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BREAKTHROUGH!
Divestment goes Maine-stream
"Maine just became the first state
in the nation to pass an actual law requiring divestment of public funds
from oil, gas, and coal companies."
LOCAL REPORTS
Young Activists March From Paradise to SF in 100 Degree Heat to Protest Climate Crisis
SMART gets money for crucial Healdsburg bridge, but lawsuits blocking construction drag on
Can the US Survive California’s Drought?
Wetlands Up in Smoke (video)
"What
is wood pellet biomass? What happens to the forests and communities
where those wood pellets are made? How does burning wood for energy
affect our climate? Watch this video to learn more and join the fight
against this dirty industry!"
This is happening here.
Weeks-long climate march culminates on the Golden Gate Bridge
GMOs, GLYPHOSATE & TOXINS
Maine Bans Consumer Use of Neonicotinoid Insecticides, with Some Exceptions
Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' Found in Mainstream Cosmetics
FOSSIL FUELS
Shale Oil Fraud Case Reveals Executives Ignore Their Own Engineers and Mislead Investors
"An increasing number of investor lawsuits shine a light on how oil
industry leadership has been demanding optimistic predictions of oil
production that turn out to be fraudulent."
Norway not ready to let go of oil, gas in push for greener energy
PIPELINES
Indigenous Women Invite Deb Haaland to See Devastation of Line 3 for Herself
PLASTIC & POLLUTION
The Story of Electronics (video)
"The Story of Electronics, released in November 2011, employs the Story
of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution’s collateral damage."
NSW moves to cut single-use plastics by 2025
"NSW contributes one third of Australia's total waste, so the policies
we make in NSW will make a difference for the whole country."
WAKE UP CALL
Earth’s Energy Imbalance Doubled in the Last 14 Years, NASA and NOAA Confirm
Extreme weather may not lead to increased support for climate action
Key Antarctic ice shelf is speeding up its collapse
On Climate Crisis and COVID-19, G7 Is Judged a 'Colossal Failure'
"Biden's first trip abroad unfortunately can be chalked up as a missed
opportunity. Despite strong statements about ending
U.S. international support for all fossil fuels in the first few months
of his administration, President Biden has yet to turn those statements
into true action. The G7 was a key moment to show that the U.S. can be a
leader in moving the world forward on bold climate action, and
unfortunately that leadership has not yet revealed itself."
Disaster Capitalism: Puerto Rico Plunged into Darkness After Privatization of Electric Utility (video)
António Guterres on the climate crisis: ‘We are coming to a point of no return’
"UN secretary general says he’s concerned that the richest nations have
pumped billions more into fossil fuels than clean energy since the
pandemic."
Most people unaware of the dangers of our shrinking natural world, new survey says
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
CBI boss says world is ‘way off track’ in fight against climate crisis
"The head of the UK’s biggest business lobby group has warned that the
corporate world is “way off track” in tackling the climate crisis."
How Returning Lands to Native Tribes Is Helping Protect Nature
Let's turn over the care of our forests and wilderness areas to the local tribes.
DIRECT ACTIONS
Treaty People Gathering action at the Headwaters of the Mississippi River (video)
Journalist Alan Weisman arrested, strip-searched while covering anti-pipeline protest in Minnesota
Student-Led Coalition Calls on Corporations to Quit U.S. Chamber Over Climate Inaction
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Recycling Your Dead Batteries
Epicurious drops beef recipes in "pro-planet" shift
8 Cities Rewilding Their Urban Spaces
Harnessing the wind: Five things you don’t know about wind energy
"Over
the last 30 years, a doubling of turbine size has led to a 14% drop in
CO2 equivalent emissions per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced.
Larger turbines are able to harness higher, faster moving wind, but they
have a bigger footprint on the ground. This has led to increased
interest in offshore wind farms, where space is more available and there
are fewer regulations governing the height of built structures."
As electric vehicles take off, we'll need to recycle their batteries
"The
lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper inside those batteries were all, at
one point, mined from the earth... With the number of EVs on the roads expected to rise from 10 million in 2020 to upwards of 145 million by 2030, demand for battery minerals is poised to surge. Some industry watchdogs warn that the clean transit boom could fuel a dirty mining boom."
Will charging electric cars ever be as fast as pumping gas?
ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Watch These Hermit Crabs Shop for the Perfect Shell (video)
First Wolf Litter in 80 Years Born in Colorado