Continued exposure to a harmful environment will have a catastrophic impact on children’s mental and physical development . At the 2019 UN climate action summit, an angry teenager with a long plait walked into the stage and uttered, “We are at the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money... Continue Reading →
High school senior Shiva Rajbhandari won elected office in Boise, defeating an incumbent school board trustee backed by local extremists. The nationwide campaign to stifle discussions of race and gender in public schools through misinformation and bullying suffered a reversal in Idaho on Monday, when a high school senior vocally opposed to book bans and... Continue Reading →
Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist
Fewer than half of those questioned in global poll believe climate change poses a ‘very serious threat’ Concerns about climate change shrank across the world last year, with fewer than half of those questioned in a new survey believing it posed a “very serious threat” to their countries over the next 20 years. Only 20%... Continue Reading →
Concern about climate change shrinks globally as threat grows, survey shows
Ignore Conventional Wisdom About November! Why Democrats Must Now Take the Offensive: ‘BradCast’ 4/13/2022
He starts around 22 minutes in, however we suggest listening to the entire podcast as it is an informative one. MP3 Podcast (it is also downloadable) Also listen to the last few GREEN NEWS REPORTS! Remember now Voting for ethical climate conscientious candidates is viable Climate Action, this cannot be stressed enough. These ethical candidates... Continue Reading →
Climate is emerging as a major issue in Brazil’s presidential contest, with both leading candidates promising to protect the Amazon rainforest By Sebastian Rodriguez The climate crisis and rainforest conservation are emerging as major issues in Brazil’s upcoming presidential election. Yet both leading candidates are pushing for new fossil fuel infrastructure. Former leftist president, Luiz... Continue Reading →
Brazil election: Lula challenges Bolsonaro’s deforestation record, backs oil development
The best way to save the planet isn’t necessarily recycling – it’s stepping into a voting booth. That’s according to celebrity science educator Bill Nye, television’s “The Science Guy,” who spoke at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado, last week. “To be sure, recycling the bottles, don’t throw the plastic away [and] compost your... Continue Reading →
Bill Nye says the main thing you can do about climate change isn’t recycling—it’s voting
Next week’s primary election in Georgia has made national news as a potential bellwether of how voters view former President Donald Trump and his false claims that the 2020 presidential election in the state, which he lost, was stolen. Far from the national news, lower down the ballot, that same election on May 24 will... Continue Reading →
The Small, Local Election With Potentially Major Climate Change Significance
By Cody Uhing Opinion Editor Despite being possibly one of our greatest civic duties, voting is the least exercised. The American public as a whole, especially the younger generation, does not seem to see the importance in going to the polls on Election Day. It is our chance as a society to show the government... Continue Reading →
Voting is important, ignored civic responsibility
Good morning and welcome to The Climate 202! On this Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're rereading this piece about what Indigenous people can teach us about fighting climate change. ICYMI, President Biden will travel to Colorado this week to designate his first national monument. Maxine broke the news of the expected designation last month. But first:... Continue Reading →
Half of voters say climate change is important in midterms, poll finds
This article was written in 2015 yet really emphasis the importance of voting. With the political climate as it is we cannot afford not to vote. Please take a read starting with this excerpt: It is not limited to just presidential races. Ballots include initiatives, amendments and smaller statewide political races. All of these affect... Continue Reading →
affect our lives on a daily basis…
dinosaurs pale into insignificance…
"It might be said that the human race is incapable of withstanding the drastic changes that are taking place in today's world. For those changes have been so terrible, so far-reaching and, above all, so swift that they make those that caused the disappearance of the dinosaurs pale into insignificance. Man has not had time... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 