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...
Archive for tag: Climate Change
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...
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...
Top Scientists to Biden and Congress: ‘Go Big on Climate… Do So Now’
By Jessica Corbett “We must take immediate action to sharply reduce heat-trapping emissions to limit the worst climate change impacts, protect public health...
UN Chief Reminds Leaders of Need for ‘Clear and Unambiguous Commitment’ to 1.5°C
By Jessica Corbett United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday issued a statement emphasizing the importance of ambitious climate action after officials at...
‘We Must Heed the Warning’: 1 in 3 Freshwater Fishes—Vital to Food and Jobs for Millions—Face Extinction
By Jessica Corbett “Humanity can’t afford to lose any more of the world’s forgotten fishes or the freshwater ecosystems they inhabit.” The world’s freshwater...
Climate Groups Cheer Keep It in the Ground Act of 2021
By Andrea Germanos “Our public lands and waters belong to all of us—not to fossil fuel executives who want to exploit our health and...
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...