If a new scientific paper is proven accurate, the international target of limiting global temperatures to a 2°C rise this century will not be nearly enough to prevent catastrophic melting of ice sheets that would raise sea levels much higher and much faster than previously thought possible. “Parts of [our coastal cities] would still be … Continue reading "World's Oceans Could Rise Higher, Sooner, Faster Than Most Thought Possible"

Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker became the butt of a political joke in New Hampshire on Monday, when an environmental activist tricked the Wisconsin governor into posing with an oversized check for $900 million, made out to Walker and “signed” by the conservative, climate-denying Koch brothers. Tyler McFarland, a 23-year-old organizer with the group 350 … Continue reading "Gotcha! Scott Walker Punked by Climate Activist on Campaign Trail"

When Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) visited the Navajo Nation’s capital in Window Rock on Friday, he was met with angry protests over the violation of Indigenous communities’ water rights and, according to some accounts, chased off the land. McCain made the visit, along with Republican Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, for a public meeting with Navajo … Continue reading "Demanding Water Rights, Indigenous Protesters Tell McCain 'Get Off Our Land'"

Law enforcement officials in Texas are still trying to determine the identity and possible motive of the individual who shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy near Houston late Friday night in what has been described as an “ambush” at a local gas station. Deputy Darren Goforth, 47, was pumping gas about 8:30 p.m. Friday when … Continue reading "Lethal Shooting of Sheriff's Deputy in Texas Described as 'Ambush'"

Here’s another argument for keeping the world’s fossil fuels in the ground: If all the coal, gas, and oil on Earth is extracted and burned, the Antarctic ice-sheet will melt entirely, scientists warn in a “blockbuster” new study published Friday in the research journal Science Advances. “The mind-boggling point is that our actions today are … Continue reading "Burning the World's Fossil Fuels Would Melt Antarctica Into the Sea: Study"