Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), along with Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), a member of the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, today unveiled the Clean Cars... Continue Reading →
After a depressing and dreary 2020, the new year has not come a moment too soon. The coronavirus pandemic has not yet ended its whirlwind of destruction, and it promises to loom large over the first half of 2021. But one day soon, we can reasonably hope it will be over. In an effort to... Continue Reading →
Adults should listen to children to understand the severity of the climate crisis
Greening the ghetto…
In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy. Continued at source...
Nothing is won without a fight. With Democratic control of Congress and the White House, the possibilities of what we can achieve together are limited only by the optimism of our imagination and our will to build a movement so big and powerful our demands are impossible to ignore. For the past few years we’ve... Continue Reading →
Green New Deal Year One: What We’re Fighting For…
Take AIM at Climate Change (listen to the words…)
An upbeat invitation to "Take AIM at Climate Change" - with "AIM" standing for Adapt, Innovate, Mitigate. The lyrics are based on the latest science of Earth's changing climate, with the music a mix of rap and pop. Four verses connect changes in the Arctic and Antarctic to conditions around the planet, with choruses encouraging... Continue Reading →
What is the world that you want to live in? In 2019, NY Renews passed the nation's most progressive climate justice legislation in the country and established a legal mandate to eliminate fossil fuels. Now, we need to fund the just transition. The Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA) does just that by raising $15... Continue Reading →
Let’s Build The World That We Want – New York
Every day, the team at Kipster tends to 24,000 hens in a single building with a Photovoltaic roof made of solar power shingles. Kipster is a revolutionary and sustainable poultry farm, complete with a housing system designed to allow hens to express their species-specific behavior and feel comfortable. The hens are fed only with leftovers... Continue Reading →
Re-rooting the Dutch Food System – From More to Better
How Carbon Capture Networks could help curb Climate Change
What if we could build a global waste disposal service for carbon? In this forward-thinking talk, carbon capture advisor Bas Sudmeijer proposes building CO2 networks: partnerships between cities around the world that would share the cost and geological resources needed to trap emissions deep in the earth -- and give us a shot at stalling... Continue Reading →
RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is mostly restricted to scientific topics and will only rarely get involved in any political... Continue Reading →
Real Climate – Climate Science for Climate Scientists…
The Time America Almost Stopped Climate Change
We've totally beefed it on climate policy for 30 years, let's try a new approach. - ClimateTown Source Note: This video is extremely informative and well-done. Get educated quick about an issue of great importance to all of us. Please support ClimateTown for great work. Visit his YouTube page and see his links.
100 solutions to reverse global warming
What if we took out more greenhouse gases than we put into the atmosphere? This hypothetical scenario, known as "drawdown," is our only hope of averting climate disaster, says strategist Chad Frischmann. In a forward-thinking talk, he shares solutions to climate change that exist today -- conventional tactics like the use of renewable energy and... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 