New law aims for 40% cut by 2030, Buildings account for 67% of city’s climate change emissions New York City has approved an ambitious plan to combat climate change by forcing thousands of large buildings to slash their greenhouse gas emissions...
In the time it took to build the case that climate change is a pollution problem, it’s become unnervingly more than that. THIRTY YEARS AGO, the potentially disruptive impact of heat-trapping emissions from burning fossil fuels and rain forests became...
Sir David Attenborough’s new BBC documentary on climate change has been praised by TV critics. Climate Change – The Facts, shown on BBC One on Thursday, was a “rousing call to arms”, said the Guardian. In a four-star review, the Times said the veteran presenter...
Renewable energy is booming, but it still needs a lot of help. The US Energy Information Administration dropped some troubling new data this week: US energy consumption hit a record high in 2018 in large part due to the growing use of fossil fuels....
Nature is in freefall and the planet’s support systems are so stretched that we face widespread species extinctions and mass human migration unless urgent action is taken. That’s the warning hundreds of scientists are preparing to give, and it’s stark....
(CNN) - Students worldwide skipped classes on Friday to demand that world leaders take action on a threat to their survival: Climate change. The movement, inspired by the actions of 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, spanned more than 100 countries and 1,500 cities, where students...
After years of infighting, the Democrats may finally have found an environmental consensus in the Green New Deal. ROBINSON MEYER for The Atlantic On Monday, speaking at a town hall led by Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative-Elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez framed her chosen climate policy—the Green New Deal—through the...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Author: Emily Holden for the Guardian Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey, along with dozens of co-sponsors, have introduced a vision for the Green New Deal. One Republican called it a “socialist manifesto”. Many environmental advocacy groups have hailed it,...
From: https://www.thedailybeast.com/bill-and-melinda-gates-unveil-big-plan-for-the-environment?via=ios Author: Molly C. Enking In their annual letter, Gates and his wife Melinda hone in on what he says are the “five grand challenges” to combating climate change and global warming: agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation. Bill Gates wrote that Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the $1 billion fund...
Corporate America Is Getting Ready to Monetize Climate Change By Christopher Flavelle for Bloomberg January 22, 2019 Storms, floods, drought and heat waves worry largest companies Merck, Apple, Home Depot also see new revenue opportunities Bank of America Corp. worries flooded homeowners will default on their mortgages. The Walt Disney...