Reality is catching up to Alberta but it seems like those huge quantities of oil have a way of interfering with common sense. Albertans have been witnessing the death spiral of the Tar Sands with no end in sight. The official cancellation of the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline is but the tip of the iceberg. The message... Continue Reading →
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I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet. Here is an incomplete list of things I left unfinished last week because America’s boiling racism and militarization are deadly for black people: a policy memo to members of Congress on accelerating offshore wind energy development in U.S. waters; the introduction to... Continue Reading →
I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet.
(this article is dated, but still very valid) Climate change will impact us all, no matter who we are or where we live. But that doesn’t mean it will hit us equally. Climate change may not discriminate, but people do. As a reporter at ProPublica, my focus is on environmental justice, how low-income, underserved and... Continue Reading →
Climate Change and Vulnerable Communities — Let’s Talk About This Hot Mess.
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Talking better about Climate Change…
Stopping global warming means talking about it too. But the conversation often focuses on the wrong things - suggesting that the problem is far off, or that those working to fix it all look a particular way. So how do we improve our climate change conversation? Source...
G7 summit focuses on COVID & climate change…
Full Title: G7 summit focuses on COVID & climate change: Substance or spin? | DW News World leaders are drawing up a pact aimed at preventing another pandemic. The second day of the G7 summit in the United Kingdom will also focus on climate change. And the gathering of the biggest global economies will see... Continue Reading →
Morton Deutsch, eminent psychologist, Columbia University professor, mentor extraordinaire, and one of the founders of the field of conflict resolution, died last March at age 97. Deutsch spent his illustrious career creatively and systematically studying ways to make the world more just and peaceful. He was a tough-minded and tenderhearted scientist with an intense commitment to developing... Continue Reading →
What Leads to Cooperation and Competition?
Investors managing $41 trillion in assets urge governments for ambitious climate policy ahead of COP 57 investors managing more than US$41 trillion in assets have released a new joint statement to all world governments urging a global race-to-the-top on climate policy. 57 investors managing more than US$41 trillion in assets have released a new joint... Continue Reading →
Investors managing $41 trillion…
(G7) Tackle climate change and species destruction together, say scientists
For all the grand promises from world leaders to tackle climate change, actually meeting those pledges involves far more than planting a few million trees. A new report by 50 of the world's leading experts has warned that the rapid decline of natural ecosystems and climate change are not separate challenges, but must both be... Continue Reading →
Prince Charles tells G7 leaders to tackle climate change like the pandemic
In an address to the Group of Seven (G7) nations on Friday, Britain's Prince Charles urged the leaders to tackle climate change like they did the COVID-19 pandemic. Charles was speaking ahead of a reception hosted by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, for the G7 and European Union leaders, their partners and guest nations at... Continue Reading →