Cities were designed around that dream. Frazer quotes University of Houston historian Martin Melosi, who said that roughly half of the space in American cities has been given over to roads, parking lots, parking spots, gas stations, traffic signals, and other things pertaining to cars. And at the same time, space for other forms of... Continue Reading →
‘Climate Anxiety’ Becoming The Next Mental Health Crisis In America’s Youth
Thousands of young Americans are taking on climate change and fighting back at those in power, whom they claim knowingly polluted the planet. Along with the pandemic and social media, the country's youth is facing a growing mental health crisis in dealing with "climate anxiety" for current and future generations. Source!
After innumerable stops and starts, Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) finally agreed on a legislative package, now called the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022," that would lower prescription drug costs, extend health insurance subsidies, and reduce carbon emissions. The bill, according to its proponents, would also reduce the federal deficit by $300... Continue Reading →
Corporations versus the climate
Can we stop the deserts from spreading?
Earth's soils are degrading into deserts at an unprecedented rate, with catastrophic consequences. The good news is that humans can turn them into fertile land. We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our channel explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas... Continue Reading →
Scientists say there are ample reasons to suspect global heating could lead to catastrophe The risk of global societal collapse or human extinction has been “dangerously underexplored”, climate scientists have warned in an analysis. They call such a catastrophe the “climate endgame”. Though it had a small chance of occurring, given the uncertainties in... Continue Reading →
Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’
There's never been a better time to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon in the United States in March 2022 and more than $10 a gallon in other countries. Meanwhile, the world is already experiencing... Continue Reading →
5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation
trust constitutes ethical behavior…
"Every human being asks pertinent questions regarding how to live, what to believe in, and what we aspire to become. Throughout life, we question what desires and principles to value and prioritize -- love, friendship, freedom, happiness, creativity, wealth, security. We make difficult decisions based upon what we trust constitutes ethical behavior. We balance out... Continue Reading →
Recent extreme weather events have underscored the need to cut the CO₂ emissions that are driving up global temperatures. This requires a rapid transition of the energy economy to renewable energy sources, the cheapest being solar photovoltaics (PV). And our newly published research points to a way we can drive down costs of the shift... Continue Reading →
Solar is the cheapest power, and a literal light-bulb moment showed us we can cut costs and emissions even further
ethics cannot be based upon our obligations…
“Ethics cannot be based upon our obligations toward [people], but they are complete and natural only when we feel this Reverence for Life and the desire to have compassion for and to help all creatures insofar as it is in our power. I think that this ethic will become more and more recognized because of... Continue Reading →
And how we will not fight climate change “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” — unknown It is now abundantly clear that Americans are not going to support a big government push to rapidly decarbonize the U.S. economy. The popular urgency simply is not there. “Just 1%... Continue Reading →
How we will fight climate change
Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’ & Preventing Plant Extinction Caused by Climate Change & Humanity is on track to cause one million species to go extinct, according to UN report & ‘Dangerously underexplored’: Experts warn climate change could lead to extinction of humanity & Start considering the worst-case ‘mass extinction’ scenarios of... Continue Reading →
