Harvest is upon us here in Southwest Iowa, and we’re about a week ahead of the usual timing as I am writing, on Oct. 4. We’ve already harvested about half of our soybeans and about 80% of our corn. It helps that we have pretty good weather right now, although it is dry and unusually hot […]
It’s no secret that people and communities across the world are feeling the negative impacts of the climate crises caused by fossil fuels. The good news is: the tide is turning fast. By Mallika Singhal 350.org Renewable sources like solar power and wind energy are now cheaper, safer and more wide-spread than ever before. However, we still need to […]
Columbus Day celebrations in the United States – meant to honor the legacy of the man credited with “discovering” the New World – are almost as old as the nation itself. The earliest known Columbus Day celebration took place on Oct. 12, 1792, on the 300th anniversary of his landing. But since the 1990s, a […]
American Climate Corps Has Already Put 15,000 Young Americans to Work as Part of Its Inaugural Cohort. The Environmental Protection Agency and AmeriCorps Announce a New Environmental Justice Climate Corps. Since taking office, President Biden has delivered on the most ambitious climate, clean energy conservation, and environmental justice agenda in history – signing into law […]
Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together over 600 events and activities across the City of New York – in person, hybrid and online. Each year, business leaders, political change makers, local decision takers and civil society representatives of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the world, […]
As a child growing up in the early 1990s, I remember learning in school about the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat near the Earth’s surface, like the glass of a greenhouse. I imagined myself on the playground, roasting inside a humid hothouse. Fast forward 30 years, and the terms […]
This dam for the Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project will not only block the movement of fish, but also change the way people living downstream experience the river’s flows. Parag Jyoti Saikia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Conversation “Hey Rupam, open the door. Take this fish,” a woman yelled from outside. I was […]
As one of the most vulnerable states to climate change, Florida faces unique and pressing environmental challenges. With its vast coastline, low-lying geography, and reliance on tourism, Florida is at the forefront of climate impacts, including rising sea levels, stronger hurricanes, and increased temperatures. While climate change is a global issue, few places in the […]
The struggle against the fish-killing Delta Tunnel, the zombie water boondoggle that keeps getting resurrected by state officials and the state and federal water contractors, continues. In the latest battle in the California water wars, the Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, on behalf of the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), submitted a formal letter to the […]
The Klamath River runs free for the first time in a century as the largest dam removal in US history nears completion. Tribal and conservation advocates celebrate as river is returned to historic channel; restoration activities to continue for several more years By Dan Bacher Press Release from Klamath River Renewal Corporation • Karuk Tribe • Yurok Tribe American Rivers […]
When our Executive Director Bob Inglis is on the road, he often meets people whom he comes back and suggests for the podcast. In the case of this week’s guest, he may have delivered someone who is most likely going to change the world – Conor Lincoln, a sophomore at Western Washington University studying political science […]
Hello, and happy halfway point in the season! This week’s guest comes to us via our friend (and past guest) in Florida, Brendan Shuler, who has his fingers on the pulse of a vast network of people acting on climate change. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN Andres Jimenez serves as Supervisor for Fairfax County’s Mason District. […]
Addressing climate justice calls for a “fundamental, decolonial constitutional change”, according to a new study published in Climate Policy. While systemic change would only be possible in the long term, there is potential for progress within the constraints of current systems, says the study, which introduces a tool to guide this outcome. By Antara Basu Carbon Brief The new […]
I found Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) during the week of COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. At the time, I was in the second year of my M.S. program, knee-deep in journal articles and assignments on the ecology of natural resources and the politics of managing them. My days were spent sifting through terrifying […]
With the Paris Olympics fast approaching under the shadow of the climate crisis, activists and advocates continue to raise questions about the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) commitment to one of three pillars of the Olympic Agenda: sustainability. Adam Ali, Western University; jay johnson, University of Manitoba, and MacIntosh Ross, Western University The Conversation And for […]