The National Climate Assessment Confirms We Can’t Wait on Federal Climate Action—Act Now

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From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): Last week, the White House released the Fourth National Climate Assessment. This report, which is mandated by Congress, provides the US public with the best available science on climate change and its impacts … Continued

Sign the People’s Demands for Climate Justice

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From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Beginning next week, government delegates from around the world will meet in Katowice, Poland to decide how to implement the Paris Climate Agreement. The faith community will be there to urge responsible stewardship of … Continued

Comment on the Administration’s Dirty Power Plan—Deadline October 31

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From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The climate wake-up calls are everywhere. Scientific reports like the one published earlier this month by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirm it; heat waves, wildfires and extreme weather drive it home.1 We still have … Continued

UN Experts Warn of ‘Climate Catastrophe’ by 2040 Without ‘Rapid’ and ‘Unprecedented’ Global Action

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Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/10/08/un-experts-warn-climate-catastrophe-2040-without-rapid-and-unprecedented-global Published on Monday, October 08, 2018 by Common Dreams “The climate crisis is here and already impacting the most vulnerable,” notes 350.org’s program director. “Staying under 1.5ºC is now a matter of political will.” By Jessica Corbett, … Continued