Today’s the 25th of March…and that means that tonight is Earth Hour! đ At 8:30 pm wherever you are, we invite you to be part of the #BiggestHourForEarth by switching off your lights and spending an hour doing something – anything – positive for our one home. It may not seem like much, but if you […]
After a rigorous assessment, New York City Audubonâs Board of Directors voted on March 20, 2023 to change the organizationâs name, dropping âAudubonâ and beginning a process to develop a new name that represents what we do, embodies our organizational values, and is inclusive and welcoming to all New Yorkers. While we value John James […]
Happy Womenâs History Month! Unfortunately, it comes as no surprise that the climate disinformation sphere is once again filled with misogynistic attacks against women climate activists. By Climate Denier Roundup Recently, Greta Thunberg was targeted on social media for allegedly deleting a 2018 tweet that linked to an article that predicted climate change would wipe out humanity by 2023.  However, […]
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken denied 18 Republican attorneysâ general request to intervene as defendants in the childrenâs constitutional climate case, Juliana v. United States. She indicated that when her ruling comes down on the plaintiffsâ motion for leave to amend, the states could attempt to refile their motion, suggesting a ruling may be […]
The morning of Monday, March 13, 2023, the Biden Administration released its final decision approving three drilling sites for the Willow Master Development Plan, otherwise known as the Willow Project that threatens local communities, wildlife, and the global climate. This is a massive oil drilling development on Alaskaâs North Slope, which is a stretch of […]
Protests against wind farms in Norway have sparked a resurgence of wind energy disinformation, since climate deniers canât seem to wrap their heads around the fact that environmental justice activists can advocate in favor of wind energy while also objecting to green colonialism and the destruction of Indigenous ways of life. (Or maybe they’re actually just jumping […]
Sage Lenierâs sustainability course at UC Berkeley focuses on solutions. Now sheâs launching a nonprofit to equip students with the knowledge to help solve the climate crisis. By Jessica Kutz The 19th News Sage Lenier attended her first environmental class as a high schooler in Corona, California in 2015. It was an AP course that […]
As tractors became more sophisticated over the past two decades, the big manufacturers allowed farmers fewer options for repairs. Rather than hiring independent repair shops, farmers have increasingly had to wait for company-authorized dealers to arrive. Getting repairs could take days, often leading to lost time and high costs. Leland Glenna, Penn State The Conversation […]
Three environmentally important announcements came from the Biden administration this month. Reinforcing an effort he signed into action on his first day in office, the president on Thursday ordered federal agencies to provide annual plans to guarantee that underserved communities can actually benefit from their policies. They must also designate a senior leader to promote racial equity and foster […]
Through a year of war in Ukraine, the U.S. and most European nations have worked to help counter Russia, in supporting Ukraine both with armaments and in world energy markets. Russia was Europeâs main energy supplier when it invaded Ukraine, and President Vladimir Putin threatened to leave Europeans to freeze âlike a wolfâs tailâ â […]
When Leah Thomas was earning her degree in environmental studies, she found that what she was learning in college and her personal experience did not match up.  Thomas, who is Black, noticed that the environmentalists she was studying did not look like her, nor did they look like the Black women she knew to be integral in […]
On Wednesday, Laura Clawson reported on workersâ efforts to organize a union at Teslaâs Buffalo, N.Y., facility. Today, CNBC reports that 30 of them have been fired. By Meteor Blades In a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, Workers United said Tesla fired more than 30 workers from its Autopilot unit at a Buffalo plant as a retaliatory […]
Environmental groups on Tuesday accused the Biden administration of putting the profits of big agribusiness over public health and critical pollinators by attempting to obstruct the Mexican government’s ongoing push to ban genetically engineered corn. By Jake Johnson Common Dreams “The U.S.’s shameful efforts to strong-arm Mexico into accepting GE corn it has rejected is […]
The oil industry-funded initiative to overturn SB 1137, the new California law requiring health and safety setbacks around oil and gas wells, has become eligible for the Nov. 5, 2024, General Election ballot, California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber announced on Feb. 3. By Dan Bacher The bill was scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, but […]
Back in 1991, President George H.W. Bushâs chief of staff, John Sununu, told White House staffers not to discuss âclimate changeâ or âglobal warming.â In 2012, the Republican administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett ordered the stateâs Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to remove the term âclimate changeâ from its website. In 2015, the North Carolina-controlled […]