This story includes details about the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by this crisis situation here is a list of resources on how to cope with fears and feelings about the scope and pace of the climate crisis. Before [the recent] science assessment from the Intergovernmental... Continue Reading →
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The world's children cannot afford more empty promises at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), youth activists including Greta Thunberg said, after a U.N. report found virtually no child will escape the impact of global warming. In the first index of its kind, published on Friday, U.N. children's agency UNICEF... Continue Reading →
World Leaders Out of Excuses on Climate Change…
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Texas’s oil regulator has a solution for those who fear the world is over-heating: “Turn the damn air conditioner up.” The sentiment was voiced at an energy conference Friday by Wayne Christian, a member of the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees oil and gas drilling and transportation in the biggest producing state. The remarks came... Continue Reading →
A Texas Solution to Global Warming: Use More Air-Conditioning
Climate and environmental hazards are having devastating impacts on the well-being and future of children. 2020 was the hottest year on record. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are the highest they have been in at least 3.5 million years. In many parts of the world, people are facing multiple climate-related impacts such as severe drought and... Continue Reading →
The impacts of climate change put almost every child at risk
Environmental Resilience of Transportation Infrastructure Should Be Assessed for All Federally Funded Projects, Says New Report
WASHINGTON — To ensure routine and deliberate attention to resilience in transportation investments, Congress should consider requiring all projects that are candidates for federal funding undergo resilience assessments to account for natural hazards and the changing risks stemming from climate change, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Despite... Continue Reading →
Roundtable Discussion | August 24, 2021 - 03:00 PM About Schneider Electric Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency. We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings,... Continue Reading →
The New Electric World: Raising the bar for Electrical Safety and Power Availability
Farm of the Future is a competitive grant program that will be implemented by USDA NIFA to establish an agricultural test bed and demonstration site. It seeks to launch this rural test bed for precision agriculture, smart automation, data connectivity and transfer, and to demonstrate best practices in climate-smart agriculture, forestry, and animal production systems... Continue Reading →
Farm of the Future (Farmers consider applying for this grant $$)
Wandering around the sprawling 6.2 million-sq.-ft. Lordstown Motors assembly plant in Ohio, it’s tempting to imagine a green future that is full of jobs. The company’s signature product is a high-performing electric pickup truck, and around the facility workers are buzzing about, getting ready to bring it into production. In one corner, according to company... Continue Reading →
The Auto Industry Is Going Green. Will Workers Go Along for the Ride?
From the Bank of England to the People’s Bank of China, monetary authorities of the world’s largest economies are gauging how climate change could rock the financial system. Though long committed to being “market neutral,” some are even starting to push greener investments. Climate change is rattling the world’s central bankers. With unprecedented heat and... Continue Reading →
As Disasters Mount, Central Banks Gird Against Threat of Climate Change
Carole King, Rod Stewart, Melissa Etheridge, Sia, Kesha also join call for developers to create solutions to climate change issues Quincy Jones, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Carole King, and Rod Stewart are among the artists who will take part in the United Nations Human Rights’ Call for Code initiative on Saturday, June 5th, which is also UN... Continue Reading →