EU Doesn’t Limit Their...
The European Union is weighing major climate legislation to scale back emissions across the continent. But there’s a familiar foe mobilizing to scale back...
Xi calls for bolstering confidence, jointly addressing global challenges at UNGA
Sep 22, 2021
Photo: Xinhua
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday proposed a Global Development Initiative, calling for bolstering confidence and jointly addressing global threats...
The US Does Not Seek a ‘New Cold War’ With China,...
Nevertheless, when the U.S. acts in the Pacific region, it will do so in cooperation with its allies and partners to amplify the strength and speed of...
Donald Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea in UN speech
By Julian Borger
19 Sep 2017
Donald Trump has threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea, in a bellicose first address to the United Nations general assembly in...