As they become more exposed to the grim realities of climate change, today’s teens and people in their 20s — an entire generation — are experiencing increased anxiety, grief, fear or guilt about the planet’s future as well as their own. For teachers of environmental studies, softening the scientific evidence about what lies ahead —... Continue Reading →
(Repost) A threat to human rights – The legal battle to stop climate change | DW Documentary
Climate change is a threat to human rights. Court rulings are now making governments and businesses sit up and listen. Sitting back and doing nothing to stop global warming is becoming less and less of an option, as more and more citizens seek redress in the highest courts. Top courts recently passed judgements forcing oil... Continue Reading →
There’s good news and bad news for forests. Over the last 10 years, satellite imagery and other remote sensing technologies have revolutionized our ability to monitor and understand the causes of forest loss. The bad news is that deforestation data spanning the last two decades reveals a persistent hemorrhaging of the world’s most valuable terrestrial... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Why are Tropical Forests Being Lost, and How to Protect Them
If we take away one thing from this week’s climate report, let it be this: The solutions to the climate crisis already exist and are sufficient to bring humanity back into balance with Earth’s living systems. The fact that these lifesaving practices and technologies — from solar panels to reduced food waste, from walkable cities... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Solutions to the climate crisis will come from the multitudes
Biodiversity has been defined as one of nine planetary boundaries that help regulate the planet’s operating system. But humanity is crossing those boundaries, threatening life on Earth. The big question: Where precisely is the threshold of environmental change that biodiversity can withstand before it is destabilized and collapses planetwide? The planetary boundary for biodiversity loss... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Global biodiversity is in crisis, but how bad is it? It’s complicated
The upcoming midterm elections will not be about climate change. Half of registered voters agree climate is “important,” but the issue is still ranked below six others. However, for young people, climate is a major issue in this election cycle, despite its overall sixth ranking. Some conservatives would push back and reassert that climate is... Continue Reading →
To have credibility with young people in November, you have to talk climate
An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll found that liberals and independents rank climate change higher in importance, though a majority of all voters say the U.S. needs to do more to combat rising temperatures. This story comes from our partners at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. For more on the news and events in metro-Atlanta and Georgia, visit AJC.com. The... Continue Reading →
Climate Change Remains a Partisan Issue in Georgia Elections
Republicans are sharpening their attacks on the Democrats’ climate policy as the country races toward midterm elections in less than 100 days. In public comments and private conversations, Republican lawmakers and strategists appear to be settling on a climate and energy message that they’ll use leading up to the November elections. They are framing policies... Continue Reading →
‘It’s very bad’: GOP hones climate attacks before elections
A group of at least seven major environmental groups on Wednesday announced plans to activate thousands of members in an effort to get pro-environment candidates elected in the upcoming midterms. Kickstarted just four weeks before the November midterms, the get-out-the-vote effort is set to include members of the Sierra Club, Clean Energy for America,... Continue Reading →
Groups mobilize members to get pro-environment candidates elected
Black community members have been asked to rubber-stamp harmful projects for decades, activists say Pastor Geoffrey Guns was sceptical when asked to join the community advisory board for a gas pipeline, but decided it was his duty to advocate for the Black communities that would be affected by the fossil fuel expansion project. The Virginia... Continue Reading →
How fossil fuel firms use Black leaders to ‘deceive’ their communities
Here’s what key votes around the world mean for climate action. Or inaction. Climate Forward We often hear about tipping points in the physical climate of planet Earth. There are political tipping points, too. Elections can put a heavy finger on the scales of climate action. Consider the consequences of two recent votes — the... Continue Reading →
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