Bill McKibben, climate activist and founder of 350.org, talks with Rachel Maddow about the diverse coalition of activists who protested against the Keystone XL pipeline for years leading up to the developer, TC Energy, cancelling the project, and the ongoing resistance to other pipeline projects like the Line 3 pipeline. Source...
A Milestone We’ve All Feared…
Make no mistake about it, today is a day that we never thought we’d see happen. Despite the decades spent fighting climate change, today's news shows us how far we still have to go and how much harder we all have to work. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently announced that the amount... Continue Reading →
Western drought “the worst we have ever seen…
Western drought "the worst we have ever seen," says CBS News' Jeff Berardelli As CBS News' Mola Lenghi reports, drought conditions in the Western U.S. are historic and point to what could be a catastrophic wildfire season. CBS News meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli then joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano with more. Source...
Big Oil Suffers Setbacks, Forced To Deal With Climate Change | Maddow
Bill McKibben, a founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org, talks with Rachel Maddow about three huge oil companies, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and Chevron Corp losing major climate change court cases or being forced by shareholders to address climate concerns. Source... All the Climate News yesterday and moving forward is like a gift,... Continue Reading →
avalanche of climate bullshit coming at us…
Reality Check Need-to-Know 1: We already have too much fossil-fuel burning infrastructure in place to stay below 2C according to the latest science. Need-to-Know 2: Companies continue to build more and countries are counting on increased production of coal, oil, and gas. Need-to-Know 3: Climate impacts are already hitting hard. Around the world more damaging downpours that... Continue Reading →
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda and serves as an advocate for the global environment. The climate emergency is interlinked with numerous crises across continents. It is complex but also offers opportunities for solutions that can help create jobs, improve livelihoods and reduce... Continue Reading →
Addressing the Climate Emergency…
What’s Happening To Tangier Island? | November 15, 2017 Act 3 | Full Frontal on TBS
Dated but more than valid.
Valentine’s Day! The day we think about love! With so many ways to love and hopefully enough time to touch each of those ideas, maybe we should have Valentine’s week. We toss the word, love, around like it’s a football. I love hiking, I love my dogs, I love cheese, I love sleeping, I love... Continue Reading →
Opinion: Remember to love Mother Earth this Valentine’s Day
8 inspiring leaders in the environmental movement who are igniting lasting change in their communities and beyond. We cannot talk about environmental justice without addressing racial justice. Throughout history, communities of color have been disproportionally impacted by climate change and access to environmental resources, pollution, toxic soil and water, the list goes on and on.... Continue Reading →
8 Black Environmentalists You Need To Know
“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” ~ Aristotle It is a fact that the biggest threat to our species is not climate change, though it will likely end much of what we experience today, but rather our war on bio-diversity. Bio-diversity is under attack from a swelling human population that... Continue Reading →
Ecologists warn of a lethal, ghastly future, and they insist we stop sugarcoating it.
Unlike other renewable energy sources, biomass can be converted directly into liquid fuels, called "biofuels," to help meet transportation fuel needs. The two most common types of biofuels in use today are ethanol and biodiesel, both of which represent the first generation of biofuel technology. The Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is collaborating with industry to... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 