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Jun 29 2022

foreignpolicy.com

Yes, We Need to Talk About Cutting Energy Demand

By Jason Bordoff Photo: Justin Sullivan , Getty Images

Germany put its energy sector on war footing last week, warning of impending shortages as Russia further tightens deliveries of natural gas to Europe. By reducing Europe’s ability to fill inventories that will be needed…

Jun 15 2022

Glassdoctor

How to Make Your Home More Energy Efficient

Are you looking to reduce your energy bills? While decreasing the amount of electricity you use each month is an excellent way to save money, it doesn’t address the bigger issue. Believe it or not,…

Jun 14 2022

scottcdunn

The Greenest Energy Is The Energy That We Don’t Use

By ScottC Dunn Photo : Martin Adams , Unsplash

Since the pandemic, I’ve worked from home, and since then I had a realization. Not driving to work is still more efficient than a Tesla. If I drive to work with or without a Tesla,…

Jun 09 2022

Vox

Climate change is all about power. You have more than you think.

By Rebecca Leber Photo: Christina Animashaun , Vox

This is not another story about why you should feel bad about your carbon footprint. The idea of “doing your part” for climate change has become synonymous with changing your personal consumption — your diet,…

May 24 2022

Salon

“No time to ask nicely”: Protesters arrested after blocking roads over Manchin, Sinema obstruction

By Julia Conley

Pro-democracy campaigners in West Virginia and Arizona on Monday risked arrest at sit-ins in downtown Charleston and Tucson, demanding that Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema end obstruction of their party's agenda and allow…

May 23 2022

WWF

What’s up with climate action in the US?

Climate change is an undeniable crisis across the globe, with impacts affecting people and nature here and now. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) is crucial if we want to avoid the worst consequences.

Apr 28 2022

UtilityDive

Shareholder proposals to limit fossil-fuel financing fail to gain traction at 3 major banks

By Anna Hrushka

Citi’s proposal, which would have limited the bank from lending and underwriting new oil and gas projects, garnered 12.8% of the vote. Similar proposals at Wells Fargo and Bank of America each received 11% of…

Apr 23 2022

The New York Times

Protesters Amass at White House, Demanding Action on Climate

By Coral Davenport Photo: Jason Andrew

Environmental activists, distraught by the government’s slow pace of action on climate change, amassed in front of the White House Saturday afternoon, calling on President Biden and Congress to swiftly pass a climate bill that…

Apr 22 2022

The New York Times

How Recycling Got So Baffling

By Somini Sengupta Photo: Rinee Shah

A few years ago, my kid and I resolved to reduce our contribution to the landfill. As a test, we set a goal to empty our kitchen trash only once every two weeks.

Apr 21 2022

WIRED

Take action against climate change with these tools and resources

By Heather Higinbotham Davies Photo: Roos Koole/Getty Images

These apps and online spaces can help you manage your eco-anxiety—and take steps to tread more lightly on the planet.

Apr 15 2022

The Hill

Over 1,000 scientists from around the world take to the streets

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech

The protest came after a report from the UN stated humanity only has three more years to curb greenhouse gas emissions and avoid climate-related disasters...

Apr 12 2022

Treehugger

Individual Actions Can Reduce Emissions Up to 70%, Says IPCC Report

By Lloyd Alter Photo: Leonardo Patrizi , Getty Images

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3 report was a tough pill to swallow. In the aftermath of its release, I wrote a summary, "IPCC Report Is a Prescription for Fixing…

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Third Act

Banking on our future

Photo: Ken Cedeno / Greenpeace 01/29/22

We want to do something real to protect a livable planet. Money—especially the banks we keep it in—is crucial. Join our pledge.

Yahoo News

Climate change activists look to increase voter turnout in 2022 and beyond

By Ben Adler Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images 01/28/22

When engineering geologist Betsy Mathieson, 66, thought about her retirement, she imagined putting her scientific expertise to use by volunteering for an environmentalist organization like the Sierra Club. But when the U.S. elected climate change…

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Interview: Author and activist Bill McKibben on the “timed test” of the climate crisis

By Jessica McKenzie Photo: Steve Liptay 12/16/21

When it comes to the climate crisis, author and environmentalist Bill McKibben hasn’t been a fully “objective journalist” since he finished penning his first book, The End of Nature, over three decades ago, and realized…

