By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL The clothing industry’s impact on carbon emissions is huge, and growing, with emission likely to increase 50% by 2030....
Archive for category: climate change
US Farmers and Food Justice Groups Declare ‘Solidarity’ With Indian Farmer Protests
By Brett Wilkins “We stand with India’s farmers! Now let’s connect the dots between the forces of neoliberalism that stifle farmers, from India to the U.S.”...
What the Covid-19 Pandemic can teach us about dealing with Climate Change
By Scott Brideau Five or ten years from now, 2020 may well be viewed as a critical tipping point in our collective...
‘Frightening Milestone’: Scientists Sound Alarm Over Record Amount of Open, Iceless Sea in the Arctic
By Jessica Corbett Climate scientists and activists responded with alarm Thursday to reporting that this is the latest date in recorded history that “the...
Researchers Worry Methane Discovery in Arctic Ocean Could Signal Dangerous New Climate Feedback Loop
By Brett Wilkins “Climate warming is awakening the ‘sleeping giants’ of the carbon cycle,” warned one researcher. An international team of researchers aboard a Russian research ship...
Advocates Welcome ‘Inspiring’ Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act as ‘Exactly What America Needs Right Now’
By Jessica Corbett “By presenting smart, focused solutions to the climate crisis, this pioneering legislation propels the oceans into the heart of the climate...
Biden-Harris Victory: A Win for the Planet
By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rejoining the Paris Agreement On June 1, 2017, in a blow to climate action, Donald Trump announced that...
Greta Thunberg Tells US Voters on Election Day Their Choice ‘Will Affect Countless Generations to Come’
By Julia Conley “Every election is a climate election.” With the very future of the planet at stake, international climate leader Greta Thunberg on Tuesday...
‘No Time to Lose’: New Study Shows 50% Coral Decline on Great Barrier Reef
By Brett Wilkins “We expect this decline to continue,” predicted one of the study’s authors, who said that unless urgent climate action is taken, “the...
Public Lands Are Key to Fighting Climate Change
By Tim Whitehouse Existing gas and oil development in the Plateau Creek Drainage, near where BLM leases were sold in December 2016 and December...