Climate Change

Heating America: Nat’l Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. issues Stats on ‘Normal’ U.S. Weather; this isn’t It

By Russ Schumacher and Becky Bolinger | – Anyone who listens to weather reports has heard meteorologists comment that yesterday’s temperature was 3 degrees above normal, or last month was much drier than normal. But what does “normal” mean in this context – and in a world in which the climate is changing? The National […]

Climate Crisis

Surging of Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Methane endangers our Planet: Why we Have to Stop It

The Conversation

By Drew Shindell | – Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is a larger climate problem than the world anticipates, and cutting its emissions will be crucial to slow global warming, a new United Nations report warns. The greenhouse gas is many times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the planet, and its […]

Agriculture

Next Stage in Fighting Climate Emergency is Sustainable Farming: The Good news, it will increase Farmers’ Income

The Conversation

By Lisa Schulte Moore | – Agriculture has not been a central part of U.S. climate policy in the past, even though climate change is altering weather patterns that farmers rely on. Now, however, President Biden has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a climate-smart agriculture and forestry strategy. As a scientist […]

Climate Crisis

In Historic Ruling, German High Court slaps down Gov’t Climate Plan, Orders Accelerated Action against CO2

Clean Energy Wire

By Sören Amelang Kerstine Appunn Charlotte Nijhuis and Julian Wettengel | – ( Clean Energy Wire) – Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that the government has to have a more detailled plan how to reduce emissions as of 2030 to not put the largest burden on today’s young people. Photo: FfF. In an unexpected […]

Climate Crisis

Watching a coral reef die as climate change devastates one of the most pristine tropical island areas on Earth

The Conversation

By Sam Purkis | – The Chagos Archipelago is one of the most remote, seemingly idyllic places on Earth. Coconut-covered sandy beaches with incredible bird life rim tropical islands in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles from any continent. Just below the waves, coral reefs stretch for miles along an underwater mountain chain. It’s a […]

Climate Change

How Organizers can fight back against Corporate Greenwashing and Climate ‘Inactivism’

Waging Nonviolence

By Selina Gallo-Cruz | – ( Waging Nonviolence) – When communities around the country carried out annual clean-ups and tree-plantings in celebration of a now 51-year old Earth Day, industries, too, lined up to pledge their commitment to “go green.” But the savvy, often subtle deception of these market strategies to promote companies as engaging […]

Climate Crisis

Mammals face an uncertain future as global temperatures rise

The Conversation

By Maria Paniw and Rob Salguero-Gómez | – Even with fires, droughts and floods regularly in the news, it’s difficult to comprehend the human toll of the climate crisis. It’s harder still to understand what a warming world will mean for all the other species we share it with. This is true for even our […]

Climate Crisis

Methane Menace and Global Heating: Why President Biden is wrong and Fracking must be Banned

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – When running for office, Joe Biden pledged that the federal government would not ban hydraulic fracturing or fracking. This environmentally disastrous method of extracting petroleum and natural gas from shale rock beneath the earth involves pumping water down there under enormous pressure to break up the rocks and release the […]

Climate Crisis

Is Global Heating Triggering a Mass Extinction Event in Oceans? Marine life is fleeing the equator to cooler waters

The Conversation

By Anthony Richardson, Chhaya Chaudhary, David Schoeman and Mark John Costello | – The tropical water at the equator is renowned for having the richest diversity of marine life on Earth, with vibrant coral reefs and large aggregations of tunas, sea turtles, manta rays and whale sharks. The number of marine species naturally tapers off […]