Our Oceanic Climate Crisis
"Ocean shock" describes the impact of climate change on the animals + plants that live underwater + on which millions of people depend
"Ocean shock" describes the impact of climate change on the animals + plants that live underwater + on which millions of people depend
Noxious environmental realities like the red algae tide, are forcing Florida's candidates to campaign on green issues, including the hotly-contested Senate race
Talk of climate change/climate action is MIA from the NY governor's race
New research finds Earth’s oceans retain 60% more heat each year than scientists had predicted
How to build a climate movement before your 17th birthday #ThisIsZeroHour https://t.co/bpQvEoCKzK pic.twitter.com/KGogkQIAh1
— grist (@grist) October 31, 2018
Enjoy these Gotham Center podcasts, Open House NY walking tours for your ears
Do officials know what's in NYC's rooftop drinking water tanks? City Council members ask
If you or anyone you know is around in 2050, here's what the weather is likely to be in US cities
Why negative emissions technologies can't save us from climate chaos
Our latest post by Joan Sullivan as part of our #RenewableEnergy series: Buildings Made of Sky @CleanNergyPhoto @ProjectDrawdown @poweredbyart #architecture #carbon #climate #sustainability https://t.co/Sn0vZe451v pic.twitter.com/9afGKoTIpz
— AACC (@artsandclimate) October 18, 2018
Will New York pass legislation that sets a 2050 target year for 100% renewable energy to power everything?
Scottish Power will replace all its gas + hydro electric power projects with offshore wind
Where + why state-level election outcomes will have a big impact on energy policy
For Dave Roberts, defending car fuel efficiency standards (CAFE) from Trump's attacks will become moot as electric vehicles take over
Political uncertainties threaten to sap Australia's surging renewable energy markets
As a multi-billion-dollar makeover of JFK Airport is discussed, should be close look at runways' vulnerability to sea level rise. Their draft environmental assessment does not adequately study issue. https://t.co/Pjh8ftPGlN pic.twitter.com/UZp1FgjrDp
— Michael Gerrard (@MichaelGerrard) October 29, 2018
As much as $60bn of #coal power assets may be stranded in next decade across Vietnam, Indonesia & the Philippines. @matthewcgray:“We think it’s a mistake & may result in costly impairments.“This is a warning shot to investors who are standing at the ledge” https://t.co/cEZMRtb6mD pic.twitter.com/yNgniCtd1I
— Carbon Tracker (@CarbonBubble) October 29, 2018
Can big-spending Fossil Fuel defeat a carbon fee ballot initiative in Washington State?
Marcia McNutt, President of the National Academy of Sciences talks about the state of climate science + the public's understanding of it
A note from a sustainable architect colleague,
"As a member of the Architectural community of New York, I am writing to urge you and your colleagues to propose and pass PACE legislation this year. All of the internal issues and concerns about PACE have been addressed by city administrators, we only need to propose a local law and pass it through City Council.
Passing PACE legislation is critical to developing new financial markets to support the upgrading of existing buildings to be more energy efficient in order to meet our carbon use reduction goals, improve human health and air quality in the city, provide new construction jobs, and make the city safer and more resilient to major disruptions.
Any legislation must include commercial, institutional, and multifamily buildings in order to address the true needs of New Yorkers. At the state level, we need further advocacy to pass single family residential PACE as well."
The NYC Mayor's Office of Recovery + Resilience seeks a Chief-of- Staff to serve as a key member of the Director’s team, contributing to the day-to- day operations + execution of strategic goals and priorities
Civil disobedience mobilizes UK climate activists
Listen to @samkimmins discuss the Australian companies who are leading the way and going 100% renewable as part of our #RE100 programme on @ABCaustralia @Peter_F_Ryan https://t.co/CPVLQYq2Fm
— The Climate Group (@ClimateGroup) October 26, 2018
Public attitudes + political mobilization will determine winning or losing this race
Check out a brand new book about links among climate change, public health + environmental law
Shifting to renewable energy emerges as a unifying theme among Democratic candidates
The wild creatures of Antarctica are facing dire disruptions due to climate change
Singapore may not be an obvious choice as a place to build electric vehicles, buy Dyson sees it differently
Bruno Latour, a philosopher who views facts as arising from their social matrix, defends the scientific enterprise
What are the MTA's current ideas to fund a $40 billion/10 year subway + system fix?
No time to read learned reports about climate change? Here's the short version about what we've done + why we're sure it's us
The NY Attorney General sues Exxon for deceiving its shareholders by downplaying the expected risk of climate change to its business
...But now truck makers plan to roll out electric big rigs, starting in 2019
New York is committed to 1,500 - 3,000 MW of energy storage by 2025 , but the ways + means to that end are a work in progress
Scientists run for Congress, push back on attacks on climate science + Administration's evidence-denying policies
Imagine having your home smart gear run on solar cells powered by indoor lighting
An inter-city network of 21 "ultra rapid" EV recharging stations is coming to Australia
Why the worries about a collapse of the New Jersey solar power market by 2020?
Climate activist Bill McKibben writes we should all agree on at least one thing, let's not kill one another, + how he responds to such threats
Rising insurance premiums could be the thing that convinces Americans climate disruption risks are real
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Boston + Washington are Bloomberg Philanthropies' American Cities Climate Challenge award winners, what's happening there?
