By Jeremy Brecher | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – As the thousands of foot-weary protesters look back on the Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. — and its scores of sister marches around the country — one question will no doubt be foremost on their minds: How can a march, or indeed any […]
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Green Transportation
Can Climate Solutions also help Low-Income Consumers fight inequality?
By Basav Sen. | ( Inequality.org) | – – Renew Oregon is advancing innovative climate justice proposals, building on a legislative victory to expand the state’s use of renewable energy, with strong benefits for low-income consumers. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate in the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. and around […]
Sorry, Trump: China is Leading World toward first “Ecological Civilization”
David Tyfield | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration’s hostility towards climate action and research leaves a void in global climate politics. Could China step up? The world’s largest absolute emitter could certainly use US inaction as an excuse to backslide on its promises of greenery. But China could instead see this as […]
Can the West Coast throw up a Green wall against Trump’s Assault on Environment?
By Arun Gupta. | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – Despite a string of victories in the last few years limiting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure on the West Coast, Donald Trump’s presidency shows it was never going to be easy to defeat the oil and gas industry. In two months, Trump has […]
When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat
By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EURACTIV.com) | – – Governments are “trapped” by lobbyists, and it’s hard to fight climate change. But if young people are mobilised and turn to healthy lifestyles, there is hope, according to scientists. EURACTIV.com reports from Lyon.> Speaking at the Biovision 2017- The World Life Sciences Forum in Lyon, environmentalists […]
Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations issued its annual report on the climate on Tuesday, making a full and final assessment of 2016. It was not good news. It was big news, but it wasn’t good news. Also, surprise, it wasn’t reported on most […]
Low-Carbon ‘Eat Local’ Movement taking Spain by Storm
By Oscar Tomasi Pancorbo | EFEAgro | Euractiv Concepts like “100% local” and “zero kilometer” products are now on an upward trend in Spain and are forcing the food industry to rethink how it does business. EurActiv’s partner EFEAgro reports. Beyond the usual advertising messages, sector and consumer association representatives admit it is not easy […]
Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum in Death Spiral
The Tree | – – The renewable energy revolution is now well underway, but many continue to underestimate just how fast and transformative it is going to be. Despite a conservative approach to energy markets, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has just announced that ‘we are witnessing a transformation of global power markets led by […]
Get some Climate attitude: Ban Coal and forget about Carbon Capture
By Lili Fuhr | ( Project Syndicate ) BERLIN – Mainstream politics, by definition, is ill equipped to imagine fundamental change. But last December in Paris, 196 governments agreed on the need to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels – an objective that holds the promise of delivering precisely such a transformation. Achieving […]