Recently, the Heartland Institute put up — and just as quickly pulled down after a firestorm of criticism — a truly bizarre billboard in Chicago attempting to equate climate science with radicals and murderers. Since the billboard was suddenly and unexpectedly empty, we thought we would take the opportunity to remind Heartland who is really on the fringe here.

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You and I both know that climate change is real. And here in the United States, our leaders are finally [...]

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We can win the race to educate and empower citizens all over the world to act before extreme weather events become the norm. This Saturday, I hope all of you will stand up for the reality of climate change and help make Climate Impacts Day a success.

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At The Climate Reality Project, we often say “climate change is happening here, now and everywhere.” We are learning that “everywhere” is really “in every way” from a remarkable new report released by the National Wildlife Federation that reveals how climate change will affect mental health.

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It is clear that our elected leaders will not act unless and until we demand action. We have to make our voices heard. We will continue to engage in the fight to stop this pipeline — and the much larger fight to end our dependence on fossil fuels and shift to cleaner, renewable sources of energy.

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Do you think schools should teach our children that climate change isn’t real? Of course not. But the Heartland Institute, an organization well-known for giving a microphone to climate science deniers, now wants to bring this false message into America’s classrooms.

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Meeting the climate challenge is our collective responsibility. There is no room within this challenge for politics, or finger pointing. Because if we do not act, there will be no winners. What we stand to lose belongs to all of us.

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Women aren’t just impacted by climate change; they’re also critical agents of change. As UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres explains: “We are 50% of the population around the world and we represent more than 50% of the solution.”

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Just as we have a choice in framing our mind’s attitudes and reactions, we have a choice about how we react to the climate crisis. When we speak of the urgency of the crisis, the hope is to motivate people toward positive action.

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When a glacier melts in Antarctica, oceans rise from the coasts of Florida to Bangladesh. As Arctic sea ice disappears, human communities break apart. When snow and ice diminish in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Californians lose a critical source of drinking water.

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