Ezra Klein and four environmental thinkers discuss the limits of politics in facing down the threat to the planet. Of late, I’ve been obsessing over a single question: What if political systems, in the United States and internationally, fail to curb climate change? It can seem an impolite question, even as it’s the path we’re... Continue Reading →
A researcher’s quest to understand a mysterious mass extinction leads to cud-chewing culprits. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S BEACHES BUSTLE WITH year-round activity—tourists taking selfies, surfers waiting for the perfect wave, seagulls on the prowl for scraps. Beyond the surf, however, sand gives way to mud, and lots of it, on a narrow band of mostly empty continental shelf... Continue Reading →
How Cows Destroyed an Entire Marine Ecosystem in California…
The Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act would establish a tax credit for domestic solar manufacturers in an effort to boost the U.S. solar supply chain, create American clean energy jobs, compete with Chinese manufacturers, and support energy independence. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) introduced a bill, dubbed the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act, which looks... Continue Reading →
Solar manufacturing tax credit is introduced in the Senate…
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Climate Breakdown – The Ecologist…
Architects Broissin Architects Location: Mexico, Mexico City Year: 2019 Area: 50 m2 Photographs: Alexandre d'la Roche Other Team Members: Lead Architect: Gerardo Broissin Project Architect:Luis Pimienta, Jorge Velázquez Team: Óscar Aguilar, Andrés Lara, Javier García, Gala Carrillo, Ana Cecilia Mercado Client: Design Week Mexico 2019 ArchDays Pavilion called Egaligilo was located next to Museo Tamayo in Mexico City. Acts as... Continue Reading →
Pavilion ArchDays Egaligilo…
By taking global warming and demographics into account, transit agencies can better serve vulnerable populations With commuters slowly coming back and Congress considering a major infusion of cash for public transportation, mass-transit operators suddenly have a rare moment to invest for the future. But looking out over a sea of dire problems—including aging infrastructure, a backlog... Continue Reading →
How Climate-Proofing Mass Transit Can Make Cities More Equitable
Option to listen to the article instead of reading it is enabled... Islands like the Bahamas are paying the price for wealthier nations’ emissions — an injustice crying out for a global remedy. This May — 20 months after Hurricane Dorian unleashed its cruelty upon my Bahamas — I looked down from an airplane’s window... Continue Reading →
Climate Change Is Destroying My Country. The Rich World Must Help…
A small but growing number of Republicans say the G.O.P. needs a coherent climate strategy and form a “Conservative Climate Caucus” on Capitol Hill. WASHINGTON — When Representative John Curtis quietly approached fellow Republicans to invite them to discuss climate change at a clandestine meeting in his home state of Utah, he hoped a half... Continue Reading →
Some Republicans Find Failure to Grapple With Climate Change a ‘Political Liability’
This report examines how climate change is impacting agriculture and threatening national and global food systems, particularly in climate hotspots, and how these trends are projected to intensify over the coming decades. The report defines and details transformative adaptation for agriculture and why such longer-term, systemic approaches are needed to protect the lives and livelihoods... Continue Reading →
Food Systems at Risk: Transformative Adaptation for Long-Term Food Security
About RBGND The Red Black and Green New Deal (RBG New Deal), an initiative of the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), puts Black liberation at the center of the global climate struggle, and addresses the impact of climate change and environmental racism on Black communities. This RBG New Deal agenda proposes immediate actions policymakers, corporations,... Continue Reading →
Red Black & Green New Deal
"The good news is it's now clearly cheaper to save the planet than to ruin it," says engineer and investor John Doerr. "The bad news is: we are fast running out of time." In this conversation with climate policy expert Hal Harvey, the two sustainability leaders discuss why humanity has to act globally, at speed... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 