Unless the subject is clearly a 'Climate Urgency' -- which in that case I will share it as an independent blog post, otherwise I will just add to these occasional lists to those listed below and in addition much more here. Noticing that there is now so much more to read then before, this is... Continue Reading →
Valentine’s Day! The day we think about love! With so many ways to love and hopefully enough time to touch each of those ideas, maybe we should have Valentine’s week. We toss the word, love, around like it’s a football. I love hiking, I love my dogs, I love cheese, I love sleeping, I love... Continue Reading →
Opinion: Remember to love Mother Earth this Valentine’s Day
8 inspiring leaders in the environmental movement who are igniting lasting change in their communities and beyond. We cannot talk about environmental justice without addressing racial justice. Throughout history, communities of color have been disproportionally impacted by climate change and access to environmental resources, pollution, toxic soil and water, the list goes on and on.... Continue Reading →
8 Black Environmentalists You Need To Know
The prospects for renewable energy look good in 2021. The mood around the world has shifted. At opposite ends of the Earth, China has adopted a target to cut net carbon emissions to zero by 2060, while US President Joe Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement on his first day in office. And here in the... Continue Reading →
In 2021, expect to see a renewables revolution
“In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.” ~ Aristotle It is a fact that the biggest threat to our species is not climate change, though it will likely end much of what we experience today, but rather our war on bio-diversity. Bio-diversity is under attack from a swelling human population that... Continue Reading →
Ecologists warn of a lethal, ghastly future, and they insist we stop sugarcoating it.
New research shows global warming caused by human activity is to blame for a shrinking Andean glacier that threatens to flood 120,000 people and could be used to establish legal liability for polluters. The study, published in Nature Geoscience on Thursday by scientists at the University of Oxford and the University of Washington, found human... Continue Reading →
Melting Glacier Study Could Establish Legal Liability for Climate Polluters
Measure Backed by Hundreds of Climate, Justice Organizations WASHINGTON— Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) introduced a bill today that would require President Joe Biden to use the power he already has to declare a climate emergency under the National Emergencies Act. Under such... Continue Reading →
Congressional Bill Urges Biden to Declare Climate Emergency
Experts say the new administration can jumpstart climate protections by taking on rising methane emissions, but it won’t be easy or quick. On his first day in office, President Biden signed a sweeping executive order that stops the Keystone XL pipeline and pauses oil lease sales in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But behind these... Continue Reading →
Biden Moves to Dial Down America’s Soaring Methane Emissions
Clean Cars 2030 Gains Legislative Momentum, Reflects Urgent Need to Confront Climate Crisis While Addressing Pollution and Health Inequities Legislation to accelerate vehicle electrification is an opportunity for Washington State to lead on the global stage. SEATTLE, Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Clean Cars 2030, a bill reintroduced in the Washington legislature with 27 co-sponsors... Continue Reading →
Clean Cars 2030 Gains Legislative Momentum…
Scientists say $2 trillion investment can decarbonize energy by 2050, paid for with a carbon tax In the primaries, Joe Biden wasn’t the first choice of most climate hawks. For, example, the youth-led Sunrise Movement, which supports radical climate proposals, graded the top three candidates, putting Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in first and second place,... Continue Reading →
Scientists say $2 trillion investment can decarbonize energy by 2050…
Unlike other renewable energy sources, biomass can be converted directly into liquid fuels, called "biofuels," to help meet transportation fuel needs. The two most common types of biofuels in use today are ethanol and biodiesel, both of which represent the first generation of biofuel technology. The Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) is collaborating with industry to... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 