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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
For one week surrounding the UN Climate Summit 2014, the focus of the environmental movement will be in New York City. A dizzying array of events will take place, sponsored by hundreds of nonprofit organizations, businesses and religious groups all demanding immediate climate action. One of the most high-profile events of the week that will capture widespread international attention is the People’s Climate March […]
There are still doubts. The statistics might be proved wrong. But it looks as if China might be starting to wean itself off its coal consumption habit. A coal-fired power station at Yangzhou in China’s central Jiangsu province Photo credit: Vmenkov via Wikimedia Commons China produces and consumes nearly as much coal as the rest […]
Like maxxing out a credit card, Earth has spent its allocation of resources for the year as of today, according to international sustainability think tank Global Footprint Network. The Global Footprint Network estimates that Earth has spent its allotment of resources for the year by August 19. Photo credit: Global Footprint Network That’s the idea behind […]
Even as we watch the stunning footage of an overwhelmed Detroit drowning under massive rainfall, U.S. Drought Monitor shows other regions of the country parched and longing for more water. The organization releases weekly maps tracking the extent of drought in the U.S., ranking regions on five levels: “abnormally dry,” “moderate drought,” “severe drought,” “extreme […]
I was floored by this Saturday’s New York Times article, Seeing a Supersize Yacht as a Job Engine, Not a Self-Indulgence. I was amazed not only by how the subject of the article, Mr. Jones, rationalized his extraordinary consumption habits, but also by the mere fact that the article was published. The $34 million that […]
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