Tag: climate change
2018 was a year of deadly climate disasters and an ‘ear...
“The evidence, if we needed any more, continues to stack up."
Persistent ice melt in Greenland even in winter, new study confirms
The persistent year-round runoff even in the coldest months is the "the greatest contributor to sea level rise."
This radical plan to fund the Green New Deal just might...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the 22 representatives joining her in calling for a Select Committee are also proposing a novel way to fund the program, one which could actually work.
2018: The year of Day Zero and the mega-drought
That drier (and warmer) future appears to be arriving much faster than expected for places like Cape Town and Phoenix. And yet business-as-usual seems to still be the order of the day.
Russiagate vs. climate genocide: How Democrats cover up Trump’s worst crime
What’s truly amazing – until one habituates to the mammoth corruption of current U.S. politics – is how utterly unwilling today’s Democratic Party is to discuss issues that would paint Republicans in not merely in an unflattering, but in a criminally insane light.
2018 wasn’t a completely horrible year for the environment
There were bright spots and victories among the attacks on biodiversity, climate and public health.
We can’t afford to let Nancy Pelosi bury the Green New...
“Achieving the goals outlined in the resolution for a Select Committee on a Green New Deal are the bare minimum we need to preserve life as we know it for our generation – anything less from our political leaders is a betrayal of young people around the world.”
How Native and white communities make alliances to protect the earth
Tribal nations have always been on the front lines of environmental protection. Now their neighbors are catching up.
Ten feelgood environment stories you may have missed in 2018
Here are ten upbeat environmental stories from this year that prove it’s not all doom and gloom.
A Green New Deal must be 100 percent just
A 100% Just Green New Deal doesn’t just offer a blanket promise of good green jobs and training for everyone, it will ensure that jobs training programs and investments in job creation are targeted and available first to the communities that need them most.