Climate
Two female climate protesters shut down the world’s biggest coal port for days
According to Blockade Australia, the activists, named as Zianna and Hannah, climbed to the top of machinery and suspended themselves out of reach to law enforcement officials. The activists also livestreamed the event on the Blockade Australia Facebook page warning that the over reliance on fossil fuels was leading the world to 'a catastrophic ecological collapse'.
By Unni Krishnan4 years ago in Earth
Where do you find peace in this crazy world?
When I search for peace, I always find it in my garden. I also love to visit the Urban Food Forest at Brown’s Mill and the Atlanta Botanical Garden. While I’ve valued these magnificent grounds for many years, I never recognized the biodiversity in my backyard.
By jannysheart ❤️4 years ago in Earth
Fossil Fuel Divestment and Climate Change
On September 9th, 2021, Larry Bacow, the president of Harvard University, announced plans to phase out investments in oil, gas, and coal. The primary catalyst for such divestment is climate change pressure. But, in fairness, the institution has been on this path for over a decade.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
Assessing The Health Impacts Of Electric Vehicles Through Air Pollution In The United States
Washington, DC, September 29, 2021 - The widespread adoption of electric vehicles by energy sector policies will bring full benefits to air quality and health in all Indian states by 2040, according to a new study. A new study has found that if electric vehicles change 25% of current vehicles on the road, the United States will save about $ 17 billion a year while avoiding damage due to climate change and air pollution. New research shows that using electric vehicles can improve health.
By Mario Thomas4 years ago in Earth
Nailed to the Door of Our Planet PART 2
“The paradox of McWorld (corporate ideal) Benjamin Barber writes in Jihad vs. McWorld, “is that it destroys the financial base of the consumers it needs on the way to selling them products. It overproduces goods and underproduces employment, unable to see the connection between them. While democracy cultivates free markets, markets fail to cultivate democracy.”
By Gerard Fournier4 years ago in Earth
The Climate in Seattle is Changing
By Brian Abbey My name is Brian Abbey, and I was born and raised in Seattle. Well, Burien, actually, and I spent a lot of time in Leavenworth. But I’ve lived in and around Seattle my whole life, where it rains, on average, 155.3 days per year and where we have 152 days of sunshine per year. You can learn a lot through statistics and averages. The average annual high temperature is 59º and the low is 45º and we have 2,019 average hours of sunshine per year. You can learn other things too, like that it doesn’t get real hot for real long, and eventually it always, and I mean always rains. But there are some things that statistics can’t tell you in any meaningful way. Like the fact that this year it got real hot, hotter than I can ever remember. And it was dryer than I can remember it ever being. And as these extreme weather events keep playing out, people start conflating a heat wave with climate change. Now, I’m not an atmospheric scientist, but I do have a degree in environmental studies, and I’ve studied these things enough to know that, well, it’s time we have the talk. See, I think most people out there don’t quite understand what the climate is, why it’s changing, or really why it should even matter to them. And while I’ve never been good with analogies, I think that under the circumstances we need a better way to convey the urgency with which we have to ask about climate change. What it comes down to is this: we have to make changes, or the earth will make them for us. For all the Brian Abbey’s and Joe Smith’s of the world.
By Albert David4 years ago in Earth
