Climate Change
Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist
By Robert Mackey
September 13 2022
The nationwide campaign to stifle discussions of race and gender in public schools through misinformation and bullying suffered a reversal...
The terrible disaster in Pakistan: A warning for all of us
After the floods, Pakistan needs reparations, not charity
Sep 5, 2022
At the time of writing, more than one-third of Pakistan is under water. Flash floods,...
What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice...
By Jo Adetunji
August 29, 2022
I’m standing at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, mesmerized by a mind-blowing scene of natural destruction. A milewide...
En Italie, une sécheresse historique menace l’agriculture
Par Caroline Bordecq
5 juillet 2022
Diminution sévère des chutes de neige et de pluie et températures très élevées : le nord de l’Italie affronte sa pire...
‘Soon the world will be unrecognisable’: is it still possible to...
Blistering heatwaves are just the start. We must accept how bad things are before we can head off global catastrophe, according to a leading...
Europe faces the strongest drought over last 500 years
Dry and warm weather in certain western regions and the Mediterranean will last until November, experts said
BRUSSELS, August 23. /TASS/. Europe is probably facing...
Wobbling Towards Our Own Extinction
by Daryan Rezazad *
July 26, 2022
As most regular CounterPunch readers know Robert Hunziker has over the past years provided excellent analysis on the latest...
William deBuys, Welcome to the Pyrocene
In case you hadn’t been paying attention, it’s hot on this planet. I mean, really hot. And I’m not just thinking about Europe’s worst...
The Fires in Greece Are a Terrifying Warning
By Alexander Clapp
Aug. 27, 2021
Six years after finding themselves at the forefront of Europe’s political crisis over refugees, thousands of Greeks are now...
‘Collective Action or Collective Suicide’: UN Chief Pleads for Real Climate...
"We need a concrete global response that addresses the needs of the world's most vulnerable people, communities, and nations," said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.
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