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Trump’s climate leadership failure: “Devoid of hope, inspiration or unity”

The President's response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico suggests Trump has no clue about how to deal with either a short-term climate emergency or the need for radical action to cut fossil fuel use.

Four Years Ago Puerto Rico Warned of “Climate Tipping Points” – Did Anyone Listen?

Scientists have been warning about the risk to Puerto Rica from climate change for years, but was anyone listening?

Portuguese Kids Sue 47 EU Governments Over Climate Change

Schoolchildren from the Leiria region in Portugal hit by the country’s worst forest fires this summer are seeking crowdfunding to sue 47 European countries, alleging that their collective failure to tackle climate change threatens their right to life.

San Francisco and Oakland Sue Big Oil Over Climate Change

The two Californian cities of San Francisco and Oakland have announced they are suing five major oil companies, blaming them for climate change, which poses a "catastrophic risk".

As Hurricane Maria hits region, the Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister says: “We are the victims of climate change”

There is rising anger in the Caribbean about hurricanes and climate change

Trump’s Response to Climate-Related Disasters: Open America’s “Crown Jewels” to Oil Drilling

You would have thought that after being battered by two devastating hurricanes in recent weeks, which experts believe were fuelled by warmer seas caused by climate change, even the most die-hard climate denier would think again.

Houston, Tell Your President We Have a Problem: It’s Called Climate Change

If we don't want this to become the new normal, and worse, we need to bring fossil fuel companies to justice, hold fossil fueled politicians accountable and move our economy, our country, and our world off of fossil fuels.

Trump Promotes “Clean Coal” But Stops Research into Health Impacts of Mountaintop Removal

In a rambling, often incoherent speech, to his die-hard supporters in Phoenix on Tuesday night, President Trump boldly predicted that “clean coal” was back.

Amoral Trump Disbands Climate Advisory Committee

As Trump’s presidency spirals like a toxic vortex from one crisis to another, and with the global news media reacting to one venomous tweet after another, it is easy to miss the slow assault against science and the environment that continues below the radar.