Some will say this headline is clickbait but I actually asked my readers want they wanted to know about @guardian's fossil fuel ad ban and I asked the company's interim chief executive everything so BITE ME. anyway here's the interview https://t.co/UanS16S6g9
— Emily Atkin (@emorwee) January 31, 2020
NYC-based Solar One acts to improve public safety during disasters with solar powered ambulances + public facilities for sheltering in place
What are the key points in the NY Comptroller's research into State pension funds disinvest from coal?
Will England's net-zero emissions goals get side-lined as the country adapts to Brexit?
Greenpeace is hiring for four positions: California Senior Climate Campaigner; Gulf Coast Senior Campaigner; Senior Climate Campaigner; Climate Campaign Manager
Making the case for the power of pressing on 6 tipping points to solve the climate crisis. Persuaded?
Nice work by my team here @CBSNews to expose misleading climate information. https://t.co/2VhKIYLQ1g
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) January 30, 2020
The Guardian will ban fossil fuel ads + forego the revenue they bring in
Tech Innovation (TC) + government regulation (GR)= Solution? Comment: at least better than where we are hurtling now
What's the key to moving electric car sales out of neutral?
The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund -- which assists climate + other scientists who find themselves increasingly under fire for doing their jobs -- is looking for a Development Manager
A solutions-facing course about climate change is taught by a Berkeley undergrad. Here's her syllabus
We fought to get clean-fuel buses to reduce emissions in Northern Manhattan. Happy to be on hand to see @MTA @NYCTBus introduce electric buses along Harlem’s 125th Street today. https://t.co/scFjQylDTX pic.twitter.com/vcs2qsy3XX
— WE ACT for EJ (@weact4ej) January 29, 2020
Copenhagen's Fashion week has designs on sustainability
Read this. Draw your own conclusions, which might be "It depends"
Melting Arctic sea ice may be altering Pacific Ocean El Ninos, finds new climate research. Findings call for more research
When glaciers melt, sea-level rise is generally larger the further away you are.
— Ed Hawkins (@ed_hawkins) January 28, 2020
This example is for Thwaites glacier in Antarctica: sea level next to the glacier actually falls when it melts, and rises everywhere else. https://t.co/NK4HJS26U1
Based on today's trends, here's what to expect -- an Era of climate emergency
NYC's Climate Mobilization Act demands a lot + if successful will accomplish a great deal
Is having children bad for the planet? Is it bad for kids, as they'll have to live with climate chaos?
In Vietnam, wind and solar met goal of providing 10% of power in 2030 10 YEARS AHEAD of schedule - and are rapidly eating into the 43% share allotted to coal
— Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) January 27, 2020
Why? Cheaper, cleaner, more popular and far quicker to build
Fossil fuels are so 20th centuryhttps://t.co/G2ZzedaKAu
"I love craft beers but would only buy them in bottles. After a visit to SIMS Recycling plant in Brooklyn and learning that there is little or no aftermarket value in recycled glass, I switched to beer in cans which are HIGHLY recyclable!" Thanks to It's Easy Being Green, Upper West Side, Aha! Moments
Permits for new development now require developers in New Jersey to take climate change, including rising sea levels, + emissions limits, into account when filing their plans
The real world magic of 'exponential growth' + how it could rapidly lead to a triumph of electric vehicles over the internal combustion engine
What must Finland do to meet its goal of becoming carbon-neutral in 15 years?
What is this climate crisis? “This is Thermopylae. This is Agincourt. This is the Battle of the Bulge. This is Dunkirk. This is 9/11”, Al Gore
Old, disused rail freight lines being eyed for new MTA passenger service between Bayridge + Astoria
With first ever energy benchmarking data on hand for medium-sized NYC buildings, what are the top findings?
Melting Arctic permafrost begin to make drastic changes
Why hasn't Silicon Valley moved into green tech since there's lots of money to be made there?
