by John Craig A week or so ago I got the audiobook of the shocking, brilliantly written book “Fire Weather.” Author John Vaillant is, by...
Archive for category: climate change
Climate Campaigners Demand Oxford, Cambridge Stop Taking Fossil Fuel Money
By JULIA CONLEY “This funding undermines climate justice, fueling the continued disproportionate harms of the fossil fuel industry on marginalized communities worldwide.” Arguing that accepting...
Why I Quit Being a Banker to Join Extinction Rebellion
By ANDREW MEDHURST by OpenDemocracy.net For almost 30 years, I worked on the trading floors of banks around the world—mainly in London, but also Hong...
Hot Planet Made Deadly South African Floods Twice as Likely: Climate Scientists
By JESSICA CORBETT “We need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a new reality where floods and heatwaves are more intense and...
Microgrids in Cambodia: Promoting Rural Energy Access
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...
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,...