“Children’s bodies and immune systems are still developing, leaving them more susceptible to disease and environmental pollutants,” said Lancet Countdown executive director Nick Watts. “The damage done in early childhood lasts a lifetime. Without immediate action from all countries climate change will come to define the health of an entire generation.” You’d think we’d do everything... Continue Reading →
How does it happen? Life on Earth is possible because of the warmth of the sun. While some of this incoming solar radiation bounces back into space, a small portion of it is trapped by the delicate balance of gases that make up our atmosphere. Without this layer of insulation, Earth would simply be another frozen... Continue Reading →
What is climate change?
As this hottest-on-record, godforsaken decade draws to a close, it’s clear that global warming is no longer a problem for future generations but one that’s already displacing communities, costing billions, and driving mass extinctions. And it’s worth asking: Where did the past 10 years get us? The seven charts below begin to hint at an answer... Continue Reading →
We broke down the last decade of climate change in 7 charts
The Last Decade Of Climate Change Will SCARE You
The last decade on climate change will scare you. John Iadarola breaks it down on The Damage Report. Continued at source...
To appreciate the power of the Green New Deal—the mobilization effort for clean energy and jobs that burst into the national conversation last year—look at how forcefully the opponents of climate action moved to quash it. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky arranged a byzantine floor vote aimed at killing the concept soon after the non-binding... Continue Reading →
Where Is the Green New Deal Headed in 2020?
It’s a cold Saturday morning in November, yet hundreds of people have descended on Beckton District Park in east London for a day of tree planting. Dozens of shovels stuck into the muddy earth are waiting to be grabbed by newcomers, while four cordoned-off areas are already full of volunteers measuring and digging holes, before... Continue Reading →
Families plant an urban forest to fight effects of pollution
Paris Agreement: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
(sharing this now as it never gets old...) Donald Trump plans to withdraw the United States from the Paris agreement on climate change. That's bad news for anyone who happens to live on this planet. Continued at source...
THE THAW SPEEDS UP
The unexpectedly rapid collapse of ice-rich permafrost in the Arctic could pump billions of additional tons of methane and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year—a threat that has yet to be fully accounted for in climate models. Scientists are discovering destabilized landscapes where permafrost that once thawed a few inches a year can now... Continue Reading →
The climate crisis is a hot topic, in part because the global temperature has risen by more than 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since 1906. But the impending emergency isn’t isolated to warming alone. Climate change is also bringing extreme weather, wildfires, rising sea levels, and devastation for sea animals. As a result, youth climate activists have... Continue Reading →
9 Climate Activists of Color You Should Know
Green New Deal Article Excerpt […] It begins with the galloping momentum calling on the Democratic Party to use its majority in the House to create the Select Committee for a Green New Deal, a plan advanced by Ocasio-Cortez and now backed by more than representatives. The draft text calls for the committee, which would... Continue Reading →
excerpt from: The Game-Changing Promise of a Green New Deal
The Case for the Green New Deal’ Forward Excerpt
‘The Case for the Green New Deal’ Forward Excerpt: We can afford what we can do. This is the theme of the book in your hands. There are limits to what we can do – notably ecological limits, but thanks to the public good that is the monetary system, we can, within human and ecological... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 