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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Earlier this week, I rode my bike down to the National Mall to see the cherry blossoms. I needed to go because I had to see with my own eyes that the trees were blooming on March 19. This is well ahead of the time they normally bloom. Going to see the Cherry Blossoms usually happens near the end of March or beginning of April, not closer to mid-March.

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Aitan joined Inconvenient Youth in 2010, but his commitment to solving the climate crisis extends well beyond his work with Climate Reality. He wrote his own song called “100 Generations,” and started a website called kidEarth to share his song, and message, with children around the world.

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For low-lying Bangladesh, sea level rise isn’t an abstract worry: it’s a problem the nation is dealing with now. We sent a film crew to Bangladesh to document the risks posed by ice melting in Antarctica and around the world.

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As you may have noticed, The Climate Reality Project blog has been full of content related to our Living on Thin Ice campaign. We are very proud of this campaign and the expeditions we have held around the world in places like the Sierra Nevada, Antarctica, Ecuador and New York. But meanwhile, our stellar Presenters are very busy bringing the reality of the climate crisis to communities all over the world.

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The shrinking of glaciers in this area is leading to the formation and growth of more glacial lakes. This basin is vulnerable to flash floods caused by sudden discharges of water from such lakes, known as glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), as well as additional floods from intense rainfall and landslides.

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We can’t solve a global climate problem overnight. But here in California, the Sierra Nevada Alliance and Sierra Nevada Conservancy are doing their part to respond to the decline in snowpack.

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This is the second of two blog posts about the impacts of climate change on a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Members of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy are taking a look at how sea level rise could impact a local canal.

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I was deeply inspired by Mr. Wells’ fourth grade class. They changed the moment for The Lorax by making sure the film wasn’t just about movie tickets and extra-large sodas, but acknowledging the full truth about the climate crisis and providing a platform to take action.

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What’s the most exciting part of clean energy? To me, it’s the technology. How cool is it that someday, when we flip the switch in our houses, our electricity could come from solar panels in space?

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