Environmental lawsuits are nothing new but now lawyers are turning their attention to cases that address the loss of biodiversity. The Tagus estuary near Lisbon is Portugal’s largest wetland, a vital habitat and stopover for tens of thousands of migratory birds, including flamingos, black-tailed godwits and glossy ibis. It has also been earmarked as the... Continue Reading →
U.S. Government Climate Resilience Toolkit | Learn about potential climate hazards so you can protect your vulnerable assets. | Watch our three-minute video to learn about the purpose and components of the Climate Resilience Toolkit, or scroll down to explore features of the site. Source...
Meet the Challenges of a Changing Climate
For Svitlana Krakovska, recent events have clarified the human, economic, and geopolitical catastrophe of fossil fuels. For Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine’s leading climate scientist, it was meant to be the week where eight years of work culminated in a landmark U.N. report exposing the havoc the climate crisis is causing the world. But then the bombs... Continue Reading →
Fossil-Fueled War: Ukraine’s Top Climate Scientist Speaks Out
Even in a world increasingly battered by weather extremes, the summer 2021 heat wave in the Pacific Northwest stood out. For several days in late June, cities such as Vancouver, Portland and Seattle baked in record temperatures that killed hundreds of people. On June 29, Lytton, a village in British Columbia, set an all-time heat... Continue Reading →
Climate How did we get here? The roots and impacts of the climate crisis
Mercedes-Benz will use the new plant to provide batteries for its EQE and EQS SUVs, which will be built at the nearby Tuscaloosa factory. Mercedes-Benz has opened a new battery factory in Bibb County, Alabama. It will assemble lithium-ion battery packs for the EQE and EQS SUVs, both of which will be built nearby at... Continue Reading →
Mercedes Opens Battery Factory in Alabama for Its Electric SUVs
An ambitious target of using hydrogen to partly power homes in the UK within three years has been set by the National Grid, the BBC has learned. On the east coast of Scotland, a small neighbourhood is playing a key role in this energy revolution. From next year, about 300 homes in Buckhaven, and Methil,... Continue Reading →
The neighbourhood leading a green energy revolution
IPCC: Limits to Climate Adaptation “Humans are adapting to climate change, but it’s not even close to enough — and what little is being done becomes less effective as temperatures rise,” writes Huffington Post. Adaptation has its limits, both hard—no adaptive actions possible—and soft—options not currently available. And the longer we wait, the harder it... Continue Reading →
The IPCC Says there are Limits to Climate Adaptation
In January and February, the global surface temperature was the sixth highest on record Scientists are already virtually certain that 2022 will be among the 10 hottest years on record. In its monthly update, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a US federal agency, reported that this year was already off to a baking-hot... Continue Reading →
Scientists are already certain 2022 will be among ten hottest years on record
‘Exploitation of the planet contributes to the exploitation of people’: Author
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Leah Thomas, author of “The Intersectional Environmentalist,” on how social and climate injustices intertwine. Visit Site for video...
“Too Little, Too Late”: Global South Activists Decry 2050 “Net Zero” Goal by Wealthy Nations
Please read some of the viewers comments as well... After nearly a week of speeches, negotiations and protests at the COP26 U.N. climate summit, we speak with Meena Raman, head of programs at Third World Network, who says developing countries need more time and resources to adapt to the climate crisis and end the use... Continue Reading →
In a recent conversation with my colleague Magnus L.H. Haslebo the Co-Founder of the Resistance Group Guerilla and the former Head of Communications for the Danish political party, The Alternative, it became clear that while sociopathic corporations’ greed is destroying the planet, it’s the corrupt politicians who are paving the way. This post was previously published in... Continue Reading →