The environmental impact of the teaspoon of sugar in your morning coffee pales next to the impact of the coffee itself and even the electricity required to brew it. But it’s not just a teaspoon of sugar. Americans eat more sugar than any other country in the world. At about 152 pounds per year, that’s... Continue Reading →
How do you decide where to order your take-out or delivery meal? Definitely, you want delicious food. And for some people, reducing waste is also an important consideration. These sustainability-focused folks factor in how the restaurant packages their meal. Does the restaurant package food in single-use plastic or Styrofoam? Do they automatically toss in excess... Continue Reading →
Apps Rate Restaurants for Eco-Friendly Packaging
Ed. Note: This is the first of a two-part series how climate change affects housing affordability and efforts to address those challenges. It is part of a year-long partnership between Gambit and the Solutions Journalism Network. Part 2 will run in the July 20 issue of Gambit. It was 117 degrees in the normally temperate... Continue Reading →
Home of Uncertainty: The costs of climate change hit housing
SEATTLE — As the Pacific Northwest sweltered through a recent record-breaking heat wave, many residents here in America's least air-conditioned city sought relief under the shade of cedars and maples in city parks. But in some areas of Seattle, that shelter was hard to come by. “If you look at aerial photographs, north Seattle looks... Continue Reading →
A cool idea for low-income urban areas hard hit by warming climate: More trees
Good morning. In recent weeks, dangerous heat has killed hundreds of people in Oregon and Washington, endangered workers across the region and strained California’s power grid. It has also exacerbated the slow-moving natural disaster already punishing the West: the drought. Late last week, Gov. Gavin Newson formally urged all Californians to reduce their water use by 15 percent. It’s not... Continue Reading →
How the Drought Is Affecting California’s Crops
Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. In one of my favorite summer memories, my older brother and I run along our suburban Phoenix street during a monsoon. It’s after dark and the rain pours down warm and the wind blows wildly. When we reach the wide-open expanses of the schoolyard, we twirl... Continue Reading →
Water scarcity: A growing risk for companies and investors
The global climate crisis is more urgent than ever. Here's how you can take action. This past June was the hottest June in the recorded history of the United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Rising temperatures have been felt all around the world with countries in Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia, also experiencing... Continue Reading →
7 Important Ways You Can Help Relieve Extreme Heat Caused by Climate Change
Exxon Mobil Corp. lobbyist Keith McCoy listed six Democrats the oil giant saw as key allies to push its legislative agenda in the Senate in a secretly recorded sting video Greenpeace UK published late last month. New analysis of campaign disclosures found the six Democratic senators ― Mark Kelly (Ariz.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Joe Manchin... Continue Reading →
Exxon Lobbyists Paid The 6 Democrats Named In Sting Video Nearly $333,000
Solar Roadways – A Real Solution
The primary purpose of Solar Roadways is to generate clean renewable energy on roadways and any other surface that can be walked or driven upon. That would include: parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, tarmacs, plazas, bike paths, playgrounds, garden paths, pool surrounds, courtyards and the like.There are many longstanding uses for solar power, which are terrific.... Continue Reading →
"Apocalypse Never is an extremely important book. Within its lively pages, Michael Shellenberger uses science and lived experience to rescue a subject drowning in misunderstanding and partisanship. His message is invigorating: if you have feared for the planet’s future, take heart." -- Richard Rhodes, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Making of the Atomic Bomb... Continue Reading →
Praise for Apocalypse Never
"Buildings are collapsing into the sea. Infrastructure is melting. Hundreds are dying from extreme heat. Millions are without power. The ocean is literally on fire. The climate crisis is here." With hundreds of thousands of acres burning across swaths of the U.S. West that have already endured record-breaking heat this summer—and mounting concerns about the... Continue Reading →
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