The Atlantic

A New Estimate of the ‘Most Effective’ Way to Fight Climate Change

By Robinson Meyer Photo: Allison Bailey , AP 12/15/21

The economist Daniel Stein has a clear answer: You should give to groups that lobby for aggressive climate policies. And if you’re an American, he has three such groups in mind: the Evergreen Collaborative, Carbon180,…

The Washington Post

In conversation with Jane Goodall on climate change — and remaining hopeful for the future

By Richard Schiffman Photo: Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images 10/19/21

A half century ago, Jane Goodall was spending months at a time sitting in the Gombe forest in what is now Tanzania waiting for wild chimps to approach her so that she could observe their…

Gizmodo

The Possibilities and Limits of Individual Climate Action

By Dharna Noor Photo: Dan Kitwood , Getty Images 10/18/21

Here at Earther, I spend a lot of my time writing about the entities that are the most responsible for the climate crisis, like energy giants and other polluting companies. I know that these companies…

Gizmodo

The Possibilities and Limits of Individual Climate Action

By Dharna Noor Photo: Dan Kitwood , Getty Images 10/18/21

Reuters

‘They just talk’: Prince Charles understands Thunberg’s frustrations

By Michael Holden 10/11/21

Britain's Prince Charles says he shares the concerns of Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists that world leaders "just talk" about climate change and were not doing enough to prevent its catastrophic impact.

The New York Times

Should You Get Flood Insurance for Your Home?

By Ronda Kaysen Photo: Trisha Krauss 10/08/21

In the weeks since Hurricane Ida flooded her Maplewood, N.J., basement with eight inches of water, Ingrid Nagy has been trying to figure out how to financially protect herself from the next big storm.

TreeHugger

Study Shows Why We Need 1.5 Degree Lifestyles and How to Get There

By Lloyd Alter 10/07/21

"1.5 Degree Lifestyles: Toward a Fair Consumption Space for All" is a major update of the 2019 study "1.5 Degree Lifestyles"—and the inspiration for my book "Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle"—that demonstrated "changes in consumption…

The New York Times

A Climate Activist Walked in the Louis Vuitton Fashion Show

By Léontine Gallois Photo: Valerio Mezzanotti 10/06/21

A climate activist, bearing a white banner with the words “Overconsumption = Extinction” in bold block lettering, joined the models on the runway for the Louis Vuitton show at the Louvre museum, the final event…

Washington Examiner

The Left’s environmental activism is counterproductive

By Stephen Perkins 10/05/21

Recently, a Washington, D.C.-based chapter of Extinction Rebellion made headlines when its activists dumped a house-like structure in the Potomac River with a banner that read, “It’s do or die.” It was a political statement…

ADWEEK

76% of Americans Want Sustainable Products—but How You Define That Matters

By Kathryn Lundstrom 09/13/21

In an Adweek-Morning Consult survey, respondents said 'biodegradable' was most appealing

GIZMODO

Big Oil Coined ‘Carbon Footprints’ to Blame Us for Their Greed. Keep Them on the Hook.

By Rebecca Solnit Photo: Yasin Akgul/AFP (Getty Images) 08/27/21

Personal virtue is an eternally seductive goal in progressive movements, and the climate movement is no exception. People pop up all the time to boast of their domestic arrangements or chastise others for what they…

Los Angeles Times

The new report on climate change is dire. What can I do about it?

By Amina Khan Photo: Gina Ferazzi , Los Angeles Times 08/12/21

We knew the latest United Nations report on climate change wasn’t going to be good news, but it’s still tough to hear: We haven’t come close to getting a handle on global warming — and that failure…

Independent

IPCC report: Greta Thunberg says world ‘must be brave’ to overcome climate emergency

By Rory Sullivan 08/09/21

The world must be “brave” in confronting the climate emergency, Greta Thunberg has said after the publication of a comprehensive new UN report. The environmental activist spoke out in response to the Intergovernmental Panel on…

The Guardian

Renting fashion can be green, argue clothes renters

By Ellie Violet Bramley Photo: Isabel Infantes/PA 07/20/21

The fashion rental industry has challenged the findings of a recent high-profile report that suggested renting clothes is “less green than throwing them away”, based on the environmental impacts of transportation and dry cleaning. The…

InsideHook

Our Irrational Love of Gas Cars Is Going to Bite Us in the Ass

By Alex Lauer Photo: Frank Rothe/Getty Images 07/20/21

We as a species need to stop burning fossil fuels as quickly as possible. Heat domes in the Pacific Northwest, historic floods in Germany, wildfires and drought in Napa Valley — these extreme weather events…

