In honor of Labor Day, we’re reposting this piece from Earth Day 2018, on the importance of Union workers to a clean energy future. By Kim Glas Executive Director of the BlueGreen Alliance When you think of Earth Day, your first thought probably isn’t about how labor union members were pivotal in the success of […]
Each year, Earth Day offers an opportunity to get our message out about the need to enact climate solutions. With time running short to pass much-needed climate legislation, getting that message across in the media has been especially important, and our volunteers rose to the challenge this year by getting op-eds, letters to the editor […]
In early April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a global scientific body, issued yet another dire report. They warned that we have barely three years to start cutting greenhouse emissions as rapidly as we need to avoid the worst effects of climate disruption. By Basav Sen OtherWords These scientists put the largest share of the […]
Earth Day 1970 (Pogo via Walt Kelley) (Earth Day 1970 by Robert Leydenfrost, via Click Americana) ->Next Poster For the past 15 years, RedGREENandBlue has been bringing you the best of climate change and clean energy stories from the full spectrum, from progressive to conservative. Unfortunately, with the coronavirus meltdown, we lost our primary funding […]
This Earth Day, I’d like to warn you about “greenwashing.” That’s the practice of corporations branding their products “eco-friendly,” even when they actually pollute, to deceive environmentally concerned customers. By Mallika Khanna Otherwords Even if you’ve heard nothing about greenwashing, you’ve probably read about the Volkswagen emissions scandal, “Dieselgate.” A few years ago, the Environmental […]
Earth Day was started as a movement to bring awareness to the health and well being of our planet. It has special significance for NOAA because this grassroots effort helped usher the creation of our agency the same year — 1970. And for these the last 50 years, NOAA scientists have brought their expertise and innovation to […]
Our global civilization may be doubting its mastery of the Earth as we temporarily close the shutters on many of our societies because of COVID-19. Among ecology scholars, one conversation has been about how wildlife and habitat destruction and ecosystem destabilization could be linked to our current pandemic. Some even argue — as ecology scholar […]
Humanity still has time to arrest catastrophic global warming – and has the tools to do so quickly and cheaply, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found. The latest IPCC assessment report, the world’s definitive stocktake of action to minimise climate change, shows a viable path to halving global emissions by 2030. By […]
Today is Earth Day! At the White House’s international climate summit, which began this morning, President Biden formally pledged that America will reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030. By Flannery Winchester Citizens’ Climate Lobby Here at CCL, we’re thrilled to see America’s elected leaders showing such ambition to tackle climate change. A reduction of 50% […]
(Reposted fromEart Day 2020) Today we celebrate the fiftieth Earth Day. This is an occasion for renewing our commitment to love and care for our common home and for the weaker members of our human family. As the tragic coronavirus pandemic has taught us, we can overcome global challenges only by showing solidarity with one […]
Starting this week, the Sierra Club will host 10 days of story-based education and action from Earth Day to May Day to cap off an action-packed first 100 days of advocacy under a new administration and Congress. Events will start with an acknowledgement of the many successes we’ve achieved so far, while setting forth a vision for […]
In the fall of 1968 a Stanford-trained biologist, organizer of the legendary Trips Festival and Merry Prankster named Stewart Brand published the first Whole Earth Catalog. Between 1968 and 1972, the Catalog reached millions of readers and won the National Book Award. Andy Kirk, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The Conversation The title and iconic […]
April 22 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Founded as a teach-in in 1970 by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson to educate the public about the environment after a massive oil spill, Earth Day is now a day to inspire everyone to protect our planet. It is observed by over 190 countries and more than one billion […]
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets in cities and towns across the United States, giving voice to an emerging consciousness of humanity’s impact on Earth. Protesters shut down 5th Avenue in New York City, students in Boston staged a “die-in” at Logan airport and demonstrators in Chicago […]
We just celebrated a momentous Earth Day but, before I tell you why, I have to ask: Why do we have an entire Fashion Week, but only one day dedicated to our beautiful blue planet? Seriously, even sharks get their own week every summer. Shouldn’t it really be Earth Week? Earth Month? Or Earth Year? […]