Fossil fuels vs climate action: A not-so-hidden dilemma
We waited too long to begin the inevitable transition away from fossil fuels.
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From Trashing Black Lives to Treasuring Each Other: A Journey From Incineration Toward Zero Waste
One way we can all help the people of Chester and all around the world is to promote and support the zero-waste resolution.
A Bigger Tent Delivers Stronger Wins for Climate: The Lesson From Illinois
The state’s recently passed Climate and Equitable Jobs Act offers a model for other states to build coalitions to help communities and the planet.
Chester is choking
While temporary protective fixes of air filters and cautions about venturing outdoors are in place, when can we finally begin to think about institutional fixes that bring justice to residents who have aged breathing toxic air in the long-neglected city of Chester?
Over 450 Climate Scientists Say Advertising Industry Must End ‘Complicity’ in Climate Crisis
On Wednesday, a group of more than 450 scientists called on advertising agencies to cut off their fossil fuel clients and to end their ties with an ongoing misinformation campaign that has time and again killed progress on addressing the climate crisis.
How the Global South Can Lead the Way to a Post-Growth Future
The ‘post growth’ agenda envisions a future where economies do not grow infinitely. Degrowth is one of many routes to get there — by reducing the use of finite natural resources and addressing the social inequity that is inherent to the quest for endless economic growth.
Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £2.5bn to UK energy bills
Energy bills in the UK are nearly £2.5bn higher than they would have been if climate policies had not been scrapped over the past decade, Carbon Brief analysis shows.
Net zero versus real zero and the future of the planet
The achievement of net-zero emissions must be only a near-term intermediary step toward near zero emissions worldwide.
Why lowering everyone’s energy bills is a better solution than targeting only the most vulnerable
The best way to ensure help reaches everyone who needs it is through universal approaches that seek to lower energy bills for all.
Mapped: Europe’s Fossil Fuel-Backed Hydrogen Lobby
There is a clear tension between the optimism of hydrogen lobbyists who see a place for it throughout the economy, and the scepticism of climate experts who point to electrification as the better option in many contexts and highlight the potentially significant climate footprint of blue hydrogen.
Living without ‘machines’
How remote my own life is from taking “responsibility for my own material needs”, and how unskilled I am for that life—to the point where even if I wanted to, or needed to, I’m not sure how I would acquire the skills I needed for it.
Catching the sun: How communities create their own people-powered solar solutions
The following is excepted from To Catch the Sun: Inspiring Stories of Communities Coming Together to Harness Their Own Solar Energy, and How You Can Do It Too! by Lonny Grafman and Dr. Joshua M. Pearce.
