In recent decades, worrisome rises in drought, heat waves, and air pollution have stressed agriculture. . Crops don’t like drought, extreme heat, extreme cold, flooding, and air pollution. While reducing the ill effects of extreme cold on agriculture in recent decades, the warming climate is increasing impacts of drought, extreme heat, and air pollution. These... Continue Reading →
Rebates and tax credits can lower the cost of solar panels, energy-efficient appliances and electric vehicles. . The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by President Biden in August includes about $370 billion to fight climate change, some of it in the form of tax credits and rebates to help consumers save thousands of dollars... Continue Reading →
How the New Climate Law Can Save You Thousands of Dollars
President Joe Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act, a bill that will invest $369 billion in climate solutions and environmental justice. The bill will put us on a path to 40% emissions reduction by 2030 while restoring U.S. credibility to lead climate action on the global stage. We knew there would be painful provisions... Continue Reading →
What the Inflation Reduction Act Means for Climate
The Role of Public Relations Firms in Preventing Action on Climate Change
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"Our device shows excellent scalability at a low fabrication cost, says Tan Swee Ching. "Compared to other MEG structures and devices, our invention is simpler and easier for scaling-up integrations and connections." (Credit: Jacob Joaquin/Flickr) Researchers have created a self-charging, ultra-thin device that generates electricity from air moisture. Imagine being able to generate electricity by... Continue Reading →
Flexible, super thin device generates electricity from air moisture
UNFCCC INT: Strongly suggest going to site and watching video there if it doesn't load here... Geneva, 13 September 2022 (WMO press release) - Climate science is clear: we are heading in the wrong direction, according to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which highlights the huge gap between aspirations... Continue Reading →
United in Science: We are Heading in the Wrong Direction
"We are not living here by choice. Everything we own is underwater," says a rescued villager near Mehar, the latest city to be flooded in Pakistan due to record rainfall and the overflowing Indus River. Navy volunteers have raced out on lifeboats to deliver aid and ferry people in need of medical care back to... Continue Reading →
‘This is climate carnage’: UN chief visits Pakistan’s flood-ravaged provinces
Official Title: How Bad Is It? And what does that question even mean? I got a phone call last night, from a person I admire as much as anyone I know; she’s spent her life working, with great effectiveness, for a wide variety of progressive causes. I turn to her for guidance on dozens of questions.... Continue Reading →
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Climate Wars: The US’s divide on climate change – Part 1 | People and Power
Like the rest of the world, the United States has seen record temperatures, drought and wildfires in recent years - some of the long-predicted consequences of made-made global warming. In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a spending bill that – among other provisions for healthcare and tax reform – will commit nearly... Continue Reading →
Climate Wars: The US’s divide on climate change – Part 2 | People and Power
Like the rest of the world, the United States has seen record temperatures, drought and wildfires in recent years - some of the long-predicted consequences of made-made global warming. In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a spending bill that – among other provisions for healthcare and tax reform – will commit nearly... Continue Reading →
How bad can it (climate change) get? The sky’s the limit! No pun intended. Still, the general public is tired of negative articles about climate change. It turns them off. Climate change is impossible to deal with. It’s too much; it’s too negative! As a result, baffling emails come with loud and clear messages, some... Continue Reading →