At this point, the ideal climate bill is out of the picture. Here are two ways to make sense of Democrats’ next move. Sign up for The Weekly Planet, Robinson Meyer’s newsletter about living through climate change, here. Welcome, all. We are gathered here today to mourn Build Back Better, President Joe Biden’s overstuffed and... Continue Reading →
This story by Michael Grunwald originally appeared in Canary Media and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Feeding the world without frying the world would be a miraculous achievement. Somehow, we’d need to grow far more food with far less environmental impact... Continue Reading →
This Super-Tree Could Help Feed the World and Fight Climate Change
This spring, President Joe Biden gave a shot in the arm to solar and other clean-energy technologies with a couple of important executive actions. The move comes at a critical time, since Congress has yet to pass comprehensive legislation needed to help fight climate change. Fossil fuels still make up the largest share of electricity... Continue Reading →
Time for Solar Energy to Shine
[eDucate yOurself] What’s the Word? Climate Lingo Demystified
This is dated, yet sometimes we need refreshers The climate crisis is taking center stage, with deadly hurricanes, torrential rains, and wildfires blazing out of control, but it can be hard to grasp the jargon that accompanies a warming world. (“Carbon capture,” anyone?) In advance of November’s UN COP26 (see below), WhoWhatWhy has collected and... Continue Reading →
The climate apocalypse is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it. . “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “only not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive for ostensibly reachable goals and, tragically or amusingly, never manage to get any... Continue Reading →
What If We Stopped Pretending?
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These are all the links we pulled from the UCS Webinar: . https://www.drilledpodcast.com/what-paths-would-the-worst-west-virginia-v-epa-ruling-leave-open/ . https://legal-planet.org/2021/11/04/major-questions-about-the-major-questions-doctrine/ . https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2206300 . https://www.politicalclimatepodcast.com/episodes/episode/23e11679/what-comes-after-the-supreme-courts-epa-ruling . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-supreme-courts-latest-decision-is-a-blow-for-stopping-climate-change/ . https://secure.ucsusa.org/a/2022-scotus-decision-senate-act-on-climate . https://ecology.iww.org/ . https://www.earthbill.org/ . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jduP_6qxaUA . https://blog.ucsusa.org/kristy-dahl/science-shows-us-supreme-court-abortion-guns-environment-rulings-will-have-devastating-consequences/ . https://cprclimate.org/about/actions-campaigns/petition-to-epa/ . https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-climate-epa-coup/ . https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2-8DSa9xomr0KJ9xCFCMnb8Eg-hjevxjAsKvLWDYWhIr2DQ/viewform . https://ieer.org/projects/carbon-free-nuclear-free/ . https://ieer.org/renewable-maryland/ . https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-establishes-new-office-clean-energy-demonstrations-under-bipartisan-infrastructure-law . https://cprclimate.org/about/actions-campaigns/petition-to-epa/ . https://ieer.org/resource/books/insurmountable-risks-dangers-nuclear/ . Webinar Host - Union of Concerned Scientists
July 12th, 2022 – UCS Webinar Links
It appears to be of no concern to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ultraconservative majority how children are collateral damage in its monumental rulings to close the 2021-22 term. First, the conservatives struck down New York’s requirement for gun owners to prove why they should be allowed to pack heat in public. The ruling ignored, among... Continue Reading →
Children Will Suffer the Consequences of the Supreme Court’s Rampage
Greenhouse gas has undergone rapid acceleration and scientists say it may be due to atmospheric changes . Methane is four times more sensitive to global warming than previously thought, a new study shows. The result helps to explain the rapid growth in methane in recent years and suggests that, if left unchecked, methane related warming... Continue Reading →
Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought – study
People learn new things every day. Whether in school or learning from home, learning ultimately comes down to being a choice. Some students who are enrolled in traditional school settings still partake in self-directed learning because they want to. Other people choose to learn in unconventional ways and strictly rely on self-directed learning. There are... Continue Reading →
Why Self-Directed Learning Is Beneficial And Self-Empowering
Official Title: Warming Trends: Chilling in a Heat Wave, Healthy Food Should Eat Healthy Too, Breeding Delays for Wild Dogs, and Three Days of Climate Change in Song . A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier. . SOLUTIONS 70 Degrees in the Shade–in a Heat Wave? ... Continue Reading →