Tag: climate change
Michael Bloomberg pledges $4.5 million to help US meet Paris Climate...
"America made a commitment, and as an American, if the government's not going to do it we all have responsibility."
Americans believe climate change education should be taught in schools, recent...
The Yale Program on Climate Change (YPCCC) reported that in a national average, 78 percent of people polled responded they either somewhat or strongly agreed.
DC’s March for Science Evolved
NationofChange joins thousands at the second annual March for Science, which has evolved considerably.
World may hit 2 degrees of warming in 10-15 years thanks...
Dr. Anthony Ingraffea, Professor of Engineering Emeritus at Cornell University, outlined more precisely the role U.S. fracking is playing in changing the world's climate.
15 state AGs sue EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt for not enforcing...
“Over and over again, the Trump administration has put polluters before the health and safety of New Yorkers.”
New UK study proves plastic bag legislation is working
"Great to see less plastic bags in our oceans, but we need the government to put an end to the use of all avoidable single-use plastic by 2025."
Pruitt, auto industry, and climate deniers retreat behind closed doors to...
The rules they are helping to write will set the industry back, emit more greenhouse gases, and cost American drivers more at the gas pump.
50+ mayors vow to ‘vigorously resist’ EPA’s Fuel Efficiency rollback
"We strongly urge the auto industry to join us, and to use its influence with the Administration to ensure that these standards remain in place."
On track for extinction: Can humanity survive?
Unless we include addressing this dysfunctional individual and collective psychological state in our strategy to avert human extinction, we will ultimately fail and extinction will indeed be our fate.
Auto Alliance pushed climate denial to get Trump admin to abandon...
The Trump administration has announced its intention to weaken standards, relying on misinformation provided by the Auto Alliance and its members.
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More than 770,000 children are no longer receiving SNAP benefits after Trump changes Federal...
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.
The persistence of ‘Israel First’
Trump’s Middle East record reveals the short life of “America First.”
How agave agroforestry can restore drylands and strengthen climate resilience
The agave-powered agroforestry and livestock management system is an example of how native desert plants, cultivated as part of an agroforestry system, can regenerate drylands and provide inexpensive animal feed, taking pressure off overgrazed rangelands.
Report: State textile laws spark massive drop in apparel PFAS levels
"No PFAS, No Problem: Product Testing Reveals Success of CA and NY PFAS Textile Laws" found that 80 percent of tested consumer products are now in compliance with newly enacted restriction.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.