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Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat and to “tell it like it is.” On the basis of this obligation and the grap

Without transformative changes to save the biosphere, there will be untold suffering, scientists warn.

The fast-warming Sea of Okhotsk, wedged between Russia and Japan, is a cautionary tale of the far-reaching consequences when climate dominoes begin to fall.

Cuba’s experience suggests that urban farming can help stave off potential famine when the climate crisis cuts food production

Research combining future climate conditions and arsenic-induced soil stresses predicts rice yields could decline about 40 percent by 2100, a loss that would impact about 2 billion people dependent on the global crop.

Here’s what the government should demand when the economy tumbles and Wall Street comes begging.

In the wake of the 2007–08 financial crash, the mainstream debate has not focused on the choice between socialism or barbarism, but rather on ‘reinventing

"We hear a lot about ‘Exxon knew’ and ‘Shell knew’ on the news. But utilities knew too."

Climate disruption is shaping migration patterns -- of humans and birds alike.

Intentional blackouts by power companies were designed to prevent fires. Yet the strategy has not spared California from infernos caused by faulty infrastructure. It’s a case which sheds light on the equally untenable condition of capitalism applied to public administration.

When Indigenous people fight to defend and enforce land rights, they are protecting our collective future.

We are seeing today what appear to be the beginnings of an ecological revolution, a new historical moment unlike any humanity has experienced. Not only is the planet burning…

The debate on agriculture’s contribution to greenhouse gases has been perverted to deflect blame onto farmers and avoid talking about real solutions.

The Green New Deal could have the power to take our lives back from the logic of capitalism. Here’s how.

'For the rich, much much less, while for the billions who lack the basics: more good food, better housing, abundant clean water...'

California doesn’t know how to run a power grid in the climate century. But no one else does, either.

The fires and the blackouts are connected to a larger problem in this state: a failure to live sustainably.

Scientists devised a better way to calculate land elevations and their findings are dire: Far more cities will be inundated by climate change than previously thought.

Addressing climate change will take a whole lot more than changing our diets.

Creek beds are bone dry and once-gushing springs are reduced to trickles as fights play out around the nation over control of nation’s freshwater supply

Figure based on new analysis of coastlines is more than three times previous estimate

As with so many things, Californians are going first where the rest of us will follow

With a crowd of 500,000, Montreal’s march for the climate was the largest in the world during the September 20-27 week of climate action. Yet it was also noteworthy for another reason. Despite

Working In These Times is dedicated to providing independent and incisive coverage of the labor movement and struggles for workers' rights.

The Colorado River serves over 35 million Americans before reaching Mexico – but it is dammed at the border, leaving locals on the other side with a dry delta

Climate change demands a much more ambitious plan than the Great Depression did. It even requires reversing some of FDR's successes.