Express

Britons who want to tackle climate change have used these eco-friendly hacks

Photo: Getty Images 07/19/21

Collecting rainwater for plants, making wax wraps and turning ripe fruits into jams are among the more obscure methods. Line drying towels and clothes, buying loose fruit and veg, and turning off the tap when…

Very Well Health

How to Soothe Climate Anxiety With Hope and Action

By Sarah Simon Photo: Getty Images 07/19/21

Over the past couple of weeks, it seems like climate disasters are happening everywhere we look. In the U.S. alone, a heat dome blazed in the Northwest, fires cropped up in California, New York City flooded,…

The New York Times

In Fighting Climate Change, What’s an Individual to Do?

By Paul Sullivan Photo: Michael Grant 07/16/21

Climate change can seem like such an enormous problem that individual actions would have little impact. Consider Europe’s wide-ranging proposals this week to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, including eliminating sales of new gas-…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Yards with less grass and more plants help fight climate change

By Tik Root Photo: Dreamstime / MCT 07/10/21

Summer is officially here. For many Americans, that means blankets of grassy green for kids to play in. There are an estimated 40 million to 50 million acres of lawn in the continental United States…

Wired

How to Stay Cool Without Air-Conditioning

By Matt Jancer Photo: Paula Winkler/Getty Images 06/30/21

If you haven't noticed lately, the Earth is getting hotter and climate change is to blame, with a dash of the heat island effect—when urban spaces trap heat—also making it worse. This summer, the Pacific…

Yale Climate Connections

Study: Extreme weather may not lead to increased support for climate action

By Jennifer Marlon 06/18/21

For some Americans, the signs of global warming are everywhere. In 2020 alone, wildfires broke records across the West, hurricanes fueled by abnormally warm ocean temperatures battered the Southeast, and a Death Valley weather station…

The New York Times

Your Next Car and Clothes Dryer Could Help Save Our Planet

By Martin Heinrich Photo: Getty Images 06/08/21

Our future depends on our acting now to confront the climate crisis by enacting policies to convert our economy from fossil fuels to clean energy. By making this switch, we will also create millions of…

Fast Company

Need another reason to switch to a 4-day workweek? It helps fight climate change

By Adele Peters Photo: LoopAll/iStock 05/28/21

When the pandemic first forced offices to close and the number of commuters on roads suddenly dropped, the environmental impact was visible in cities like Los Angeles and New Delhi: Smog disappeared as more cars…

curbed.com

How to fight climate change at home

By Megan Barber llustration by Alyssa Nassner 04/22/21

While a global pandemic may have put life (as we know it) on hold—and cleared the air temporarily amid widespread lockdowns—it hasn’t exactly stopped the looming climate crisis. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of…

The Philadelphia Citizen

50+ ways to help fight climate change

By Katherine Rapin and Josh Middleton 04/22/21

We’re living at an intensely important moment. A time when our actions are determining the habitability—or inhabitability—of our home. (No pressure.) Of course, it’s already become much less inhabitable—with raging storms, fires, droughts and floods…

SELF

30 Ways to Live More Sustainably—and Fight Climate Change in the Process

By Rachel Ramirez 04/22/21

In 2019, youth-led protests calling attention to the worsening climate crisis spread across much of the United States and several parts of the world from the Philippines to Uganda. That same year, the United Nations…

Medium

8 Meaningful Things You Can Start Doing for the Climate… Today

By Paul Greenberg Photo: Paul Greenberg , Medium 04/22/21

Should we do nothing or should we do something? There’s a lot we can ask ourselves about climate change, but in the end, this is the question that really matters in the immediate experience of…

The Atlantic

Your Diet Is Cooking the Planet

By Annie Lowrey 04/06/21

On a planet wracked by rising seas, expanding deserts, withering biodiversity, and hotter temperatures, that’s a fraught question to answer. Food production accounts for roughly a quarter of the world’s greenhouse-gas emissions, and scientists have found that…

TreeHugger

2030 Is Out. How About 2050 – Is 2050 Good For You?

By Lloyd Alter Photo: Getty Images 03/09/21

Cartoonist Bob Mankoff's most famous work for the New Yorker was the 1993 cartoon of a guy making a lunch appointment, concluding "No, Thursday's out. How about never – Is never good for you?" Looking…

