THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT
NEWSLETTER & ACTION TOOLKIT

The southern US is facing constant flooding, but a little-known plant could be a major solution. It’s called rivercane, and 98 percent of it is being wasted and destroyed, but now is our chance to bring it back.

18 universities across the UK are severing ties with fossil fuels, telling the industry to keep their hands off students and research. Those colleges represent an 80 percent rise in divestments from the previous year.

Just months after criticizing a groundbreaking climate study, Maryland Governor Wes Moore has reversed course and is allocating $500,000 towards it. It’s a massive investment that will evaluate the benefits of taxing fossil fuel companies.

The major South Sudanese city of Bor was facing water struggles both from a lack of clean water and from horrifying floods, but the city turned a climate disaster into a win. A new water treatment plant is employing residents and providing clean water to all who need it.

Hayden, Colorado has always been a coal town, but as the industry continues to shrink, a new era is arising. The town is building a large industrial park to attract new business, and it will all be powered by geothermal energy.

The climate crisis is changing our world but some cities are stepping up to the challenge. See which U.S. cities are innovating and turning potential disaster into opportunity.

The EPA website no longer includes the scientific fact that humans influence the climate. It’s the latest brutal development in the Trump Administration’s ongoing quest to destroy the agency. Science has never been under attack like this.

Strong climate policies are working! Countries around the world have raised their GDP while cutting pollution — especially the global south, but even the U.S. This year, 92 percent of the global economy was able to grow without consumption-based pollution.

Hundreds of sea turtles are freezing in Cape Cod, after being lured to feed by the region’s abnormally warm waters that then suddenly dropped. Young, endangered turtles are trapped and cold-stunned, with a major rescue effort underway in an effort to work against climate change and time.

Inhaling wildfire smoke can be deadly. Now scientists have identified new dangers hidden in the hazardous haze: fungi. Wildfire smoke can spread fungi that lead to lung disease and other health concerns.

Indigenous communities in the Arctic, the fastest warming region on Earth, are being left on thin ice, literally. Scientists and community members are weaving indigenous knowledge and climate models together to describe shifts in snow and ice.