New York Is Answering the Call for Bold Action on Climate
The City of New York began its fight against the fossil fuel industry in the early days of 2018 with the blockbuster announcement that...
Obama Setting the Pace on Climate Action but is it Enough?
President Barack Obama has taken bold action with his recent announcement of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The plan sets new stringent standards to reduce CO2...
Fossil Fuel Subsidies – Dumbest Policy Of Our Times
A recent Editorial Board article by Bloomberg labelled fossil fuel subsidies as the world's dumbest policy ever. The delay by G20 leaders in eliminating fossil fuels...
Unprecedented Climate Mobilization Needed Now
Unprecedented Climate Mobilization is the title of a book just released by authors Elizabeth Woodworth and David Ray Griffin. Although I'm pleased with the launch of...
California – Drought Fixes or Race to the Bottom
According to the United Nations, desertification and drought affected one third of the planet surface and over 1.5 billion people globally in 2012. In...
The World’s Worst Climate Villain Delivers Death Sentence to US Climate Action
"It’s as dark a day as there’s been in the long fight over climate," said Bill McKibben (in his Crucial Years piece) as climate...
Creepy and Disturbing Tracking of Climate Activists
A new wave of politically driven attacks on environmentalists and climate change advocates is emerging. It's creepy and disturbing. It resembles tracking or stalking. And...
Will Trudeau Keep Up With The Yanks On Climate?
Justin Trudeau's reign as a self-proclaimed climate leader is about to come crashing down at the Biden Climate Leaders Summit. Breaking onto the climate scene...
The Clean Energy Revolution is Underway
The clean energy revolution is underway. From Germany to China and countries all around the globe, governments, cities, towns, public institutions, and progressive companies are leading the...
Making America Wait Again On Climate
Writing in theguardian, George Monbiot begins his January 19th article with the phrase "make America wait again". While he's actually referring to Donald Trump's...