Eddie Vedder discussed climate change with a group of people who see the global effects from above — the astronauts aboard the International Space Station — to mark Earth Day. During the conversation, the Pearl Jam singer asked the astronauts about co-existing peacefully, with the ISS denizens noting that, from …
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Who knew that in this dark hour of the climate crisis hope would arrive in the form of a 563-page novel by a sci-fi writer best known for a trilogy about establishing a human civilization on Mars? But alas, that’s what Kim Stanley Robinson – the author of 20 books …
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This story originally appeared in Grist. It is republished here as part of Rolling Stone’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Academies of Sciences, and scores …
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Sting shared a statement condemning the Brazilian government’s response — or lack thereof — to the devastating fires raging across the Amazon rainforest. In a note posted on Facebook, the musician heavily criticized President Jair Bolsonaro, a climate change skeptic who has expressed contempt for the indigenous people of Amazonia, …
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The world’s top climate scientists released a harrowing new report in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday that lays bare the stakes for humanity, as well as the urgent transformations necessary if we’re to maintain the basis of our civilization. The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN-sponsored …
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WASHINGTON —The Democratic National Committee is facing a growing backlash in the wake of its refusal to host a 2020 presidential debate focused solely on solving the climate crisis. Last week, the DNC not only dismissed the idea of hosting a debate on the existential threat of our time but …
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