Climate

Pope Francis: ‘Unbridled Consumerism’ Is Destroying Our Planet

Pope Francis: ‘Unbridled Consumerism’ Is Destroying Our Planet

In what has become an annual tradition, Pope Francis wrote a letter to Tony Abbott, the Prime Minister of Australia and this year’s leader of the G20 Summit, which will take place Nov. 15-16 in Brisbane, Australia. On the heels of a report by the Overseas Development Institute and Oil Change International, which is the first detailed breakdown of […]

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    100+ Arrested at Beyond Extreme Energy’s Week-Long Protests at FERC

    100+ Arrested at Beyond Extreme Energy’s Week-Long Protests at FERC

    As the participants in the Great March for Climate Action ended up in Washington, DC, on Nov. 1 after a six-month trek across the country, they joined with other environmental groups to launch a week of action under the banner Beyond Extreme Energy. The actions revolved around a series of blockades at the DC headquarters of the […]

    IPCC Report: Fossil Fuels Should Be ‘Phased Out by 2100’

    IPCC Report: Fossil Fuels Should Be ‘Phased Out by 2100’

    Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—the world body for assessing the science related to climate change—released the final component of its Fifth Assessment Report, the Synthesis Report in Copenhagen, Denmark. “The scientific case for prioritizing action on climate change is clearer than ever. We have little time before the window of opportunity to stay within […]

    Exxon: Destroying Planet Necessary to Relieve Global Poverty

    Exxon: Destroying Planet Necessary to Relieve Global Poverty

    The fossil-fuel divestment movement has been on a roll lately to the tune of $50 billion, but one of its biggest successes happened last month: The world’s most profitable oil company squirmed. ExxonMobil’s vice president of public and government affairs published a critique of divestment that concluded by saying that destroying our planet’s climate by recklessly extracting and burning […]

    Future Investments in Fossil Fuels Look Dim

    Future Investments in Fossil Fuels Look Dim

    Like most central bank governors, Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, chooses his words carefully. So the financial community—and government policy makers—sat up and took notice earlier this month when Carney, addressing a World Bank seminar on corporate reporting standards, said he was concerned about investments in fossil fuels. Investors are being repeatedly told […]

    The Great March for Climate Action

    The Great March for Climate Action

    Uncharacteristic Los Angeles rains weren’t enough to dampen the spirits of The Great March for Climate Action at the launch of this epic journey. Luckily, there was a break in the rains long enough for a dry and inspiring rally at Wilmington Waterfront Park. Behind the stage, stretched across the horizon, towered an oil refinery and […]

    MUST-SEE: Stephen Colbert and Neil Young Sing ‘Who’s Gonna Stand Up?’

    MUST-SEE: Stephen Colbert and Neil Young Sing ‘Who’s Gonna Stand Up?’

    Neil Young and “Crazy Host,” aka Stephen Colbert, performed a duet version of Young’s new environmental song “Who’s Gonna Stand Up? (and Save the Earth)” last night on The Colbert Report. The Colbert Report Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Colbert Report on Facebook With Colbert playing his usual straightman role dressed in […]

    Can Organic Agriculture Reverse Climate Change?

    Can Organic Agriculture Reverse Climate Change?

    Over the last 14 days, I have been on a walk. A walk that, I hope, will change the way that we look a climate change and think about how we can reverse this disastrous phenomenon. Each day I walk ten miles, on a journey from the Rodale Institute in Kutztown, PA to Washington, DC. […]

    Climate Action = Economic Gains

    Climate Action = Economic Gains

    Evidence continues to pour in that policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions not only aren’t detrimental to economic growth but in fact can fuel it. A new study by World Resources Institute, Seeing Is Believing: Creating a New Climate Economy in the United States, adds compelling evidence by providing examples of areas where government policies […]