The Dutch parliament has just voted to close down the the country's coal industry. Although not quite a done deal, contrast this to our country opening a new coal mine in Cape Breton on May 1st, 2016. And to an American company known for mining safety violations.
Today, an American bank, Amalgamated Bank, became the first bank to commit to divesting from carbon risks and investing in a clean energy transition. This article also talks about the legal risks of not taking action.
Scientists are claiming that humanity’s impacts on the Earth are now so profound that we have entered a new geological epoch—the Anthropocene. And Pope Francis has recently spoken out that destroying the environment is a sin.
Costa Rica is pioneering a vision for development without fossil fuels, although 70% of all of its energy consumption is oil, because its transportation is totally dependent upon fossil fuels. And yet, they are inspirational because last year they did not use any fossil fuels for 299 days to generate their electricity. Transportation is the elephant in the room, as clearly as model of urban mobility is broken, and incremental change is not sufficient, we need transformational change.
China has just ratified the Paris climate change agreement and not a moment too soon, as soaring ocean temperature presents a major challenge for human society.
It’s no secret that scientists struggle to communicate their imperative research to the public.
Elon Musk, in his latest clean energy innovation, has purchased SolarCity to make solar ‘shingles’. Read more here.
Back in May, Ed Hawkins shared his spiral climate GIF animating the rapid nature of global warming. This visualization made waves across the web as it communicated the threat of climate change in a way that people could better understand.
I just came across this site, The Green Market Oracle, a convergence of capitalism and the global environment.
By: Beverly deVries, M.A., creator of Humans of a Warming World