Zahra Hirji

Lataiyyah Washington is one of more than 600 people who lost their subsidized housing in Elizabeth, New Jersey, due to the storm.

“There’s just anxiety that we’re not going to be able to do what we say,” said the chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

“Temperatures will keep rising as long as we keep increasing greenhouse gases,” one climate scientist said.

NOAA announced that at least 688 people died from extreme weather in 2021, but BuzzFeed News has shown that the true toll is much higher.

The state now says that 246 people were killed in last February’s winter storm. An updated analysis by BuzzFeed News puts the number at more than 750.

The climate crisis is here, the US is woefully unprepared, and people are already paying with their lives.

The Biden administration instituted new rules for boosters, COVID tests, and travel after the first Omicron case in the US was identified.

“The individual, who was fully vaccinated and had mild symptoms that are improving, is self-quarantining and has been since testing positive,” according to the CDC.

“We were told that COP26 was the last best chance to keep 1.5 C alive, but it’s been placed on life support,” said an activist.

Failing to act on climate change, climate experts warn, will cost even more money. So we tried to calculate just how much.

Jewish Currents staff discuss Sunrise DC’s recent statements on appearing with Zionist groups.

Where does all the trash go after you take it to the dumpster? The reality depicted in the images here showcase the current state of waste management, and how the items we discard are piling up all ov

“If the projections are right, then we’re already committed to a heartbreaking amount of loss, like a truly devastating amount of loss.”

Our current coastlines gone. Bangkok underwater. Massive declines in the fish population. More droughts, downpours, and heat waves.

Democrats questioned Big Oil executives about their role in spreading misinformation about climate change and their role in hindering climate change legislation.

The plan released by the White House features $1.75 trillion in funding for social programs and to address climate change, but it’s still being sold to Congress.

“If you add it all up, this would be the single largest thing the federal government has ever done to deal with climate change,” one researcher said.

Extreme heat is now the leading weather-related killer in the US.

Ahead of his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, the environmental lawyer has become a target of the far right’s bogus narrative around race.

Industrial sites often spew dirty gases into the air during emergency shutdowns and restarts, threatening nearby communities with smog and other pollution that can make it hard for people to breathe.