Jane Fonda sounds climate alarm on Trump: 'We can't lose another four years'
Actress and activist Jane Fonda has sounded the climate change alarm bell regarding former President Trump. “We can't waste another four years,” Fonda said. According to CBS News. Fonda's comments came during an interview scheduled to air next weekend, according to CBS News. She is a climate change activist who started the “Fire Drill Fridays” […]
The US needs a Project 2025 for the climate
In national conversations, we sometimes hear the term “cognitive dissonance” — the discomfort we feel when our behavior or beliefs conflict with reality, resulting in anxiety, guilt, and efforts to downplay the discrepancy. When conflicts involve life-threatening situations, the consequences are far more severe. Americans have been in cognitive dissonance about climate change for more […]
People must understand: we in Malawi are paying for the climate crisis with our lives | Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda
MaIn my country, Malawi, millions of people are facing an unprecedented existential crisis caused by climate breakdown. The frequency of extreme weather events and their devastating impacts on communities have left government officials like me in a major dilemma on how quickly to act to save lives. In the past three years, we have gone […]
Democrats Want ‘Climate Literacy’ In Schools As Actual Literacy Slips
Democrats have been pushing to increase “literacy” regarding climate change-related materials in American schools, yet students' actual literacy performance is poor. Party Education Platform “Climate literacy” has been submitted to elementary, middle, and high school students in the United States on multiple occasions, emphasizing the need for students to be able to understand and interpret […]
Climate Policy Has Largely Been Be Poorer for the Climate
On Friday's episode of HBO's “Real Time,” host Bill Maher acknowledged that climate policy over the past 20 years has essentially asked people to lower their standard of living in the name of the environment. “One of the things we've been trying to do in climate policy for the last 20 years is basically tell […]
Largest US asset managers cut support for climate change proposals
The three biggest U.S. asset managers reportedly scaled back shareholder support for so-called ESG proposals during the last voting period following Republican backlash over their controversial investment policies. BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, which hold roughly 20% of all companies in the S&P 500, have backed fewer environmental, social and governance resolutions compared to last […]
Climate Change ‘More Fundamental’ Threat Than Terrorism, Say UK Gov’t
Britain's top diplomat has argued that climate change is a bigger threat to Britain's national security than terrorism or Russia. In his first major speech since his left-wing Labour party's victory in July's general election, Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Tuesday that the expected climate crisis would be “central” to his job, despite the […]
Florida Everglades ‘at Risk of Vanishing’ from Climate Change
A new climate doomsday report warns that New Orleans and Miami could cease to exist by 2050 due to rising sea levels caused by global warming. Apocalyptic Report An article by Lakeisha Ethans from The Travel magazine outlines “seven places in the US that may disappear in the near future” if climate change continues on […]
Shrinking island, vanishing polar bears — the climate scare stories that turn out to be false
Looking back at more than two decades of climate protest, two themes emerge: activists' stubborn refusal to acknowledge inconvenient science and an ever-changing set of pet stories that are first highlighted and then pushed aside. The only thing that hasn't changed is their obsession with scaring the public, which in turn has shaped bad climate […]
Rosario Dawson, Bill Nye among those teaming up for climate initiative
Rosario Dawson, Bill Nye, Jack Schlossberg and Sophia Bush are among the celebrities who have partnered with a group called Climate Power to urge voters to support VP Harris' positions on energy and the environment. In the campaign “It's too hot not to vote.” The group hopes to galvanize voters in seven key battleground states […]