Treehugger

The Fierce Urgency of a Slow-Burn Climate Crisis

By Sami Grover Photo by Chesnot 02/16/21

“I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is,” When Greta Thunberg addressed leaders at the World Economic Forum, she explained to them that they were rapidly running out…

The New York Times

Got Climate Anxiety? These People Are Doing Something About It

By Susan Shain Photo by Hoi Chan 02/04/21

After Britt Wray married in 2017, she and her husband began discussing whether or not they were going to have children. The conversation quickly turned to climate change and to the planet those children might…

BBC

Why your banking habits matter for the climate

By Jocelyn Timperley 01/27/21

It might not be the most obvious way of reducing your carbon footprint, but how you save, invest and give away your money can make a difference to the climate. What immediately comes to mind…

National Geographic

Insects are vanishing at an alarming rate—but we can save them

By Christine Peterson Photo: David Liittschwager/National Geographic 01/17/21

Insects aren’t just pests. They’re crucial for the planet and our food supply, and scientists say we can all pitch in to help.

Gizmodo

The Lasso Robot Wants to Make Recycling at Home Easier

By John Biggs Photo: Lasso 01/12/21

Recycling is important but it’s also a pain. Separating glass from plastic from paper isn’t a terrible task but what wouldn’t it be nicer if a robot did it instead? That’s why one inventor built…

The Washington Post

Female scientists focus on a secret weapon to fight climate change: Moms

By Sarah Kaplan Photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post 01/12/21

A new group of parent scientists is launching Science Moms, a $10 million educational campaign to engage other mothers

The Atlantic

The Weekly Planet: The Best Way to Donate to Fight Climate Change (Probably)

By Robinson Meyer Photo: Matt Anderson / Getty 12/01/20

Let’s say you want to donate $25 to fighting climate change. Where should your money go? Since I started this newsletter, this inquiry (or something like it) is among the most common questions I’ve received…

Climate Ambassador Card

10/20/20

Be a climate ambassador! We designed these credit card-sized cards to fit in your wallet so that wherever you are, and whoever you are with, you feel confident to begin—and sustain—climate conversations. This is a…

Vote Climate Pac

U.S. Senate Incumbents

10/09/20

Congressman Huffman understands the importance of climate action as a top priority issue. On the Congressman's, 'Environment and Climate Change,' pag

cleanchoice energy

9 Ways You Can Help Protect Our Water

08/12/20

Water is a vital resource that’s not only important for our own health, but also for the health of our planet—so it’s essential that we do everything we can to protect it. Here are 9…

Science Friday

The Climate Is Changing—But Can We?

Illustration: Shutterstock/Daniel Peterschmidt 07/13/20

Beyond the graphs and figures, how do you get people to actually take action? And are small changes in behavior enough—or is a reshaping of society needed to deal with the climate crisis?

State of the Planet

What We Can Do to Preserve Our Cleaner Air

By John Loike and Robert Pollack Illustration: Amy Pollack 05/12/20

How you can fight air pollution in your neighborhood and your home. ...

HuffPost

Employees Are Fighting For A New Cause At Work: The Climate

By Sarah Sax 04/23/20

The coronavirus pandemic isn't stopping employee activism, but it is revealing how unprepared we are for big disasters like climate change. ...

Medium

Your Personal Action Guide for the Environment

Jonathan Foley Photo: Unsplash 04/22/20

Solving our biggest environmental problems will require huge changes in policy and business practice. But it turns out that our personal actions can help too, if we focus on the right things. Here are some…

EcoWatch

We Must Be Honest About What the Coronavirus Outbreak Will Mean for Climate Action

By Anders Lorenzen 04/12/20

By Anders Lorenzen, A Greener Life, a Greener WorldIn the wake of the global Covid-19 outbreak which has caused the biggest disruption to life as we...

HuffPost

How To Be A Climate Activist During The Coronavirus Pandemic

By Sarah Sax 03/20/20

The fight against climate change isn't going away; it's going online. ...

The New York Times

Are Frequent Flier Miles Killing the Planet?

By Seth Kugel Illustration: Jon Han 03/05/20

Climate activists say it is time to rethink loyalty programs that reward consumers for taking flights.

Forbes

10 Things You Can Do About Climate Change, According To The Shepherds Of The Paris Agreement

By Jeff McMahon 02/25/20

Christiana Figueres once credited the Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh with helping her shepherd 192 countries from blaming to collaborating, from paralysis to empowerment in the Paris Agreement.

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