President Joe Biden – perhaps the greatest climate, clean energy and environment President in the history of the United States – spoke today at both the United Nations and at the Bloomberg Global Business Forum. Watch his remarks (or read the transcript, which we’ll post as soon as it becomes available). And if you’re serious […]
I discussed WV v EPA, the new SCOTUS decision undermining EPA’s ability to regulate carbon pollution with, Christi Paul and Boris Sanchez at CNN Newsroom. By Dr Michael Mann “What’s changed isn’t the law, it’s the makeup of a (Supreme) Court, ..that continues to revoke our fundamental rights,…including the right to a liveable planet.” (p.s. […]
The very short version: After years of warnings that climate change is coming, we can now say that climate change is HERE. But if we act NOW (not by 2030 or by 2050, but NOW) we can avoid the worst of it. More of our IPCC Report coverage: ‘Code Red for humanity’: IPCC Report warns […]
Sophie Fetter, a high school senior from Ann Arbor, Michigan, has taken her involvement with Citizens Climate Lobby to the next level. A member of CCL’s Ann Arbor chapter for over a year, Sophie has tabled at events and assisted with her chapter’s social media. She’s even spoken about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act on […]
Katharine Hayhoe, Radley Horton, Michael Oppenheimer, and so many climate scientists like them are working overtime trying to solve the biggest crisis of our time. We asked them to tell us more about this incredibly difficult job, particularly at a time when the U.S. government is hostile towards many climate solutions. By The Years Project […]
Editor’s note: Today, actor Keira Knightley has unveiled a short animation film entitled “Climate Crisis and Why We Should Panic Now”. Translated into 14 different languages, it’s the second of a two-part explainer video series for Extinction Rebellion, focusing on the climate and ecological crisis. In this article, we will have a look at evidence of the […]
Utah’s Rep. John Curtis, who represents the youngest district in the U.S., addressed the Sutherland Institute on Monday, delivering a virtual address titled: Confessions of a Climate Conservative. Our podcast producer Price Atkinson listened in on those confessions. And here are a few tidbits from Congressman Curtis’ talk. By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN “If we don’t take a seat […]
Whoopi Goldberg has teamed up with Extinction Rebellion in a beautiful new animation, The Gigantic Change, set in the future. The stunning 3 minute film looks back from 2050 to show how people came together to save the world from the climate crisis. By Extinction Rebellion As we start to plan how to rebuild our […]
At first, Occidental Petroleum had too many employees and too much revenue to qualify for federal aid. So how did the major oil and gas company ultimately get the bailout it wanted? In the following video from The Years Project, investigative reporter Zorka Milin explains how the company lobbied for rule changes. By The Years […]
Clean energy is part of the solution: Our friends from American Conservation Coalition Campus, the American Conservation Coalition’s advocacy arm, rolled out a week-long ad campaign airing on Fox News, emphasizing the importance of clean energy to the coronavirus recovery efforts. “How we rebuild is how we’ll be remembered,” the narrator states. “Join the young conservatives fighting […]
How hot it feels is determined by the heat index, a combination of temperature and humidity. Over the next 60 years, that number is predicted to skyrocket. Climate scientist and extreme weather expert Radley Horton explains how that will cause unprecedented suffering and disruption around the world. The YEARS Project Read the study Horton and […]
There’s a link between #coronavirus and fossil fuel-related deaths. It’s revealing just how deadly the air we breathe has always been, even before the pandemic hit. By Maggie Badore The Years Project Sarah Vogel, the Vice President of EDF’s Health program, has some more background: It’s been widely reported that air quality in cities around the […]
This week’s must watch: Climate change and coronavirus. In her popular and informative Global Weirding series, Katharine Hayhoe explains the connection between climate change and the coronavirus. “Climate change is a big issue, but no, it is not the only one we face,” she says. “Was [coronavirus] caused by climate change or not? No, it was not. […]
In the summer of 2018, Nexus Media took part in Freedom to Breathe, a cross-country tour that explored how climate change intersects with the racial, social and economic challenges that Americans face every day. We saw firsthand how fossil fuel pollution and extreme weather are damaging communities across the United States, and how ordinary people […]
Living things need carbon dioxide to grow and we, humans, are constantly breathing it out. It can’t really be a pollutant…can it? Find out on this Global Weirding episode. By Katherine Hayhoe Global Weirding Since the dawn of the industrial age, humans have been pumping increasing amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by burning […]