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The Global Resilience Imperative by Johan Rockström & Ottmar Edenhofer – Project Syndicate

Source: The Global Resilience Imperative by Johan Rockström & Ottmar Edenhofer – Project Syndicate

Today’s catastrophic risks to global health, climate, and biodiversity call for urgent collective action that makes humans true stewards of the planet. This involves recognizing that everyone’s individual health and prosperity depends on respecting planetary boundaries and properly managing what belongs […]

USA Democrats’ new climate change policy platform could unite the left – Vox

The factions of the Democratic coalition have come into alignment on climate change.

Source: Democrats’ new climate change policy platform could unite the left – Vox  

By David Roberts@drvoxdavid@vox.com  May 27, 2020, 9:30am EDT

After the ignominious failure of the Democratic climate change bill in President Barack Obama’s first term — the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill that narrowly […]

Daily Newsletter- Bill McKibben and the Diminishing Power of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Source: Daily Newsletter

Bill McKibben: The Climate Crisis

In the New Yorker, May 28, 2020

The coronavirus crisis has both obscured and illuminated one of the most seismic developments on our planet in many decades: I think it’s now clear that the power of the fossil-fuel industry has decisively passed its zenith. It’s not a spent force […]

If COVID-19 frightens you, you should be terrified by climate change | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

Source: If COVID-19 frightens you, you should be terrified by climate change | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

“It is worse, much worse, than you think.” This is how journalist David Wallace-Wells opens his 2019 book, The Uninhabitable Earth, about global climate change. This sentence aptly describes the dire circumstances our planet faces now and in […]

IS CARBON TAX A “SILVER BULLET”? YES. – Reality Hub

Source: IS CARBON TAX A “SILVER BULLET”? YES. – Reality Hub

We frequently hear those climate activists who are skeptical of carbon fee and dividend legislation (see, e.g., The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, H.R. 763) dismiss it as not a “silver bullet.” What is meant by this seemingly pejorative comment I’m not entirely […]

A Major Oil Pipeline Project Strikes Deep at the Heart of Africa – Yale E360

Source: A Major Oil Pipeline Project Strikes Deep at the Heart of Africa – Yale E360

Despite the global plunge in oil prices, a major pipeline that would carry oil 900 miles across East Africa is moving ahead. International experts warn that the $20 billion project will displace thousands of small farmers and put key […]

In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. – The New York Times

Source: In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. – The New York Times

VISION FOR EQUITABLE CLIMATE ACTION

https://equitableclimateaction.org/

The climate crisis affects all of us, in almost every aspect of our lives. And the solutions to global warming touch every part of the country and the economy. The Vision for Equitable Climate Action (VECA) is a roadmap for how we can prevent the worst of global warming, in ways that will make […]

Here’s what to expect for Laudato Si’ Week as pope’s ecology document turns five | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

Source: Here’s what to expect for Laudato Si’ Week as pope’s ecology document turns five | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. – The New York Times

Source: In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. – The New York Times