I delivered powerful words to the Sterling College graduating class of 2016 on May 7. I spoke on the need for climate leadership in the 21st century in order to have a graduating class in 2116. I mentioned how the climate change movement is for everyone and that we must act now. I emphasized the […]
Five vegetated reef islands in the Pacific’s Solomon Islands have disappeared because of coastal erosion and sea level rise, according to a study published in Environmental Research Letters that confirmed numerous anecdotal accounts of extreme shoreline changes. Many homes are close to sea level on the Solomons. Photo credit: Simon Albert At least six more islands are also experiencing […]
As the wildfire in Canada’s oil sands region continues to blaze, more reporters and analysts are taking a close look at the climate context behind the devastating and record-breaking fire. Light rains and cooler temperatures have kept the fire under 400,000 acres so far, though officials warned that the fire could burn for months to come. “This […]
By Randy Hayes, Great Transition Initiative In Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, Michael Pollan describes his personal journey of stepping away from processed and packaged foods toward cooking from scratch and highlights the grievous consequences of industrial modernity in the daily arena of eating and drinking. Specialization, Pollan argues, “breeds helplessness, dependence and ignorance […]
Despite the presidential candidate’s history of climate change denial, a majority of Donald Trump voters actually believe global warming is real and man-made. The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012 The survey, conducted by the […]
A raging wildfire in a Canadian tar sands town has forced tens of thousands of evacuations and destroyed several residential neighborhoods, offering a bleak vision of a fiery future if the fossil fuel era is not brought to an end. Officials estimate 17,000 citizens fled north to industry sites. Another 35,000 headed south, including 18,000 […]
Scientists in the U.S. have identified a new hazard in a world in which the climates change and the oceans warm: measurable stretches of the seas could become sapped of oxygen. They say that parts of the southern Indian Ocean, the eastern tropical Pacific and the Atlantic are already less oxygen-rich because of global warming. […]
An interesting question is, what are you waiting for? Global warming is the biggest problem we’ve ever faced as a civilization—certainly you want to act to slow it down, but perhaps you’ve been waiting for just the right moment. © Prashanth Vishwanathan / Greenpeace The moment when, oh, marine biologists across the Pacific begin weeping […]
Could Iowa City one day join Copenhagen, Vancouver, Amsterdam, San Francisco and other climate action champions as one of the greenest cities in the world? Declaring that cities must place “climate action as a central priority in strategic planning,” Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton issued a “Regenerative City Day” proclamation on Tuesday at the Iowa […]
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