Good morning. In recent weeks, dangerous heat has killed hundreds of people in Oregon and Washington, endangered workers across the region and strained California’s power grid. It has also exacerbated the slow-moving natural disaster already punishing the West: the drought. Late last week, Gov. Gavin Newson formally urged all Californians to reduce their water use by 15 percent. It’s not... Continue Reading →
Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. In one of my favorite summer memories, my older brother and I run along our suburban Phoenix street during a monsoon. It’s after dark and the rain pours down warm and the wind blows wildly. When we reach the wide-open expanses of the schoolyard, we twirl... Continue Reading →
Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors
The global climate crisis is more urgent than ever. Here's how you can take action. This past June was the hottest June in the recorded history of the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Rising temperatures have been felt all around the world with countries in Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia, also experiencing... Continue Reading →
7 Important Ways You Can Help Relieve Extreme Heat Caused by Climate Change
Exxon Mobil Corp. lobbyist Keith McCoy listed six Democrats the oil giant saw as key allies to push its legislative agenda in the Senate in a secretly recorded sting video Greenpeace UK published late last month. New analysis of campaign disclosures found the six Democratic senators ― Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Joe Manchin... Continue Reading →
Exxon Lobbyists Paid The 6 Democrats Named In Sting Video Nearly $333,000
Solar Roadways – A Real Solution
The primary purpose of Solar Roadways is to generate clean renewable energy on roadways and any other surface that can be walked or driven upon. That would include: parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, tarmacs, plazas, bike paths, playgrounds, garden paths, pool surrounds, courtyards and the like.There are many longstanding uses for solar power, which are terrific.... Continue Reading →
"Apocalypse Never is an extremely important book. Within its lively pages, Michael Shellenberger uses science and lived experience to rescue a subject drowning in misunderstanding and partisanship. His message is invigorating: if you have feared for the planet’s future, take heart." -- Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Making of the Atomic Bomb... Continue Reading →
Praise for Apocalypse Never
"Buildings are collapsing into the sea. Infrastructure is melting. Hundreds are dying from extreme heat. Millions are without power. The ocean is literally on fire. The climate crisis is here." With hundreds of thousands of acres burning across swaths of the U.S. West that have already endured record-breaking heat this summer—and mounting concerns about the... Continue Reading →
‘Time for Incrementalism Is Over,’ Says Climate Movement as Extreme Weather Hits US
Thwaites Glacier is melting fast. But to understand how climate change is driving its decline, scientists need to send instruments through 2,000 feet of ice into the water below. Aurora Basinski crouches in a tent on a glacier jutting out from Antarctica, half a mile off solid land. She’s tinkering with a device called a... Continue Reading →
Scientists find warm water beneath Antarctica’s most at-risk glacier
Hello, Nice To Meet You! Are you ready to wake up? Our goal is to create a conscious world where everyone is aware of their own actions. And we think it’s time to wake up, take control, and be empowered to take positive action so that we can leave the world in a better place... Continue Reading →
Green Is The New Black
The time is now to prove they can go beyond just bland emissions reduction pledges. Two years ago Mark Carney, then-head of the central bank of England called into question the very existence of corporations that don’t adhere to the steep emissions reductions required to limit warming to 1.5C: “Those that fail to adapt will... Continue Reading →
Will corporations choose climate transformation or climate status quo?
From California to Maine, land is being given back to Native American tribes who are committing to managing it for conservation. Some tribes are using traditional knowledge, from how to support wildlife to the use of prescribed fires, to protect their ancestral grounds. In 1908 the U.S. government seized some 18,000 acres of land from... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 