By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL Cambodia has one of the lowest electrification rates in Southeast Asia: roughly half of Cambodia’s population does not have access...
Archive for category: climate change
Decarbonizing US Energy System Would Save 50,000 Lives and $600 Billion a Year: Study
By ANDREA GERMANOS The findings, the authors write, “offer a clear rationale for mitigating climate change on public health grounds.” A new study adds to...
Hawaii Youth Launch Landmark Climate Case Targeting Transportation Pollution
By KENNY STANCIL “The Hawaii Department of Transportation has been a flat tire in our transition to a decarbonized future for too long. With this...
“Almost Heaven” Appalachia IS Heaven Without a Fracked Gas Pipeline
By MELINDA TUHUS Images from my 12-day Walk for Appalachia’s Future Of all the indelible images from my 12-day Walk for Appalachia’s Future along the...
Biodiversity Risks Could Persist for Decades After Global Temperature Peak
By JESSICA CORBETT One study co-author said the findings “should act as a wake-up call that delaying emissions cuts will mean a temperature overshoot that...
The Time Is Now for a People-Powered Backlash
By BILL MCKIBBEN The Supreme Court’s decisions are insanely unpopular; we have to make that matter.A reasonable reaction to the week’s Supreme Court rulings,...
Mediterranean Sea Ecosystem Threatened by Heat-Induced ‘Marine Wildfire,’ Scientists Warn
By JENNA MCGUIRE Ocean researcher David Diaz said such ocean heatwaves were “the equivalent of underwater wildfires, with fauna and flora dying just as if...
Rejecting ‘Business as Usual’ While Planet Burns, Students Vow to Occupy Schools Worldwide
By JULIA CONLEY Students from around the world announced [in July] their intention to “disrupt business as usual” at their universities and schools this...
Can Lessons from Past Social Movements Help Solve Our Planetary Challenges?
By ANDREW GAINES A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict tells the stories of a number of 20th Century nonviolent social movements that changed...
Inflation Reduction Act Brings Renewed Hope for Climate Action
By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL After refusing to support the nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better Act last year, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-WV) has...