Burning Man attendees roadblocked by climate activists

Climate activists temporarily halted the influx of eager festivalgoers, blocking the road with a 28-foot trailer and causing a bumper-to-bumper traffic jam for over an hour. They clashed with outraged Burning Man attendees as well as Nevada rangers.

Climate crisis made Canada wildfires twice as likely

The conditions that caused Canada’s extreme spate of wildfires this year, which resulted in parts of Canada and the US being blanketed in toxic smoke, were made at least twice as likely due to the human-caused climate crisis, scientists have found.

Leaders meet for key summit on Amazon deforestation

Heads of governments from the Amazon region are meeting to discuss how to protect the crucial rainforest. Illegal deforestation has marred the region for years. Scientists fear it could be reaching a tipping point.