Climate change, global warming, and extreme weather events seem to be prominent fixtures in the news cycle every day, everywhere you look. Scientists and government leaders around the world agree the planet is in a state of climate emergency. Prof. Petteri Taalas of the World Meteorological Organization warns that global temperatures in the four-year range of... Continue Reading →
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IPCC Press Conference - Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability (Strongly suggest listening to this... and becasue of this I will be moving this blog post to the top every few days. It is a must listen!!! -- This report is not a 'gloom' it is a 'reality check' as expressed within.) . Climate... Continue Reading →
Excerpt from the Earth Charter which encompasses both the spirit of United Nations' SDGs and ideas of the Green New Deal in my opinion.
Earth Charter
Climate change continues to increase the rate of extreme weather events, disrupt ecosystems, and cause sea levels to rise, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The recent United in Science report compiled by the United Nations estimates that in April, daily global fossil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions dropped by 17 percent as a result of... Continue Reading →
36 Organizations Helping Solve the Climate Crisis
SAN DIEGO — While some people pay a premium for parking, most cities have too much. It's estimated that the U.S. has eight parking spaces for every car. More than an eyesore, policy experts say America’s problem of excess parking is also hazardous to the environment. “You have automobile fluids, pet waste, trash that falls... Continue Reading →
Communities call for investments in green infrastructure to address pollution
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Is it possible to heal the damage we have already done to the Earth? – Anthony, age 13 Sometimes it may seem that humans have altered the Earth beyond repair.... Continue Reading →
Is it possible to heal the damage we have already done to the Earth?
Top executives were warned of possible catastrophe from greenhouse effect, then led efforts to block solutions. At a meeting in Exxon Corporation’s headquarters, a senior company scientist named James F. Black addressed an audience of powerful oilmen. Speaking without a text as he flipped through detailed slides, Black delivered a sobering message: carbon dioxide from... Continue Reading →
Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago
Editor's Note: The eyes of the world are turning to China. In this ongoing series How-to China, we tell stories about how Chinese approaches promote understanding and solve problems around the globe and how Chinese and foreign cultures meet and mingle. The government of Daur Autonomous Banner of Morin Dawa – administered by Hulunbuir city... Continue Reading →
How-to China: Tree-planters turn barren mountains green
The climate emergency demands more and louder coverage—and that journalists be free to provide it. The climate emergency demands more and louder coverage—and that journalists be free to provide it. Journalism continues to be a dangerous profession around the world—and not just in war zones such as Ukraine. In the first quarter of this year,... Continue Reading →
Press Freedom Is an Essential Climate Solution
An elderly farmer from Burkina Faso (a country, in the African Sahel) named Yacouba Sawadogo is garnering praises recently for the relentless work he has done to coax a forest out of desert-like soil in the country. The 70-year-old man is hailed as “the man who stopped the desert” for his efforts to bring about... Continue Reading →
Meet Yacouba Sawadogo, who turned Desert in a Full-fledged Forest
A methane feedback loop that is beyond humans' ability to control may have begun, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have said. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere from both human activities and natural processes. It is the second biggest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. According... Continue Reading →