Global

30 Oct 2018

The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world’s leading scientists

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Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now an emergency that threatens civilisation.

Oct 31, 2018 - The Oakland city council passed resolution Tuesday endorsing declaration of a climate emergency and calling for just transition.

"We have a right and duty to rebel in the face of this tyranny of idiocy—in the face of this planned collective suicide."

"The planet warmed more than we thought. It was hidden from us just because we didn't sample it right. But it was there. It was in the ocean already."

October 31, 2018

Huge Swath of Amazonian Rain Forest Freed Up from Gold Mining

Oct. 29, 2018

Rowan Williams backs call for mass civil disobedience ‘to bypass the government’s inaction and defend life itself’

A new group of “concerned citizens” is planning a campaign of mass civil disobedience starting next month and promises it has hundreds of people – from teenagers to pensioners – ready to get arrested in an effort to draw attention to the unfolding climate emergency.