Delayed response of climate makes human-made climate change a grave threat, especially for young people. Governments will not make required changes to energy policies based on theoretical threats – there must be sufficient empirical evidence of harm to force action. Thus, delayed response makes it difficult to avoid near-term, growing, climate impacts, but it does […]
If you’re still in doubt that carbon offsetting is a scam, just take a look at the latest hotshot carbon offset company, Blue Carbon, which is literally taking advice from a convicted fraudster who ran an Italian telecomms company into the ground. By Climate Denier Roundup Blue Carbon, a UAE-based carbon removal startup chaired by a senior member of Dubai’s […]
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says fossil fuel interests have effectively seized the reins of the United Nations climate summit process, preventing the kind of ambitious action that scientists say is necessary to prevent catastrophic warming and all of its cascading impacts. By Jake Johnson Common Dreams “This industry is way more effective at […]
Two years ago, wagering that Michigan would enact a clean energy package like the one Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Tuesday would be a good way to lose your rent money. The state House of Representatives had been in Republican hands for a dozen years, and Democrats hadn’t held a majority in the state Senate […]
What messages work and what messages don’t? That’s the topic of discussion today with Potential Energy Coalition founder and long-time marketing expert John Marshall, who started applying his marketing skills to climate messaging after his son asked him to sell climate solutions! By Chelsea Henderson EcoRight News/ RepublicEN He’s tested what works for conservatives so take a listen, […]
President Biden’s administration has proposed updates to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that would repair dangerous Trump-era weakening of NEPA regulations. The new rules have the opportunity to protect our climate and communities, while ensuring community input and involvement. But, we have to act fast — comments on the draft rule are due September 29, and […]
The International Energy Agency said Tuesday that the rapid acceleration of clean energy growth worldwide has kept the Paris climate accord’s critical 1.5°C warming target alive for now—but warned the continued burning of fossil fuels poses a dire threat to efforts to stave off the worst of the planetary crisis. By Jake Johnson Common Dreams In a […]
For at least the last seven years, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) has tried to shed its image as a disinfo-spreading fossil fuel lobby shop by another name (utility industry trade group), but all that’s probably for naught given its new CEO. By Climate Denier Roundup That’s not to say that EEI has been particularly successful at greenwashing the industry lately anyway. […]
The UAW strike at the Big Three automakers has elicited a deluge of speculation. Much of it sounds like one of the most common YouTube themes: THIS WILL BE A GAME CHANGER!! Well, perhaps. By Meteor Blades The Big Three “legacy” automakers—GM, Stellantis, and Ford—are in deep trouble as the electric vehicle transition is headed toward a […]
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, a long-time climate activist, had harsh words for the fossil fuel industry. “Many of the largest companies have engaged in massive fraud,” he said at The New York Times’ Climate Forward event, as the Independent reported. “For some decades now, they’ve followed the playbook of the tobacco industry, using these very sophisticated, lavishly […]
The Golden State was a pioneer decades ago in curbing toxic air pollution from tailpipe emissions. Since then California has been in the lead among the states on a whole range of policies designed to curb greenhouse gas pollution, including a ban on new sales of gasoline-powered cars (by 2035) and locomotives and diesel-powered trucks (by […]
Making Climate the Everything Story by Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope at The Nation. The news media needs to stop treating climate change as a niche topic—and start treating it as the most important story of our time. Despite living through the hottest summer in history, as well as wildfires, tropical storms, and rapidly warming oceans, the news media continues to […]
As heads of climate-wrecking nations like the United States, China, and Britain declined to attend Wednesday’s United Nations Climate Ambition Summit in New York, leaders of Pacific island and other Global South countries renewed the push for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Prime Minister of Tuvalu at UNSG #ClimateAmbitionSummit calls […]
The Climate Ambition Summit began Wednesday in New York City with a speech by Secretary-General António Guterres. Not in the audience were U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and President Joe Biden. By Meteor Blades #ClimateAction is dwarfed by the scale of the climate challenge. Today at #UNGA, I’m urging leaders to […]
The US has added more than 188,000 EV-related jobs, and the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation has launched an EV Jobs Hub to mark progress in that realm. The foundation is a partner with the BlueGreen Alliance, which since 2006 has worked to unite labor unions and environmental organizations to create high-quality, environmentally sound, unionized jobs in […]