Americas

Making landfall today as a devastating Category 5 storm, Hurricane Felix is the second Cat 5 Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in as many weeks, carving a path of destruction across Central America.

When you think about the climate crisis, which image, a polar bear cub or a human child stands out as the face of climate change? Global warming certainly poses an unprecedented environmental and ecological catastrophe. But the climate crisis doesn’t just threaten cute and cuddly animals and their less charismatic cousins. I would argue that the real face of climate change is, or should be, a human face. Today, I join over eleven hundred others in the Climate Emergency Fast to raise awareness of these human impacts of climate change.

The climate movement has been going about its business fighting coal plants, promoting wind energy, and working for comprehensive carbon reduction policies. Suddenly, there’s a new development. The new development is not about limiting growth, it’s about redefining prosperity. Not going to change the world? Let’s scale up. It’s time to forge a development paradigm that actually works: one that empowers people, strengthens communities, and sustains the world.

This articles explores the trend of stronger and more dangerous hurricanes in a warming world. What is the connection, is there a clear pattern? How do you think we should talk about it?

One of a group of youth Bloggers writing provocative and powerful climate posts. A report on the tricky and complex subject of extreme weather and climate change.

This is a breaking story on how Bush is threatening to veto even the weakest clean energy legislation. How can we have any progress on this front? We have to make sure everybody knows that we are not going to take it.