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Summary: Leiserowitz sees the emergence of “a fundamental shift in society” that could quickly spill over into political action, as with same-sex marriage and other fast-shifting issues before it. “You’re beginning to see the coalescing of a powerful citizens’ movement demanding that leaders act, both business leaders and government leaders.”

Expected snowfall totals from an intense storm vary greatly, ranging from 3 inches in South Berkshire’s lower elevations to 8 inches or more in North County and the hill towns.

New results from a long-running public opinion survey show that about 1 in 3 Americans is now “alarmed” by global warming. Is it any wonder, given the horrific onslaught of

And when a person’s right to vote is suppressed, their voice is silenced and their influence is reduced on a multitude of issues.

Amid rising public alarm about human-caused global heating, U.S. government scientists announced Thursday that 2021 was the sixth hottest year since records began in 1880."Failure to act together with the global community will all but ensure more devastating impacts and even irreversible climate tip...

"A new report has revealed that a record number of Americans are now alarmed about the climate crisis."

Also: Federal Reserve banks are becoming increasingly diverse, and more.

Of course, more people are worried about climate change given the escalating wildfires, heat waves and other climate disasters. But you wouldn't know it from our government's flagging response.

“Climate change public engagement efforts must start with the fundamental recognition that people are different and have different psychological, cultural, and political reasons for acting - or not acting - to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

Seven years ago white men made up the majority of directors on the boards of all but one of the 12 U.S. Federal Reserve banks. This year, white men are for the first time in the minority at every one. Of the 105 directors on the newly named 2022 boards, 44% are women, and a ...