New Jersey, the nation's most densely populated state, enacts an environmental justice law that will require major polluters like fossil fuel power plants, refineries, medical waste incinerators, waste, recycling + scrap metal facilities, sewage + sludge facilities + landfills to analyze public health impacts when seeking operating permits
Follow this thought experiment Is rooftop or utility-scale solar power the better choice?
What's the connection between the spread of diseases like COVID-19 that pass from wild animals to humans (zoonosis) + the climate crisis?
.@BloombergQuint has a fascinating report on the plan from Tsinghua University’s Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, showing how China could achieve its ambition for carbon neutrality by 2060. I made this chart showing the numbers in the piece. https://t.co/AUhybB9otV pic.twitter.com/qxzVS1VG8G
— Ed Crooks (@Ed_Crooks) September 29, 2020
BOOM! Latest figures from @NYC_DOT show cycling increase is continuing. Action needed, @NYCMayor: https://t.co/bleqYCIn4Q
— Streetsblog New York (@StreetsblogNYC) September 28, 2020
German climate activists protest against expanded coal mining by occupying a coal-burning power plant
Stabilizing ocean temperatures reported in new science research, is bad news when it comes to hurricanes marine life + the ability of oceans to absorb more CO2
Oysters + bees + beavers oh my! are returning to NYC. How great is that!
The Securities + Exchange Commission must exercise its power to require that companies disclose standardized information on their climate risks to secure a firmer financial future for all
As temperatures head up + up, dangerous disease-bearing ticks march north
Key legal decisions + key legal principles that will be in play as federal courts hear the next generation of climate cases
More heat? Check. More drought? Check.But now, there is more of both together. Uh-oh
"Most of the increase in direct impact from climate hazards to date has come from greater exposure to hazards rather than from increases in the mean and tail intensity of hazards. In the future, hazard intensification will likely assume a greater role."
By 2035, the sale of news gas-powered cars in California will be banned. But, as climate activists have noted, there is no ban on oil drilling or fracking in the state
Earther, an environmental news website nested within Gizmodo, seeks an experienced Staff Writer/Reporter with a critical eye + the ability to ask (and answer) big questions about the climate crisis
What is sustainability management + what can it accomplish?
Guys, this is really, really bad. Our message is not getting through.
— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (@DoctorVive) September 23, 2020
In a new @YaleClimateComm @ClimateNexus poll, #ClimateChange came in 13th out of 18 issues "most important" to respondents' votes in November.
People STILL don't understand the urgency.
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Chinese President Ji pledges his nation to reaching carbon neutrality while President Trump goes on about the "Chinese" flu at the opening day session of he UN
Weary of California's climate chaos, there's talk of relocation - to destinations far away as Brooklyn