For the second time in as many weeks, President Joe Biden issued sweeping executive orders to confront global climate change and other environmental crises. The orders elevate climate change as a key foreign policy and national security priority, temporarily pause new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, and set a national goal of protecting... Continue Reading →
The biggest ever opinion poll on climate change has found two-thirds of people think it is a “global emergency”. The survey shows people across the world support climate action and gives politicians a clear mandate to take the major action needed, according to the UN organisation that carried out the poll. The UN Development Programme... Continue Reading →
UN global climate poll: ‘The people’s voice is clear – they want action’
On Wednesday this week, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was measured at 415 parts per million (ppm). The level is the highest in human history, and is growing each year. Amid all the focus on emissions reduction, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says it will not be enough to avoid dangerous... Continue Reading →
Engineers have built machines to scrub CO2 from the air – and it could halt climate change
Solar Power is set to be the dominant transformative form of power on the mighty subcontinent of India as it moves away from its dependence on coal and towards a more sustainable future. But land is at a heavy premium there, so the engineers put their thinking caps on and came up with a solution... Continue Reading →
India’s Solar Canals. Lateral thinking at its finest!
The World Turns to Climate Action EARTHDAY.ORG is honored that the Biden Administration has decided to convene a global climate summit on Earth Day 2021. Many important environmental events have happened on Earth Day since 1970, including the recent signing of the Paris Agreement, as Earth Day continues to be a momentous and unifying day each and every... Continue Reading →
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John Kerry makes first remarks as Biden’s climate envoy at UN summit
John Kerry told the international community that he regretted America’s absence in fighting the climate crisis during the Trump era, in his first major speech as President Biden’s climate envoy. Source
A key part of the United States' clean energy transition has started to take shape, but you may need to squint to see it. About 2,000 wind turbines could be built far offshore, in federal waters off the Atlantic Coast, in the next 10 years. And more are expected. East Coast states from Maine to... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind Power Is Ready to Boom. Here’s What That Means for Wildlife
The leader of the United Nations warned Monday of “existential threats” to the global climate and biodiversity. Speaking to the World Economic Forum, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said that today’s world suffers from “fragility,” invoking issues such as the coronavirus pandemic and resulting job losses. “We also see fragility in the climate and biodiversity crisis. Both... Continue Reading →
UN chief warns of ‘existential threats’ to climate, biodiversity…
Why your carbon footprint is a scam by our changing climate
Why your carbon footprint is a scam, explained. Source
[...] What it means, I think, is that no one should be shocked when Extinction Rebellion activists engage in mass civil disobedience. No one should be annoyed when school kids start leaving class en masse. No one should be surprised that Green New Deal advocates are now calling for dramatic overhaul of American society. In... Continue Reading →
Bill McKibben’s April 10 2019 opinion
Human-induced climate change was first identified in 1800 and again in 1831 by the same scientist, Alexander von Humboldt Though little known and studied today, Alexander von Humboldt (b. September 14, 1769) was a legend in his lifetime, and remains one of the most important scientists in history. More places and species are... Continue Reading →
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