Sunday, November 24, 2019

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WHAT NOW? HOW TO STAY INVOLVED AFTER THE CLIMATE STRIKES: In late September, millions of people around the world took to the streets for the largest climate strikes in history. But now what?

SAY WHAT?: STARTING A CLIMATE CONVERSATION.  Everyone knows we’ve got to start talking about the climate crisis. So where do you begin?

Solar Energy Basics: Solar energy is a powerful source of energy that can be used to heat, cool, and light homes and businesses.

Renewable energy is now a compelling alternative as it costs less than fossil fuels, says Michael Milken

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2018

Poll: American Voters Support Climate Action

Climate Change Still Seen as the Top Global Threat, but Cyberattacks a Rising Concern: Worries about ISIS and North Korea persist, as fears about American power grow

100% Commitments in Cities, Counties, & States

The World's Renewable Energy Cities

204 RE100 companies have made a commitment to go '100% renewable'. Read about the actions they are taking and why.

Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2019

JOIN THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CONVERSATION

Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit Against Big Oil, Saving Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest

Native American Actor Rick Mora Helps Abandoned Huskies To Find New Homes: "Feel it, just feel it, go where your heart takes you. In humility and kindness, you will find your hearts path… Then you will discover yours." -Rick Mora

CLIMATE ACTION BEYOND BORDERS: No matter where in the world our Climate Reality Leadership Corps trainings take us, our sustainability standards are always along for the ride.

HOW PIPELINES FUEL CLIMATE INJUSTICE: Those protesting pipeline infrastructure understand that natural gas build-out will hurt their already vulnerable communities – in both the short term in the form of dangerous pollution and the long term as it contributes to rising global temperatures.

CLIMATE ACTION IN CITIES COMES IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES: New report showcases how cities are tackling the climate crisis. Through 100 projects, the Cities100 report makes it clear that the solutions are indeed available – and are to be found all over the world, in all sectors.

U.S. House passes bill making animal cruelty a federal felony

Empty Planet: Preparing for the Global Population Decline

The World's Shrinking Population

The shape of population to come | Lisa Berkman | TEDxHarvardCollege

Weather Channel owner Byron Allen wants to highlight climate change’s impact on Black communities: The Weather Channel will host climate change special with 2020 Presidential Candidates

What happens when schools go solar? Overlooked benefits: Research examines overlooked benefits of solar panels on US campuses

Putting a price on nature

Big Banks are Accused of Funding the Climate Crisis: To save the world, we must follow the money, climate campaigners say.

Sometimes a Little Disruption is Necessary

Left, Center and Right, We're All in Denial About Climate Change

Corporate America Has Sapped “Green” of Meaning: The word is used to describe disposable plastic diapers as well as the most ambitious climate legislation ever proposed. So what good is it?

Olga Tokarczuk’s Gripping Eco-Mystery: The Nobel Prize–winning novelist recasts our relationship with the environment.

Let's talk about AOC vs DOD....

Science And Society Beliefs Across The Globe: A Study Of Fifty-Four Countries Assesses Public Optimism And Reservations

Chernobyl And The Future Of Nuclear Energy

Trump Ignores Climate, Gets into Hot Water at UN General Assembly

Mont Blanc climate change impact revealed in photos 100 years apart: Large scale of ice loss in the region shown by images

RRS Sir David Attenborough: A new polar research ship for Britain

Ice Could Crumble from Planpincieux Glacier

Record melting sees Swiss glaciers shrink 10% in five years

Trump makes it official: U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

Senate unanimously passes bill making animal cruelty a federal felony, sending it to President Trump's desk

Trump Administration Makes It Easier to Dredge Protected Areas to Restore Beaches

The Greta Thunberg generation pushes Harvard to deal with climate crisis: Fed-up alumni are looking to elect a slate of dissident members to the Harvard’s Board of Overseers, all of them young and all of them committed to change.

Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting: Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them.

Hemp ethanol is about five times cheaper than gasoline

Trump Admin. Quietly Awards Dozens of Lion Trophy Permits to Hunters, GOP Donors

Is this the solution to contaminated water on military bases?

How to forge rhinoceros horn: A realistic knock-off may wreck the rhino-horn market

Jane Fonda Collaborating with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments!

The Climate Crisis Is A Public Health Emergency, New Report Warns: Heatwaves, drought, wildfires and infectious disease threaten to undermine decades of gains in global public health.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SLATED TO OPEN OVER 1 MILLION ACRES OF CALIFORNIA LAND FOR FRACKING AND DRILLING DESPITE OUTCRY

Judge throws out Trump order and restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic

Trump finalizes repeal of Obama-era clean water rule

I Saw A Man Who Walks With A Trolley Around Mexico Saving Hundreds Of Homeless Dogs And His Story Touched Me

No laughing matter

Bolsonaro Dismisses Amazon Deforestation as ‘Cultural’

A Frozen Realm: Inside the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

EDF Solutions.  Science Under Siege: The Trump administration is chipping away at the science that environmental protection depends on.  Here’s why its efforts will fail.

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