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  • What Should We Know About Wildfires in California

    What Should We Know About Wildfires in California

    This year has already broken records As California enters an already historic and devastating wildfire season, little attention has been given to the issues that can make wildfires bigger, faster, and more dangerous to people and our nation’s treasured wildlands. Here’s a look at what’s behind the occurrence of forest and wildland fires today. This…

  • Forced Migration is the New Face of Climate Change

    Forced Migration is the New Face of Climate Change

    As climate change has influenced forced migration around the globe, the Central American refugees could be a strong indicator of what climate migrations will look like in the very near future. In the wake of the United Nations IPCC report, many have been left with these feelings of fear, dismay, and rage at the prospect…

  • Breakthrough Moment to End Deforestation for Palm Oil

    Breakthrough Moment to End Deforestation for Palm Oil

    2018 has been a full year of campaigning to end forest destruction for dirty palm oil, and if Wilmar sticks to its promise to monitor its suppliers, forest destroyers will have nowhere to hide. It’s been a full year of campaigning to end forest destruction for dirty palm oil. After Greenpeace International exposed how Wilmar…

  • Greenpeace Ships Are Setting Sail to Tackle the Global Plastic Pollution Crisis

    Greenpeace Ships Are Setting Sail to Tackle the Global Plastic Pollution Crisis

    Wanna know where plastic pollution really starts and ends? Join the Rainbow Warrior and Beluga as they set sail to find out all about it. Corporations have created a plastic monster. Over 90% of the plastics ever produced have not been recycled, yet corporations have plans to dramatically increase their production of plastic packaging. With…

  • 10 Things You Need to Know About the Students Skipping School to Fight Climate Change

    10 Things You Need to Know About the Students Skipping School to Fight Climate Change

    “Adults — if you feel uncomfortable now, you’re going to feel uncomfortable for a while. Because we’re never going to back down.” Isra Hirsi just turned 16 years old. To celebrate, she came home from school and spent three hours on conference calls. Isra, a student at South High School in Minneapolis, is one of…

  • A devastating health crisis remains from Cyclone Idai

    A devastating health crisis remains from Cyclone Idai

    On March 14, Cyclone Idai made landfall in southern Africa. Chances are, no one predicted the results would be this harrowing. The storm has affected almost three million people, including over 1,000 casualties and two million displaced. For those who survived the storm, there’s still a long road ahead. Cyclone Idai has led to an…

  • What if we treated our oceans like they matter?

    What if we treated our oceans like they matter?

    The seas provide half of our oxygen, and food for a billion people. Let’s give them the protection they deserve. Under the restless surface of our seas, hundreds of miles from land, there’s a world of giants and hunters; ancient lifeforms and lost cities. These waters beyond national borders are home to creatures even more…

  • $11M buys a new oil pipeline to the Great Lakes?

    $11M buys a new oil pipeline to the Great Lakes?

    Enbridge is one of the biggest pipeline builders in North America. You can designate funds to an emergency response, make an unrestricted annual gift or recommend recurring payments to a special appeal. Another option is to support programs that meet your interests, such as maternal and newborn health, early childhood education, gender equality, child rights…

  • Court Defeat for Trump Is a Win for the Arctic

    Court Defeat for Trump Is a Win for the Arctic

    Trump lost big in court last Friday when a federal judge in Alaska threw out his plan to open up the Arctic Ocean to more oil drilling. Trump lost big in court last Friday. A federal judge in Alaska threw out his plan to open up the Arctic Ocean to more oil drilling. Trump was…