John Kerry told the international community that he regretted America’s absence in fighting the climate crisis during the Trump era, in his first major speech as President Biden’s climate envoy. Source
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) called on President Joe Biden to declare the climate crisis a national emergency, echoing calls that other Democratic lawmakers and activists have been making in past months and years. “I think it might be a good idea for President Biden to call a climate emergency,” said Schumer on... Continue Reading →
Schumer Calls on Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency as Ice Loss Accelerates
COP26: All nations must declare a ‘climate emergency’
The UN Secretary General has called on all countries to declare a climate emergency to halt climate change. Source
President Joe Biden is expected to issue executive orders to suspend new oil and gas leasing on federal property, reestablish a White House council of science advisers, and set a goal to protect 30% of federal land and water by 2030. He is also predicted to announce a number of initiatives prioritizing environmental justice by... Continue Reading →
Sunrise Movement’s Varshini Prakash: Biden’s Climate Agenda Must Go Beyond Undoing Trump’s Damage
Sunrise Movement Celebrates Major Climate Victories After Biden Takes Reins on Climate Action, Asserts Democrats Must Now Abolish Filibuster On Wednesday, the Sunrise Movement celebrated major climate victories as President Joe Biden announced monumental climate executive actions to begin a society-wide mobilization to stop climate change, create millions of good jobs, and roll back centuries... Continue Reading →
Sunrise Movement Celebrates Major Climate Victories After Biden Takes Reins on Climate Action…
Joe Biden pledged before the election that once in office he would prioritize the climate crisis. It appears he meant it. President Biden on Wednesday took a host of executive actions centered around promoting environmental justice, building a green economy, and fostering what he calls a “whole of government” approach to taking on the climate... Continue Reading →
Biden Breaks With Predecessor, Takes Looming Destruction of Human Civilization Seriously
Climate change journalists around the world are part of a “disturbing” effort to hype up Greta Thunberg and “distribute propagandized climate change issues in their reporting,” says a new report paid for by an inquiry set up by the government of Alberta. The 133-page report says reporters who focus full-time on climate change are aiding... Continue Reading →
Alberta Inquiry Paid $28K for a Report Smearing Hundreds of Climate Journalists
Co-editors-in-chief: Chris Derksen, Olaf Eisen, Christian Haas, Christian Hauck, Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson & Thomas Mölg The Cryosphere (TC) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of frozen water and ground on Earth and on other planetary bodies. The main subject areas are ice sheets and glaciers,... Continue Reading →
Open Access Journal of the European Geosciences Union (great resource for scientists)
The rate at which ice is disappearing across the planet is speeding up, according to new research. And the findings also reveal that the Earth lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice between 1994 and 2017 – equivalent to a sheet of ice 100 metres thick covering the whole of the UK. The research is the... Continue Reading →
Global ice loss increases at record rate…
Hello, Volties, and welcome to Transmission Week here at Volts! It’s been delayed almost as many times as Infrastructure Week, but it’s finally here. All week, we’re going to be digging into the US energy transmission system. For those of you new to the subject, “transmission system” refers to the big, high-voltage power lines that... Continue Reading →
Transmission week: why we need more big power lines
OUT OF OFFICE, BUT UNDER SCRUTINY: An internal government watchdog is investigating after two former Trump administration officials apparently published papers purporting to be from the White House that promoted climate change skepticism. “After careful consideration, we decided to review this matter further,” the inspector general’s office at the Commerce Department wrote to Sen. Mazie... Continue Reading →
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