Ā Henry Waxman, one of Congressā leading environmentalists and climate hawks, has issued a challenge to deficit hawks to actually tackle the deficit adequately by tackling climate change at the same time. Hereās more from ThinkProgress: Speaking at the Center for American Progress Action Fund today, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) said he believes a price
Ā I feel like Iām watching some fictitious tragic comedy when checking in on whatās going on in Durban, South Africa. Itās completely ridiculous. Our world āleadersā are struggling for an āambitiousā plan to cut our emissions MUCH too little FAR too late. I donāt know if I should scratch my head in confusion, cover
Ā The U.S. is the largest obstacle to climate change action by most accounts. Both internally and in international affairs, numerous U.S. political leaders have been opposed to strong progress on the matter for decades. It is no surprise that we are probably the most uninformed nation when it comes to climate science. One can
Media Matters has conducted a study on the climate change and climate action coverage of major TV networks and has come to a striking (though, not too surprising) conclusion: these TV news networks have heavily skewed the debate towards climate inaction (at the great frustration of climate scientists and all those who care about a livable climate).
Yes, you read that right, 16-year-old Alec Loorz, who Iāve written about a couple times before, is taking his concerns about catastrophic global warming and how it will affect his and future generations to another level. Beyond the direct action and online activism that he is a clear leader in, he is now suing the United States of America.
10 days ago, he wrote: āThis morning I filed a lawsuit against the United States of America, for allowing money to be more powerful than the survival of my generation, and for making decisions that threaten our right to a safe and healthy planet.ā
International youth marches organized by iMatter Movement and Motherās Day Marches this coming week āwill mobilize the largest number of youth ever to demand concrete actions against climate change,ā according to a news release I received yesterday on a matter Iāve been long awaiting.
I did a short preview of Power Shift 2011 last week. Unfortunately, living across the pond (and half a continent away), I wasnāt able to make it to the event. If youāre like me & wish you could have been there, here are a few great videos from the event, videos of wonderful speeches on global warming, climate change, and activism by Tim DeChristopher, Al Gore, and Bill McKibben.
I recently ran across this on Skeptical Science, and then actually saw it somewhere else a few days later. Great ad, so though itād be worth sharing with you.
