This was such a waste of a climate question by Chris Wallace. What self-respecting journalist would ask a presidential candidate if they "believe" in, say, poverty, or homelessness, or taxes? Climate change is fact. We've got to ask elected officials what they're doing about it. https://t.co/UpKnXanU5V
— Sammy Roth (@Sammy_Roth) September 30, 2020
Putting a price on carbon isn't the holy grail of climate policy, but it's important, so is figuring out the right price for climate chaos avoidance
Something new under the sun, Pier 26 on the Hudson River
Total, a major French oil company, buys London's largest EV charging network
Greenpeace USA seeks a Senior Climate Campaigner to lead + carry out campaigns that build independent political power to stop the expansion of the fossil fuel industry + create solutions commensurate to the urgency of this planetary crisis
NYC test drives electric trash collection trucks, but no date in sight for a Sanitation fleet conversion
Miami is Ground Zero for a city threatened by sea level rise, but keeps on building + creating gaping social schisms
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