The Three Most Viral Photos of the Amazon Fire Are Fake. Here Are Some Real Ones to Share.
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Anglers Don’t Know How to Stop the Hordes of Hungry Sea Lions
Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty This story was originally published by High Country News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With the lights of Moss Landing, California, twinkling in the distance, Captain Porter McHenry stood on the top deck of the Merva W, a large commercial fishing boat. Ocean water sprayed his face and dampened his thick brown beard.…
Look No Further Than Brazil’s Amazon Fire for the Dangers of Deregulation
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took power this year promising to open the Amazon rainforest to industry, roll back environmental and indigenous protections, and stack his Cabinet with ideologues who dismiss climate change as a Marxist hoax. But the record wildfires now raging…
Exclusive: In a Devastated Town, Bernie Sanders Explains His Plan for a Climate Change Revolution
Rich Pedroncelli/AP Bernie Sanders wants the United States to combat climate change like a nation at war. The Democratic presidential candidate detailed his new climate platform on Thursday in Paradise, California, while surrounded by devastation that wouldn’t look out of place on a battlefield. Today Paradise is a ghost of itself after last year’s deadly…
Democratic National Committee Rejects Call for Official Climate Debate
Justin Sullivan/Getty The Democratic National Committee on Thursday voted not to hold an official debate dedicated to discussing global warming, once again rejecting a longstanding demand from activists who argue that the climate crisis has gotten short shrift during the presidential primary campaign. But the DNC’s resolutions committee also voted to advance a measure that—if…
Stop Sharing Those Viral Photos of the Amazon Burning
Mother Jones Illustration The hashtag #AmazonRainforest was trending on Twitter Wednesday, with many users outraged that the mainstream media was not sufficiently reporting on the fires that have ravaged the world’s largest rainforest. There are very real fires burning in the Amazon and they do deserve more coverage, but there’s a big problem with this…