High school senior Shiva Rajbhandari won elected office in Boise, defeating an incumbent school board trustee backed by local extremists. The nationwide campaign to stifle discussions of race and gender in public schools through misinformation and bullying suffered a reversal in Idaho on Monday, when a high school senior vocally opposed to book bans and... Continue Reading →
Fewer than half of those questioned in global poll believe climate change poses a ‘very serious threat’ Concerns about climate change shrank across the world last year, with fewer than half of those questioned in a new survey believing it posed a “very serious threat” to their countries over the next 20 years. Only 20%... Continue Reading →
Concern about climate change shrinks globally as threat grows, survey shows
Ignore Conventional Wisdom About November! Why Democrats Must Now Take the Offensive: ‘BradCast’ 4/13/2022
He starts around 22 minutes in, however we suggest listening to the entire podcast as it is an informative one. MP3 Podcast (it is also downloadable) Also listen to the last few GREEN NEWS REPORTS! Remember now Voting for ethical climate conscientious candidates is viable Climate Action, this cannot be stressed enough. These ethical candidates... Continue Reading →
Climate is emerging as a major issue in Brazil’s presidential contest, with both leading candidates promising to protect the Amazon rainforest By Sebastian Rodriguez The climate crisis and rainforest conservation are emerging as major issues in Brazil’s upcoming presidential election. Yet both leading candidates are pushing for new fossil fuel infrastructure. Former leftist president, Luiz... Continue Reading →
Brazil election: Lula challenges Bolsonaro’s deforestation record, backs oil development
dinosaurs pale into insignificance…
"It might be said that the human race is incapable of withstanding the drastic changes that are taking place in today's world. For those changes have been so terrible, so far-reaching and, above all, so swift that they make those that caused the disappearance of the dinosaurs pale into insignificance. Man has not had time... Continue Reading →
Question: what do the following statistics have in common? The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. The leading killer of children in both the US and Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. A leading driver of the widening gap between rich and poor... Continue Reading →
(Repost) 12 best ways to get cars out of cities – ranked by new research
This morning, you opened your phone and started scrolling. Your screen presented you with the usual updates: the nth wave of plague, the growing supply chain crisis, and two nuclear powers exchanging confrontational threats. You yawned and went to start your day. Collapse gets old fast. Chances are the threat of imminent destruction didn’t stop... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Collapse Won’t Reset Society
The latest assessment offers both a harsh reality check and a path forward. Experts William Braham, Peter Psarras, and Michael Mann offer their thoughts. When William Braham of Penn’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design started delving into the latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he felt a mix of optimism and... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC
(Repost) Climate change lawsuits: Taking fossil fuel firms to court
With the expense of mitigating the effects of climate change becoming more onerous, more than two dozen cities, counties and states are suing more than 40 fossil fuel companies, accusing them of making false and misleading claims about climate change. The lawsuits are modeled after those brought against tobacco companies in the 1990s. Correspondent Ben... Continue Reading →
Since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, the phrase ‘Building Back Better’ is everywhere, providing a framework for recovery from the world’s worst crisis in generations. One after the other, governments have pledged to act boldly coming out of COVID-19 shutdowns by focusing investments and actions on a green recovery. But that’s not... Continue Reading →
(Repost) We Are Not Building Back Better: CO2 Emissions Heading for All-Time-High in 2023
Headlines related to recent extreme weather appear to come out of a science fiction book: Even the richest countries in the world can’t control widespread fires — they’re even burning in the Arctic. Deadly flooding in Germany and Belgium in July 2021 completely washed away buildings and cars, and more than 1,000 people remain missing. Hundreds died in flooding in China. The U.S.... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 