This scene of economic disparity during a natural disaster is highlighted in a new United Nations report that warns “human rights might not survive the coming upheaval” from global climate change.
Climate change can seem like a problem too vast for everyday people to influence, but research using computer models suggests that public attitudes and social learning can have a measurable impact on global warming.
Lawyers representing young Quebecers tried to convince a judge on Thursday, June 6, 2019, to authorize a class action lawsuit against the federal government for what they argue is a failure to combat climate change.
In a battle to see who can prove they care more about the environment, both the Liberals and the federal New Democrats are pushing motions this week to declare climate change a national emergency.
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will cut Canada’s emissions almost in half over the next decade as he tries to stake out a claim to the climate change agenda in the looming federal election.
A human wave of chanting, sign-waving protesters made their way downtown from the base of Montreal's Mount Royal on Friday, March 15, 2019, as they joined a series of student-led marches around the world demanding that government take action on climate change.
"If Washington’s not going to lead, Minnesota will lead," Gov. Tim Walz said, joining California and other states looking to push beyond federal green energy targets.
Harrison Ford offered an emphatic plea on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, for protecting the world's oceans, calling out President Donald Trump and others who "deny or denigrate science."
Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signalling its likely elevation as a central campaign issue in 2020 despite President Donald Trump's failure to mention climate change in his State of the Union address.
Warm waters and infectious disease have been determined as the causes of a die-off of sunflower starfish along the Pacific coast, says a newly released study.