Rhode Island Democrat talks to the Guardian about the president’s climate record and targeting oil industry’s ‘achilles heel’ For nine years, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island since 2007, made weekly speeches called “Time To Wake Up” urging the Senate to take action on the climate emergency. He ended the weekly ritual once... Continue Reading →
Which is why solving the climate crisis might require aluminum bike panniers... Most of the time I’m writing about vested interest as the key obstacle to making the energy transition. And it is—without the endless campaign of delay, denial, and disinformation from Big Oil and its friends, we’d have started making big changes long ago.... Continue Reading →
Inertia is a problem too
Rupa Marya, a physician and musician, studies how social structures impact health. She says colonial capitalism fractures the critical relationships that keep us healthy. A widespread culture of isolation and disconnection from our bodies, each other and the planet is negatively impacting the mental and physical health of people in America and beyond—and this was true long before the pandemic.... Continue Reading →
Why the U.S. Culture of Colonial Extraction Is Making People Sick and Destroying the Planet
President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act on Thursday as part of his larger effort to accelerate the transition of the United States to renewable energy and drastically reduce the nation’s carbon emissions by the end of the decade. The Cold War-era law provides serious financial incentives for companies to develop a domestic supply... Continue Reading →
April 1, 2022 Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Boost Renewables
It seemed like an easy ask. Jamie Alexander wanted Google to sign onto an ad in The New York Times earlier this year, calling on the federal government to “ACT NOW” on the climate crisis. After all, Google was an original partner of Alexander’s group, Drawdown Labs. It’s part of a larger movement to harness... Continue Reading →
‘A Pretty Damning Critique:’ Google, Netflix and LinkedIn Wouldn’t Sign Onto Climate Action Ad
The U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents. This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life,... Continue Reading →
Charles Koch must be held accountable for his climate disinformation campaign
Get Knocking – We’re mobilising for 3.5! | Extinction Rebellion UK
WATCH TILL THE END! The idea is a simple one: the more of us there are, the harder we are to ignore. It’s people power, pure and simple. It’s worked throughout history and across the globe, and it will work again. It must. So, from now on, everyone is called upon to help us grow... Continue Reading →
About 50 years ago, the Clean Water Act was passed to protect natural waterways in the U.S. But sadly, the U.S. hasn't come close to achieving its goals. A recent report conducted by the Environmental Integrity Project estimates that half of rivers, streams, and lakes are simply too dirty to drink from, fish, or even... Continue Reading →
Half of U.S. Waterways Too Dirty to Swim, Fish, or Drink From, Report Finds
The unincorporated community of Naukati Bay is home to less than 150 people. But for those who live here, it’s one of the last places in the nation where residents are able to hunt and fish to fill their freezers and sustain their families. The town has no post office and almost no cell phone... Continue Reading →
The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National Forest?
On a winter night in early 2016, Jeremy Kitson gathered in his buddy's large shed with some neighbors to plan their fight against a proposed wind farm in rural Van Wert County, Ohio. The project would be about a mile from his home. From the beginning, Kitson — who teaches physics and chemistry at the... Continue Reading →
Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States
Joe Manchin and the Biden Administration's Painful Turn from Climate Action Just as the Oscars were getting underway last night, the New York Times published a truly remarkable exposé that helps us understand the end of our planet’s climate system in helpful detail. Receipt-laden, it shows that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has devoted his... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 