Climate

Waterkeepers March!

Waterkeepers March!

It was euphoric! Never in my life have I been in such a mass of humanity as I was today in New York City in the largest climate march in world history. Joining me were 100 members of Waterkeeper Alliance as we marched along with more than 300,000 people through the streets of Manhattan. The march was three times bigger […]

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    Teen Activist Walks Across America for Climate Action

    Teen Activist Walks Across America for Climate Action

    Are you tired of hearing how apathetic young people are? Then listen to Kelsey Juliana. Oregon teen Kelsey Juliana tells Bill Moyers how she got her passion to protect the climate. Photo credit: Moyers & Company Her parents met in ’90s while protesting logging in Oregon’s old-growth forests, and she’s a chip off the old blocks. […]

    Watch People’s Climate March Live Right Here on Sunday

    Watch People’s Climate March Live Right Here on Sunday

    300,000+ participate in Peoples Climate March. Read more here. Watch the People’s Climate March: [livestream http://new.livestream.com/accounts/467901/events/3400186/player?width=640&height=360&autoPlay=true&mute=false expand=1] People’s Climate March Predictions are growing for the number of people who will be arriving in New York City Sunday for the historic People’s Climate March. And if you can’t be among them, you can follow all the action […]

    50 Dirtiest U.S. Power Plants Huge Contributor to Carbon Emissions

    50 Dirtiest U.S. Power Plants Huge Contributor to Carbon Emissions

    U.S. power plants are an outsized contributor to the world’s carbon pollution, a new report released by Environment America Research & Policy Center and the Frontier Group says. It found that in 2012, they added more climate change-causing carbon to the environment than the entire economies of any nation other than China. The report, “America’s Dirtiest […]

    The People’s Climate March: A Time Where ‘We’ Can Make a Difference

    The People’s Climate March: A Time Where ‘We’ Can Make a Difference

    Protecting the planet from the worst consequences of climate change is not an “I” issue, it’s a “We” issue, and notice we are using a capital “W.”  That’s why it’s important for as many people as possible to take part in the People’s Climate March in New York, the various other marches around the world, and […]

    Disaster-Induced Displacement Grows Worldwide

    Disaster-Induced Displacement Grows Worldwide

    When we think about refugees, most of us probably think of war or people fleeing political repression. But this morning, the annual report of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) as part of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) revealed that in 2013, three times as many people were displaced by natural disaster as by conflict. […]

    Top 10 Countries With the Worst Air Quality

    Top 10 Countries With the Worst Air Quality

    Everyone knows the air quality is foul in all of China’s major cities, right? But a study released by the UN’s World Health Organization says China is not the worst country when it comes to the air being a threat to human health. Believe it or not, it doesn’t even come in the top 10. New Delhi […]

    160 Environmental Leaders Urge Foundations to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    160 Environmental Leaders Urge Foundations to Divest From Fossil Fuels

    An international group of 160 environmental leaders issued a challenge this morning to those who hold some significant pursestrings. They urged foundations and other charitable givers with combined holdings to divest from fossil fuels and free up billions of dollars to invest in clean energy. They asked the foundations and givers to invest in clean […]

    China’s Biggest 74 Cities All Dirtier Than L.A.

    China’s Biggest 74 Cities All Dirtier Than L.A.

    Los Angeles has always been held up as the U.S.’s most polluted city. But, the Los Angeles Times reports, all of China’s largest cities make L.A.’s air look crystalline. Los Angeles isn’t as smoggy as it once was, but it still has the most polluted air in the U.S. Photo credit: Shutterstock Los Angeles became famous […]