If you could write a letter to world leaders, what would you say? In November, heads of state, climate experts and campaigners will be brought together to agree coordinated action to tackle the climate crisis. COP26 will be the world’s best chance of building a cleaner, heathier, safer, more resilient and egalitarian world for all... Continue Reading →
"Buildings are collapsing into the sea. Infrastructure is melting. Hundreds are dying from extreme heat. Millions are without power. The ocean is literally on fire. The climate crisis is here." With hundreds of thousands of acres burning across swaths of the U.S. West that have already endured record-breaking heat this summer—and mounting concerns about the... Continue Reading →
‘Time for Incrementalism Is Over,’ Says Climate Movement as Extreme Weather Hits US
Thwaites Glacier is melting fast. But to understand how climate change is driving its decline, scientists need to send instruments through 2,000 feet of ice into the water below. Aurora Basinski crouches in a tent on a glacier jutting out from Antarctica, half a mile off solid land. She’s tinkering with a device called a... Continue Reading →
Scientists find warm water beneath Antarctica’s most at-risk glacier
Austria: Governments ‘playing politics’ instead of taking climate action – Greta Thunberg
Climate activist Greta Thunberg accused governments of 'playing politics' instead of taking real climate action during the Austrian World Summit organised by former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger in Vienna, on Thursday. "You had the world's eyes on you, so you started to act. Not 'acting' as in 'taking climate action,' but acting as in... Continue Reading →
Drought "is not a temporary condition we can expect to go away, but rather something we have to deal with," one expert said. Trees are dying. Riverbeds are empty. Lake Mead's water level dropped to its lowest point in history, and Utah's governor asked residents to pray for rain. Water is increasingly scarce in the Western U.S. —... Continue Reading →
Drought is here to stay in the Western U.S. How will states adapt?
Scientists often rely on global climate models and high-level data to anticipate which regions of the world will face flooding, droughts, and other hardships in the future. We use those models to communicate the urgency of climate change and to provide a general sense of which regions are likely to be high-risk "hotspots," and therefore... Continue Reading →
Which areas will climate change render uninhabitable? Climate models alone cannot say
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CDC Emergency Response
Be Prepared for Emergencies. Accidents happen – but you can be ready to help yourself and your loved ones with this FREE app. The First Aid app puts expert advice for common emergencies at your fingertips. Videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice makes learning easy and engaging. Select English or Spanish language with an... Continue Reading →
Red Cross Mobile Apps and Voice-Enabled Skills/Actions
WHO WE ARE Fridays For Future is an international, intersectional movement of students striking for climate. FFF began in August 2018, after 15 year old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. Since then, millions of... Continue Reading →
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE USA
Evergreen Action and Sunrise Movement are tracking Democratic Members of Congress’ opposition to any infrastructure bill that fails to include robust investment in clean energy, environmental justice and climate solutions. We can’t afford to negotiate away our future. Transformative investments in climate, jobs, and justice are non-negotiable for any infrastructure package to pass the U.S.... Continue Reading →
No Climate, No Deal: Congressional Tracker and Action Hub
Reality is catching up to Alberta but it seems like those huge quantities of oil have a way of interfering with common sense. Albertans have been witnessing the death spiral of the Tar Sands with no end in sight. The official cancellation of the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline is but the tip of the iceberg. The message... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 