Articles by: Daniel de Vries

Deadly wildfire smoke spreads across much of northeast US

Deadly wildfire smoke spreads across much of northeast US

Toxic smoke from raging fires in Canada continued to impact large swaths of eastern North America Thursday. Overnight and into the morning, air quality deteriorated to record-shattering levels. In Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the hourly Air Quality Index peaked at 491 Thursday, far surpassing the threshold of 300 considered “hazardous.” In Philadelphia, monitors topped out at 425 overnight, while in the Washington[Read More…]

by 09/06/2023 Comments are Disabled Climate Change
In this photo provided by the Fraser Coast Regional Council, water floods streets and houses in Maryborough, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022. | Queensland Fire and Emergency Services/AP

Climate change is triggering a humanitarian crisis, UN report finds

“Our people and the planet are getting clobbered by climate change. Nearly half of humanity is living in the danger zone now. Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now. The facts are undeniable,” Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) remarked in unveiling the latest international report on the impacts of climate change. “This abdication[Read More…]

by 03/03/2022 Comments are Disabled Climate Change
The Glasgow summit, climate change, and the case for socialism

The Glasgow summit, climate change, and the case for socialism

Heads of state, government ministers and thousands of other delegates from all corners of the globe are converging on Glasgow, Scotland for two weeks of climate change talks beginning this weekend. This year marks the 26th round of negotiations following the ratification by more than 190 countries of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was agreed to[Read More…]

by 31/10/2021 Comments are Disabled Climate Change
Trump Administration Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Agreement

Trump Administration Announces US Withdrawal From Paris Climate Agreement

President Trump announced Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. The move, which repudiates even the most modest and nonbinding targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, takes place amidst growing conflicts between the major capitalist powers and a raging political crisis within the US itself. In a major 30-minute Rose Garden address, Trump justified[Read More…]

by 03/06/2017 1 comment Climate Change
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