Each crisis of our 21st century world gives birth to new “warriors” who use truth and science to help us safely navigate calamities. Our ongoing pandemic is a prime example. Out of the chaos of a muddled anti-science leadership effort in 2020 emerged dedicated scientists, researchers, and companies who swiftly developed vaccines that are saving... Continue Reading →
Climate Emergency Video | Some very good points here folks…
DemocracyNow Official Title: This Is Not a Climate Solution: Indigenous Land Defender Warns Senate Bill Will Aid Fossil Fuel Firms We look at the Democrats’ sweeping $739 billion bill just passed by the Senate in part to address the climate crisis. Democrats in the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday with votes... Continue Reading →
Live: Beyond extreme weather: How the climate crisis changes life on Earth | News Desk
Extreme weather events are making the news more and more often, everything from droughts to floods. Climate change also affects us in other ways: shifting shorelines, declining agricultural productivity, food supply chains, water availability and population health. And whether you believe humans are the cause or not, it looks like our way of life is... Continue Reading →
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently dropped a bombshell announcement that should have garnered news headlines in the major global and U.S. media, but did not. New WMO research concludes that “[t]here... Continue Reading →
‘We know where we are headed’: humanity is sacrificing itself on the altar of corporate profits
‘Climate Anxiety’ Becoming The Next Mental Health Crisis In America’s Youth
Thousands of young Americans are taking on climate change and fighting back at those in power, whom they claim knowingly polluted the planet. Along with the pandemic and social media, the country's youth is facing a growing mental health crisis in dealing with "climate anxiety" for current and future generations. Source!
After innumerable stops and starts, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) finally agreed on a legislative package, now called the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," that would lower prescription drug costs, extend health insurance subsidies, and reduce carbon emissions. The bill, according to its proponents, would also reduce the federal deficit by $300... Continue Reading →
Corporations versus the climate
Scientists say there are ample reasons to suspect global heating could lead to catastrophe The risk of global societal collapse or human extinction has been “dangerously underexplored”, climate scientists have warned in an analysis. They call such a catastrophe the “climate endgame”. Though it had a small chance of occurring, given the uncertainties in... Continue Reading →
Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’
There's never been a better time to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon in the United States in March 2022 and more than $10 a gallon in other countries. Meanwhile, the world is already experiencing... Continue Reading →
5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation
And how we will not fight climate change “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” — unknown It is now abundantly clear that Americans are not going to support a big government push to rapidly decarbonize the U.S. economy. The popular urgency simply is not there. “Just 1%... Continue Reading →
How we will fight climate change
Banks’ financing of coal, oil, and gas was higher in 2021 than it was in 2016, the year after the Paris agreement was adopted Around the world, we’re witnessing the impacts of global heating: in the past week, airport runways have melted in the UK, wildfires have torched huge swathes of Europe, and more than... Continue Reading →
Looking for someone to blame for the extreme heat? Try Wall Street
Official Title: Why you need to worry about the ‘wet-bulb temperature’ from The Guardian Scientists think we need to pay attention to a measure of heat and humidity – and it’s edging closer to the limits of human survivability In March, April and May this year, India and its neighbours endured repeated heatwaves that exposed... Continue Reading →