The likely passage of Democrats' climate plan will instantly bring a fresh political challenge: selling it to voters. Why it matters: The midterm elections will be the first ever to unfold after enactment of sweeping climate legislation. "This is a totally unprecedented moment that we're finding ourselves in," said David Kieve, president of EDF Action,... Continue Reading →
Professors, students offer perspective on generational climate change response From the Newsstands: This story appeared in The Eagle's April 2022 print edition. You can find the digital version here. After decades of inaction by governments across the globe and countless warnings by climate scientists, people of all ages are feeling discouraged, overwhelmed and hopeless about... Continue Reading →
When the future looks grim: Young people experience ‘eco-anxiety’ about impending climate crisis
Political corruption and the idea that corporations can be people are the cancer at the core of our national crisis. "At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self-government since the founding , and who have... Continue Reading →
The March Towards US Fascism Began With the Corporate Hijacking of Democracy
Current Global Outlook on Planet Earth – A Race Against Time
First and foremost, Karim Ahmed is awesome, he is a really great climate educator. We here at cCc strongly suggest giving this video a watch and share it. For over five decades, Dr. Karim Ahmed has been at the forefront of planetary health science and policy. In this 90-minute lecture, Dr. Ahmed presents the data... Continue Reading →
At a political camp held last summer by Ped Xing, a student organization based at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, this writer was invited to talk about youth political participation in Asia. This talk with students from different schools in Metro Manila came on the heels of recent political activism across... Continue Reading →
Beyond their numbers: The youth vote, their concerns and aspirations
Better to read article at site due to number of embedded videos... “Our generation grew up watching as the climate crisis got worse and worse and politicians did nothing.” That might sound like a quote from teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, but it’s actually the opening line for a new series of political ads appearing... Continue Reading →
Can Focusing On Climate Change Help Win Elections?
1 & 2 | Greta Thunberg & Kevin Anderson | In search of REAL climate leadership | 2022 Interview
Part one of two: In search of REAL climate leadership. Greta Thunberg and Kevin Anderson are among the world's most direct communicators and rigorous thinkers on the climate emergency. Here is part one of a fantastic, rare conversation between them, hosted by regular Climate Uncensored collaborator, Ingrid Rieser. Recorded in Sweden in March 2022, Kevin... Continue Reading →
Greta Thunberg… (Reposting For Mid-Term Elections)
“We deserve a safe future. And we demand a safe future. Is that really too much to ask? Change is coming, whether you like it or not.” - Greta Thunberg . Greta is one of the most incredibly courageous persons in human history, her conviction know no bounds and rightly so. She sees like many... Continue Reading →
Sisi’s Egypt is making a big show of solar panels and biodegradable straws ahead of next month’s climate summit – but in reality the regime imprisons activists and bans research. The climate movement should not play along No one knows what happened to the lost climate letter. All that is known is this: Alaa Abd... Continue Reading →
Greenwashing a police state: the truth behind Egypt’s Cop27 masquerade
In a crowded field, no issue more spectacularly illustrates the failures of our political system than climate change. We are hurtling toward catastrophes that threaten the very existence of humankind, yet the matter is almost totally absent from political discourse. Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address didn't mention it. Neither did the official... Continue Reading →
excerpts from planet earth gets a ground game… (Published: April 8, 2018)
On the way home from school last week, my daughter told me she’d learned about climate change in her classroom for Earth Week. She and her twin brother are in kindergarten, and because I work on climate change professionally, I’ve been talking with them about it at home for a few years. In truth, I... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 