Question: what do the following statistics have in common? The second-largest (and growing) source of climate pollution in Europe. The leading killer of children in both the US and Europe. A principal cause of stress-inducing noise pollution and life-shortening air pollution in European cities. A leading driver of the widening gap between rich and poor... Continue Reading →
The latest assessment offers both a harsh reality check and a path forward. Experts William Braham, Peter Psarras, and Michael Mann offer their thoughts. When William Braham of Penn’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design started delving into the latest report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he felt a mix of optimism and... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC
(Repost) Climate change lawsuits: Taking fossil fuel firms to court
With the expense of mitigating the effects of climate change becoming more onerous, more than two dozen cities, counties and states are suing more than 40 fossil fuel companies, accusing them of making false and misleading claims about climate change. The lawsuits are modeled after those brought against tobacco companies in the 1990s. Correspondent Ben... Continue Reading →
This year’s election is an opportunity to vote for a livable, stable climate. Candidates, through their campaign statements, interview comments and websites, provide voters with an indication of their positions on a variety of issues. Before voting, check to be sure that your candidate states, without any qualifications a commitment to advocate and vote for... Continue Reading →
Letter: Election is chance to vote for climate
One billion for the climate We want to inspire one billion people to remove carbon dioxide from the air and fight climate change Our story Our two co-founders, Jan and Christoph, met on their first day of university at ETH Zurich and quickly became friends. Aside from their love of engineering, they both shared a... Continue Reading →
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Official Title: Why 2023 Will Be the Year for Growing Your Own Food and Medicine - Plants to Start Growing Now! Will global food shortages and political strife cause you to grow your own botanticals? Posted by: Reginald Reefer on Sunday Jul 24, 2022 While I generally tend to be a very optimistic person, the... Continue Reading →
(Repost) Why 2023 Will Be the Year for Growing Your Own Food and Medicine
Getting Unstuck: How We Accelerate Climate Action
Speaker: Jonathan Foley, Executive Director, Project Drawdown . Video Source
One of the most confounding realities of the climate crisis is that two seemingly contradictory facts are simultaneously true: that humanity has at our fingertips the solutions to fix it at the very same time that global greenhouse gas emissions soar higher than ever. By now the world has a solid understanding of what the solutions to... Continue Reading →
Decisive Climate Moments Call for Bold New Tactics
Malcolm Turnbull on the Anti-democratic Forces Opposing Climate Action
Malcolm Turnbull, the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, joins the show this week to discuss the growing threat of misinformation to liberal democracy, the role Rupert Murdoch and News Corp are playing to exacerbate the problem, the obstacles to international cooperation on reducing emissions, and his hopes for what can be accomplished in 2021 to... Continue Reading →
Researchers develop new technique that charges EV battery in just 10 minutes UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical EV battery. The record-breaking combination of a shorter charge time and more energy acquired for longer travel range was announced today (Oct. 12)... Continue Reading →
Battery tech breakthrough paves way for mass adoption of affordable electric car
In Florida and across the country, we are facing a four-pronged challenge related to energy — high costs, how and if we can capitalize on the clean energy economy, climate change, and our nation’s energy security. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 — the bill recently passed by Congress and signed by President Biden —... Continue Reading →
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