If there's a silver lining to the climate crisis, it's visible in the skies above China. The dramatic slowdown in manufacturing and driving has caused a reduction in carbon emissions and an improvement in China's air quality. Someone who has dedicated her life to climate change policy is Christiana Figueres, architect of the 2015 Paris... Continue Reading →
Joe should declare one now; Hillary would have in 2017 Jeff Stein of the Washington Post had a genuine scoop yesterday—President Biden, stung by Joe Manchin’s brushoff of climate legislation, was weighing whether to declare a “climate emergency.” He should, of course—it’s hard to think of what else to call it when the UK, with... Continue Reading →
The Curious Backstory of the ‘Climate Emergency’ | Bill McKibben
(Re-post) As the impacts of the climate emergency continue to be felt around the globe, white men overwhelmingly dominate the airwaves on climate coverage. We speak with co-editors of the new book “All We Can Save,” an anthology of essays by 60 women at the forefront of the climate justice movement. “We are simply not... Continue Reading →
“All We Can Save”: As Climate Disasters Wreck Our Planet, Women Leaders Are Key to Solving the Crisis
Heatwaves make daily life uncomfortable, but also pose a serious threat to human health and the environment. Here is our guide to getting through one. The oppressive temperatures of a heatwave can have far-reaching impacts, from risks to human health to destroying crops and increasing the risk of wildfires. In 2019, extreme heat is estimated... Continue Reading →
Scientific tips for staying cool in a heatwave
How we survived 120 degrees WITHOUT air-conditioning | Tips for staying COOL in the summer!
Knowing how to keep your house cool in the summertime without using electricity is a good skill to have. A few weeks back, the temperature topped out at 120 degrees in our area and stayed hot for three days straight. In a house without air conditioning, we had to pull out all the stops to... Continue Reading →
For much of the past four decades, climate activists have been warning us that we’re approaching tipping points that will alter how Americans live - now we’re there CO2 levels for the past 800,000 years from NOAA - the human race appeared about 300,000 years ago There’s a new study out about climate change —... Continue Reading →
The Climate Emergency We Worried About is Here – Our “Normal” Climate is Dead
Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over climate crisis, warns UN chief
António Guterres issued a dire warning that the global warming limit of 1.5C agreed in the 2015 Paris climate accord was slipping further out of reach as more people around the world are hit by extreme floods, droughts, storms and wildfires. Video Source
‘Our world is on fire’: Prince Harry UN Speech IN FULL | Nelson Mandela Day
Prince Harry honored the late South African leader Nelson Mandela and called on leaders to take action to address climate change in his keynote speech at the U.N. General Assembly's annual celebration of Nelson Mandela International Day on Monday. “As we sit here today, our world is on fire again,” Harry said. “These historic weather... Continue Reading →
Better to read at source as links are enclosed there, they did not port over for some reason. Senator Joe Manchin reportedly told Democratic leaders Thursday evening that he won’t support an economic package that contains new spending on climate change. It’s a major blow to the climate — and to the Biden administration’s campaign... Continue Reading →
Advocates urge Biden to declare climate a national emergency, which would unlock powers
Bill McKibben: Record Heat Wave in Europe Is Latest Warning That Action on Climate Can’t Wait
DemocracyNow Interview: A scorching heat wave continues to fuel wildfires across southern Europe and parts of North Africa, resulting in hundreds of heat-related deaths and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. The record-breaking temperatures come as Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has effectively killed President Biden’s Build Back Better climate legislation after stringing Biden... Continue Reading →
It’s Humanity vs Extinction — And the Clock is Ticking Image Credit: Climate Reanalyzer How will the 2020s be remembered? We’re living through a time that I think history will recall as the Great Deafness. What do I mean by that? Take a hard look around the world. Beginning with the picture above. That’s the... Continue Reading →