The Weekly Question
It's a new week. How do you plan to #ChangetheClimate this week? pic.twitter.com/9UlLZOjHDp
— Change the Climate (NYC) (@ChngetheClimate) January 6, 2019
It's a new week. How do you plan to #ChangetheClimate this week? pic.twitter.com/9UlLZOjHDp
— Change the Climate (NYC) (@ChngetheClimate) January 6, 2019
Stay tuned for a NYC Council bill that would require the City to develop a plan by the end of 2019 for the phase out of all natural-gas fired power plants + replacing them with renewable energy generators
Preview how climate science could impact Juliana v United States, a law suit brought by young people against the federal government, claiming the “nation’s climate system” is critical to their rights to life, liberty + property + asserting the federal government has violated their substantive due process rights by allowing fossil fuel production, consumption, + combustion at
'dangerous levels'
"Imagine if our efforts, from community-driven renewable energy enterprises to climate policy, integrated a new kind of "emotional intelligence" - which can say, yep, we know, this is hard, scary, exciting, overwhelming, + you may be feeling x and y. Let's talk about it, let's figure it out together." Renee Lertzman, psychologist
The New Jersey Office of the Attorney General is hiring an Assitant Attorney General responsible for management of affirmative environmental litigation with a priority on civil enforcement actions, natural resource damage suits, litigation involving the federal government + promoting environmental justice.
UNESCO World Heritage sites with "outstanding universal value" are at risk from climate disruption impacts
US carbon dioxide emissions rose 3.4% in 2018, per new expert report
What's the deal with the Green New Deal? Not at all definitive, but a place to start
Here's what congestion pricing is - a map to a fairer + more rational transportation system - not a death threat to taxi drivers or an arbitrary tax
In the city of Lahore in Pakistan, #airpollution levels this winter have on some days hit five times the legal limit. Many in the city of 11 million complain of headaches and burning eyes and throats #climate
— Thomson Reuters Foundation News (@TRF_Stories) January 7, 2019
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📸 REUTERS/Mohsin Raza pic.twitter.com/czx3PujvFR
Take a closer look at what the GOP calls "innovation" for solving our climate crisis + what's well known about how it actually works effectively + large scale
First takes on what a Green New Deal for NY could mean, including some legislative + policy ideas already on the table
5 major European banks adopt low-carbon lending practices + collaborate on means to track their progress + determine where to cut investments
The House Energy + Commerce Committee will devote its first hearing to the economic + environmental impacts of climate change
A Japanese steel maker/utility consortium scraps plans for a coal-burning power plant after government signals environmental concerns
Gov. Cuomo derails de Blasio's 15 month L train repair shut down by announcing a no-shut down fix
A reminder for aspiring climate lawyers, 0 - 3 years out from law school or your LLM: The Sabin Center is hiring a fellow for 2019-2021. Application deadline is January 15. Check out the details here: https://t.co/3qOsHsQ95B pic.twitter.com/vWXPmy8Iv5
— Mike Burger (@ProfBurger) January 3, 2019
What are the top financing levers for driving decarbonization across critical industry stocks?
If you think China's global Belt + Road infrastructure plan won't affect you, you'd be wrong
Double good news for UK electricity, generating levels at their lowest since 1994 + renewables producing 33% of that power. BTW, population is up + economy's doing OK