Quick Links: TAKE ACTION CAN 12-Point Plan Carbon Pricing Sacred Stones Legal
04/24/18
This is a reflection of Bill McKibben/ the world war 2-like economic transformation we need.
Commentary: We Should Prepare for Climate Change Like We Prepare for War
fortune.com
Now is the time to act, regardless of the uncertainty in modeling the impacts.04/24/18
Stop fracking. Stop gas production and burning.
World May Hit 2 Degrees of Warming in 10-15 Years Thanks to Fracking, Says Cornell Scientist
desmogblog.com
In 2011, a Cornell University research team first made the groundbreaking discovery that leaking methane from the shale gas fracking boom could make burning fracked gas worse for the climate than coal.04/21/18
We need to understand and feel this man's grief.
Opinion | A Man Set Himself on Fire. We Barely Noticed.
nytimes.com
If we can give our newspapers over to gun-toting maniacs for days on end, we can spare some attention for this.04/21/18
And on the other hand, this is a big bummer. Ban filthy heavy fuel oil.
What Is Eating Away at the Greenland Ice Sheet?
insideclimatenews.org
A living carpet of microbes, dust and wind-blown soot is exacerbating ice melt as Arctic temperatures rise, and it's raising alarms about sea level rise.04/21/18
This is some really good news, for a change!
Carbon Markets Pay Off for These States as New Businesses, Jobs Spring Up
insideclimatenews.org
A 3-year review found $1.4 billion in economic benefits across the 9 RGGI states, no harm to electric grid reliability, and long-term benefits for residents.04/21/18
04/20/18
Columnists Alexandra Golikov and Darcy Glenn: Earth Day reminder to support carbon pricing
gazettenet.com
Before 1970, there was no real limit on the kind or amount of pollution being released into the air.Lethal haze from cars and industries hovered above cities, and raw sewage was dumped into streams. In 1969, the Santa Barbara oil well blowout spilled...04/19/18
Mass Energy Consumers Alliance
We are underinvesting in #EnergyEfficiency and leaving money on the table. The utilities and policymakers know this. Something is not right here... Get the scoop: http://bit.ly/2qbCO5U04/11/18
EPA drops rule requiring mining companies to have money to clean up pollution
chicagotribune.com
President Donald Trump's administration said that it won't require mining companies to prove they have the financial wherewithal to clean up their pollution.04/11/18
The US is winning the climate fight in electricity — and losing it just about everywhere else
vox.com
Wind and solar are great, but other sectors require other solutions.04/10/18
04/09/18
Adding to the reason why we must continue to block the Keystone XL.
Keystone pipeline leak in South Dakota about double previous...
reuters.com
The Keystone crude oil pipeline leak in November in rural South Dakota was nearly double the original estimate, making it one of the largest U.S. inland spills since 2010, a newspaper report on Saturday said.04/08/18
Latest piece in Gazette. https://facebook.com/marty.a.nathan/posts/…
Columnist Marty Nathan: Cut military budget to save the climate
gazettenet.com
This week I received an email bulletin from an environmental organization that I love, asking me to call and thank Elizabeth Warren for her work on the “great” 2018 federal budget that the Congress recently passed.Most Democrats, like Sen. Warren, for...04/05/18
First Direct Observations of Methane's Increasing Greenhouse Effect at Earth's Surface
newscenter.lbl.gov
A Berkeley Lab research team tracked a rise in the warming effect of methane – one of the most important greenhouse gases for the Earth’s atmosphere – over a 10-year period at a DOE field observation site in northern Oklahoma.04/04/18
Thanks to Missy Missy Turin Wick.
How Climate Activists Failed to Make Clear the Problem with Natural Gas
e360.yale.edu
The climate movement’s biggest failure has been its inability to successfully make the case that natural gas is not a clean replacement for other fossil fuels. So as natural gas has boomed, U.S. emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, have increased dramatically.04/04/18
Some people don't want to hear the truth about problems caused by gas extraction, transport, and burning.
https://facebook.com/marty.a.nathan/posts/…
Way to go, Divest Smith!
Columnist Gabriella J. Zutrau: Time for fossil fuel divestment by Smith College
gazettenet.com
During my sophomore year at Smith College, President Kathleen McCartney addressed me and my peers as members of the Student Government Association.She specifically encouraged us to “use Smith as a platform to be agents of change.” At that point, I was...04/04/18
04/04/18
Columnist Gabriella J. Zutrau: Time for fossil fuel divestment by Smith College
gazettenet.com
During my sophomore year at Smith College, President Kathleen McCartney addressed me and my peers as members of the Student Government Association.She specifically encouraged us to “use Smith as a platform to be agents of change.” At that point, I was...04/04/18