Actions speak louder than words. Last year, world leaders reached the Paris Agreement, the world’s first global climate pact that included every major country on the planet. Today, that agreement enters into force! Now, it’s time for our governments to … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): On Friday, October 21, Before the Flood, a film by Academy Award winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens, will be released in theaters from New York to Los Angeles. The film follows Leonardo DiCaprio … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Federal action opportunities: *Submit comments in support of investment in energy efficiency and clean energy, especially in low-income communities across the Commonwealth under the proposed Clean Energy Incentive Program. Click through for opportunities … Continued
Posted at http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/06/howarth-alerts-white-house-growing-methane-danger By Blaine Friedlander (bpf2@cornell.edu) As methane intensifies greenhouse gas in the atmosphere – propelling average global temperatures higher toward the brink of no return – Cornell’s Robert Howarth briefed the White House’s Office of Science and Technology … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-31/climate-change-air-quality/report-rising-sea-levels-threaten-wildlife/a53818-2 August 31, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Wetlands need to be able to migrate inland as sea levels rise. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Rising … Continued
Saturday, 20 August 2016 00:00 By George Monbiot, the Guardian | News Analysis Excerpted, bolded and underlined below by contributor Rachel Mark The media turns us away from the issues that will determine the course of our lives, and towards topics of … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Six feet. That’s what scientists reported last week as the likely sea level rise in the next 85 years, if we don’t check the current levels of runaway climate change. Under this scenario, “the … Continued