Devastating loss for NYC transit riders. https://t.co/g8qNs2yOZ7
— Ya-Ting Liu (@yating_liu) January 23, 2020
Why do people resist climate action? The answer can't be reduced to climate denials or corporate greed
The worlds major banking institutions are gravely concerned about financial meltdown risks linked to the climate crisis. US bankers are MIA
NY's Governor Cuomo orders state agencies to identify 'shovel ready' sites to speed up renewable energy project development
Climate chaos is making Florida home ownership a risky business, think $30 - 80 billion in losses
...Our climate crisis, both by likelihood + impact
NYC plans to test for air pollution with sensors mounted on cars
NYC plans to test for air pollution with sensors mounted on cars
The last time atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached today's levels was before modern humans evolved
From giant flood barriers to buy-outs for homes in flood prone areas, NYC seems stuck at the start line of its race for climate resilience
Bloomberg Green launches with an introduction to pioneers, leaders + ideas aimed at solving the climate crisis
Apply for a pre-doctoral fellowship or, if appropriate a post-doctoral fellowship for scholars at the Climate Museum
Mobility choices near the Sallan Foundation in 1910
Systemic economic risks posed by the climate crisis are here, now.
Start here, the home page for the BRAND NEW Bloomberg Green Data Dashboard, where every visit you are served a randomly ordered array of real-time climate metrics: https://t.co/wEMRVcALmg pic.twitter.com/zQTkC6Ri0u
— Eric Roston (@eroston) January 21, 2020
There may be an air source heat pump in your future, so you'll want to know how it works
The number of business + jobs in the UK's green economy have dropped since 2014
2038 is the year Germany will stop burning coal for electric power
If Mike Bloomberg was elected President here's what he'd do about clean buildings + here's his pledge on decarbonizing transport (scroll down)
Cleaner air for China that comes with curtailing coal burning will mean longer lives, citizen demands lead the way
Are there links between climate change + Australia's unprecedented bush fire season?
9th Circuit dismissed Juliana v. US, the youth climate lawsuit, finding that the court does not have the power to order the remedial plan sought by plaintiffs -- a drawdown of GHGs. The panel also found that plaintiffs alleged injury and that fed policy may be the cause.
— Mike Burger (@ProfBurger) January 17, 2020
...or what a sea wall won't do to protect NYC from storm surge, high tide flooding or storm runoff. Then there's sea level rise, not part of current design considerations
"Yeah, we knew. Everybody knew," says the CEO of Shell. "And somehow we all ignored it."
— David Roberts (@drvox) January 16, 2020
And now I am rage-blind. I'm tweeting by sense of smell.https://t.co/cTIfbag6Uu
Oil Change International seeks a communications officer to help produce analysis of true costs of fossil fuels + couple that analysis with campaigns to shift the narrative + pressure decision-makers to stand up to the fossil fuel industry
Think climate protection costs too much? Here's what the lack of climate maintenance will cost
The world's largest offshore floating wind farm starts up in 2020, the first of its kind opened in Scotland in 2017
Denmark sourced record 47% of power from wind in 2019
— Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) January 3, 2020
In UK, zero-carbon electricity beat fossil fuels for 1st time in centuries in 2019, with just 2% from coal
By comparison, coal fuelled 74% of Australia's energy mix in 2018
Australia, where is your leadership?#shameful pic.twitter.com/J66aJEbuoO
A-list climate writer Dave Roberts does a demolition job on climate optimism. What to do? Keep things from getting more awful, expand empathy + get adaptation done
The food supply chain sustaining NYC faces real climate risks, is anything being done to make millions more food secure?
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice who publicly demanded greater corporate climate-responsible action, get a warning
True in 2019, truer in 2020, cities are the global climate action innovators + wellbeing-for-all is integral to innovation
You'll have extra time for this story if you're in a ride share car, which makes traffic congestion + slow commutes even worse
Update on NYC plans to protect its mass transit system from the rising risk of inundation
Scientists detect human-made climate change signals in the noise of daily weather
47% of Denmark's electricity came from wind power in 2019
Just waking up to the climate crisis or need a refresher? Here's a nifty accounting in 7 numbers
While there were meaningful gains for mass media climate coverage in 2019, three nodes of denial or silence get called out