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Climate Change Crisis Loses Some Urgency in Touring Museum Exhibit

The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.




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Children win right to sue US government on actions causing climate change (Video)

A landmark constitutional climate change lawsuit, filed by a group of kids against the US government, gets the go-ahead.




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Is LEED tough enough to stop climate change? Is it even the right question?

What do we really want from a building certification system?




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Interfaith Preach In On Climate Change Will Pressure Obama To Act

Religious communities across the country will gather to reflect on the moral implications of climate change and our imperative to act. One man, in particular, should pay heed.




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Church of England to fight "great demon" climate change, mulls divestment from fossil fuels

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.




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Could climate change be any worse? Yes. BEARS!

Just when you think climate change couldn't get any worse... BEARS!




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Pediatricians warn that climate change is harming children's health

A new study shows that children bear 88 percent of the burden of diseases linked to climate change.




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In Defense of the Cow: How Eating Meat Could Help Slow Climate Change

Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy,




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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even




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Do bike lanes cause air pollution? Nope. In fact, they can fight climate change.

A new study shows that in fact, if you build them, people use them and drive less.




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Climate Change Activists Are Terrorists! At Least That's What the Maryland State Police Thought

I'm going to let Josh Tulkin speak mostly for himself on this one, but here's the thumbnail sketch of the situation: Tulkin received a latter from the Maryland State Police informing him that from March 2005 to May 2006 Tulkin was under




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A new model of climate change for the anthropocene epoch

A group of scientists argues our current climate change models get it wrong. Tracking "Carbon" only tells half the story.




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Are citizens finally mobilizing on climate change?

School strikes, non-violent direct action, office sit-ins. It feels like something might be building.




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It's official: Young people can sue the government over climate change

The case is actually moving forward.




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Protest works: Australian Prime Minister backtracks (a bit) on climate change

He's not exactly treating it like a crisis. But at least he's doing something...




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Children influence their parents' opinions on climate change

A study has found that kids exposed to climate change science at school use it to convince their parents of the issue's urgency.




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All-ages coloring book communicates the science behind climate change (Video)

Using officially documented research and color-it-yourself data visualizations, this project aims to convey climate change data in an engaging way.




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Science suggests path to hope for human intervention to minimize climate change

More importantly, it reminds scientists not to lose sight of the importance of human behavior in the search for answers about the physical processes of climate change




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Help get The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change to every high school in the US

Provoked by questionable propaganda, a group of scientists is setting out to offer an antidote.




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World's beer supply is threatened by climate change

Barley is a key ingredient in beer and cannot withstand rising temperatures and longer droughts.




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Is anyone actually listening to Trump about climate change?

Seriously ...




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Why 'South Park' doesn't understand climate change

The show gets a lot right about climate change, Al Gore and Manbearpig, but it misses something major about human nature.




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This professor just got arrested for making climate change graffiti

Governments aren't paying attention to scientific research, but maybe crime will get people's attention.




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Children take U.S. government to court over climate change

The health of young people is disproportionately harmed by climate change, and the government has failed to keep them safe.




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In Canada, saying climate change is real could get you in trouble during the election

Because a fringe candidate is a climate denier, it's now a political issue.




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Italy adds climate change to school curriculum

It will start as a stand-alone course, but eventually be integrated into all subjects.




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Weather reporters should mention climate change

We know extreme weather events are linked to climate change, so why isn't this part of every report?




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Women Must Be Heard in the Climate Change Debate

Women are more affected by climate disruption worldwide, so their voices must be heard.




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Can cities sue oil companies for damages due to climate change?

A Toronto city councillor is going to try.




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Climate change could bring stronger winds, more wind power

A 1.5-degrees-Celsius warmer world would bring bigger gusts of wind more regularly.




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I don't believe in climate change

Hear me out...




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'Whimsical scientist' seals himself inside greenhouse for climate change experiment (Video)

This man wants to prove a point about rising global carbon dioxide levels by locking himself inside this DIY greenhouse for the next three days.




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Study shows that climate change is really bad for your health

Along with climate-killing CO2, there are a lot of people-killing pollutants. Perhaps we should change our message.




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Trump may use climate change funds to build his wall

Trump would rather keep humans out of the country than saltwater.




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Red meat may be taxed in Denmark to fight climate change

Climate change has become an ethical issue in the eyes of the Danish Council for Ethics, which suggested last week that the government consider a tax on beef, and eventually all foods depending on climate impact.




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Methane impact on global climate change 25% greater than previously estimated

Carbon dioxide continues as the main concern, but we ignore methane at our own risk




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Solving global dietary problems is a bigger challenge than climate change, scientist says

The director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre says it's a huge problem that meat is so "culturally embedded in Western societies."




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Two cute videos teach kids about climate change and smog

Explaining climate science to kids is challenging, which is why clever animated videos can help.




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3 climate change policies that no one's talking about

The U.N. just came up with some climate change solutions, and none of them are "expect techy solutions to pull us out."




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Decarbonization must treble to keep up with climate change

Progress is being made. But the climate keeps unravelling.




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Climate change is bad for world peace

A study from Stanford University reveals the interconnectedness of politics and the environment.




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New Zealand schools to teach kids about climate change

Updated curriculum will help them to navigate the emotions associated with the climate crisis.




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Melting icebergs may help slow climate change

By 'fertilizing the oceans,' icebergs are actually helping to sequester more carbon. But that doesn't mean we should keep on polluting.




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Climate change could reduce Adélie penguin populations

Even a species that has benefited from temperature increases in the past may be hurt by excessive warming.




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Climate change is a bigger threat than coronavirus, says UN Secretary General

Don't let a passing crisis, serious though it is, distract you from the real fight.




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Climate change protestors ask fashion industry to "stop business as usual"

London Fashion Week was disrupted by protesters who want the industry to declare a climate emergency.




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Transition City Bristol: Tackling Climate change and Peak Oil with Community Planning

The Transition Town concept, a community focused response to climate change and peak oil, which was pioneered by Rob Hopkins, and which we reported on here and here, is spreading even further. For the first time, it is being tried on a city-wide scale,




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Dramatic Projections Bring Climate Change Impacts Home

Stunning Art Project Projects Impacts of Climate Change TreeHugger was founded on the idea that art and design can help solve the ecological crisis we are facing - most recently evidenced by our round up of environmental artists shaking up the art




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Climate Change Puts the Reality in This TV Show

At first it sounds like any other reality show: "Candidates will be put through a series of tough physical




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How design decisions on materials are "disproportionately damning the world to further climate change"

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.