Solar power doubters are being proved wrong in NYC, here's how
Sustainable design helps a Bronx waterfront cement delivery terminal become an award winner
In Cities #LeadExposure Is Lowering Fertility rates for both men & women. Chronic exposure is partially responsible for poor educational outcomes & high crime rates! 500,000 kids exposed, Why does #Trump Administration try to cut funding for lead programs?https://t.co/4b6FTD0EEd
— Mustafa Santiago Ali (@EJinAction) October 22, 2018
A broad NYC coalition is demanding the next State budget include congestion pricing, November election outcomes could be pivotal
Chronically troubled NYC subway service drives riders to take a hike
The Mayor of Boston announces a waterfront plan for protecting the city from rising sea levels, which could swell 3 feet by 2070
Learn how a Minneapolis solar power entrepreneur advances solar power to power racial equality
In Michigan, utility customers participating in energy efficiency programs save $4 for every added $1 that goes to the utility
While both the Democratic + GOP candidates for Governor of Florida both seek the environmental vote, they don't agree on climate change
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for a Green New Deal to mobilize the US economy + David Wallace-Wells, a New York Magazine journalist, sees climate genocide coming soon, unless the US mobilizes at a WW II preparation level
Scratch the surface of EPA data about a dip in GHG emissions + see what's happening
Big gains in NYC energy efficiency are the only hope for keeping on-course for big GHG emissions cuts once the Indian Point nuclear power plant closes
The World Bank + Bill Gates launch a climate change adaption fund to help the world's most vulnerable people
A Scottish power generator swears off fossil fuels + embraces 100% wind power, a UK first
Newsworthy because it's so rare, weekend political talk show moderators were spurred to ask questions about climate change
The news, especially on TV, commits 'media malpractice' with its scant attention to climate change
NYC's decaying mass transit system makes meeting climate goals even harder, time for congestion pricing to help finance a turn around
The Bank of England will make bank insurers plan for the financial impacts of climate change
From my #MadhouseEffect lecture (w/ accompanying @TomTolesToons graphic):
— Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) October 16, 2018
"uncertainties about gravity..doesn't make it safe to walk off a cliff. Yet [some] would have us walk off the metaphorical cliff of climate inaction based on..similar uncertainty"https://t.co/AFiwGMmKPK pic.twitter.com/DCzfUQTNi3
When asked to provide my vision for #cities at #SmartCity conferences they are expecting me to say tech. But I simply say walkability. #Walking must be at the centre of any future city strategies. Humans need to walk! Tech must serve the city not other way round! @Walk21Network pic.twitter.com/AdaXWrfmI8
— Ludo Campbell-Reid (@AklDesignChamp) October 14, 2018
Why folks just don't care about the end of the world according to SNL's Jost + Che
...Go together like a horse + carriage, a key insight of Nobel Prize winning economist Bill Nordhaus
A good carbon tax doesn't trade away legal liabilities or policy prescriptions
This might be a first-ever research data base for who's who in the climate denialist industry
NYC-based Climate Nexus seeks an electric vehicles communications senior manager
Fact checking Trump's latest on climate change
A once run-down Paris neighborhood became a model of sustainable + inclusive urban transformation
The Green Party nearly doubles its votes, comes in second in Bavarian elections, potential national implications seen
The first Green GB Week will take place 15–19 October 2018. Climate experts will advise the government on whether the UK should set a date for a net zero emissions target.
Katharina Schulze, the woman leading the Green surge in Germany via @FT
— Sallan Foundation (@Sallan_Found) October 14, 2018
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When I wrote about the importance of covering #ClimateChange, a lot of readers responded that @washingtonpost is fortunate to have @chriscmooney on the case. Here's one example of why. https://t.co/tbf7iCIM2K
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) October 12, 2018
The Takeaway gives a snapshot of 2040 and then talks with two experts about solutions, Megan Mullin (Duke University) from the political and Mark Jacobson (Stanford University) weighs in on technological perspectives
With the federal government AWOL on climate change, a Green New Deal is on the ballot this year in WA putting a price on CO2 ect — another state steps up
A spokesperson for the department of foreign affairs and trade said: "Australia does not currently plan to replenish the Green Climate Fund above our existing commitment of A$200m"
Fortieth season owner and architect, Donald Powers, discusses the challenge of making a completely net-zero house out of an old house with a new addition
"Think about a future in which you will have three-dimensional highways to relieve traffic congestion," said Boeing Co. CEO
Leaked US critique of #climate report sets stage for political showdown in Korea: https://t.co/MzakLRynUv #IPCC pic.twitter.com/SxO50mVbhE
— Climate Home News (@ClimateHome) October 4, 2018
Fossil fuels are SO 20th Century, Turin accelerates the EV revolution
Is an economy-wide carbon price worth pursuing? Nonpartisan Citizens Climate Lobby makes the case for why they believe a bipartisan federal carbon bill can — and eventually will — get passed
Scientist Arthur Ashkin wins Nobel Prize in physics for old work with lasers. Oldest person to win a Nobel — retired from Bell Labs but still doing research. Currently working on ideas related to solar power, prompted by President Trump's decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.
Midterm election round-up — why are the candidates muted on environmental issues?