"Most of the increase in direct impact from climate hazards to date has come from greater exposure to hazards rather than from increases in the mean and tail intensity of hazards. In the future, hazard intensification will likely assume a greater role."
By 2035, the sale of news gas-powered cars in California will be banned. But, as climate activists have noted, there is no ban on oil drilling or fracking in the state
Earther, an environmental news website nested within Gizmodo, seeks an experienced Staff Writer/Reporter with a critical eye + the ability to ask (and answer) big questions about the climate crisis
What is sustainability management + what can it accomplish?
Guys, this is really, really bad. Our message is not getting through.
— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (@DoctorVive) September 23, 2020
In a new @YaleClimateComm @ClimateNexus poll, #ClimateChange came in 13th out of 18 issues "most important" to respondents' votes in November.
People STILL don't understand the urgency.
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Chinese President Ji pledges his nation to reaching carbon neutrality while President Trump goes on about the "Chinese" flu at the opening day session of he UN
Weary of California's climate chaos, there's talk of relocation - to destinations far away as Brooklyn
" I know that if we continue on our current trajectory, things are going to be real, real bad. But I also know that we can stop that trajectory, we can make things a lot better, not just for the climate, but in all these other ways that are related." Kate Marvel, climate scientist
Justice Ginsburg's Supreme Court record of environmental decisions
At least daily it hits me how wild it is that like 85% of Americans think this 👇 is normal and also think building neighborhoods where you can walk places is the craziest shit they've ever heard https://t.co/wlIz3qKjHP
— Travis R. Eby (@travis_robert) September 21, 2020
The Union Square Climate Clock displays the Earth's climate action countdown for 7 days, starting September 21
Start with the affirmation, we’re planning to stay. Then, Dr. Mindy Fullilove asks, “What do we need to make that possible?”
The 1903 transit options for crossing the Brooklyn Bridge
Non-US electric vehicle sales rise as prices near parity with fossil-fueled vehicles. Are fossil-fuelers worried?
Oceans' capacity for absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is running out, this will speed up the timeline of our climate crisis
The Sierra Club seeks a Chief Advancement Office, who reports directly to the Executive Director to support National + Chapter activities including directors responsible for major donor, foundation, planned giving + direct response fundraising programs
Plans are underway to expand the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, the world's biggest GHG market
The Arizona Senate race is running hot, but while the climate crisis is not a big campaign issue, prospects for a Democratic Senate majority are getting national attention
Climate scientist and wildfire expert Park Williams from @Columbia @earthinstitute @LamontEarth says that the relationship between warming, dryness and fire is exponential. Meaning that for each degree of extra warming, wildfires increase even more rapidly. Watch our special here https://t.co/YQled6h3mp
— Jeff Berardelli (@WeatherProf) September 18, 2020
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