How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide
The continued burning of fossil fuels is closing schools around the world for days, sometimes weeks at a time, and threatening to undermine one of the greatest global gains of recent decades: children’s education. It’s a glimpse into one of the starkest divides of climate change. Children today are living through many more abnormally hot […]
EPA alumni ready to resist Trump — again
Ex-EPA officials and environmentalists gathered in a living room about a week after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January 2017 to discuss how they might combat the incoming administration’s agenda. Worried that Trump and his team were “intent on shredding EPA,” the alumni set up an organization to play defense against the administration’s efforts to […]
Half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture
The most visible mark that humanity has left on the planet is the transformation of wild habitats into farmland. If we rewind 1000 years, it is estimated that only 4 million square kilometers — less than 4% of the world’s ice- and desert-free land was used for farming. In the visualization, we see the breakdown of global […]
Vegan Diet Slows Down Biological Aging Significantly, Eight-Week Study Suggests
Want to turn back the clock on aging in a matter of months? A new study suggests that adopting a vegan diet, even for just eight weeks, might be the key to slowing down the biological aging process. The research offers tantalizing evidence that plant-based eating could have profound effects on our cellular health and […]
Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action
Although President Joe Biden already has cemented an unmatched legacy of climate change action, Vice President Kamala Harris raised the bar the moment that she entered the presidential race on July 21. Those who care about the climate are now considering new possibilities based on Harris’ past actions: What would she do to hold Big […]
Climate Wednesday
Climate Wednesday
Climate Wednesday
‘It’s unbearable’: heat waves scorch southern and eastern Europe
Unrelenting heat is blanketing swathes of southern and eastern Europe, with dozens of cities on red alert as scorching temperatures fuel wildfires, strain power grids, and make daily life unbearable. There was no let up Thursday as the mercury again hovered near or above 40 degrees Celsius in many countries, with worse expected in the […]
What can you do to limit climate change?
Hottest Days on record were in July! Yes, 3 of the hottest days ever occurred last month… Dear friend, Hottest Days on Record recorded this month! Yes, 3 of the hottest days ever recorded occurred in the past month…with devastating impacts worldwide- Deaths from extreme heat in Africa and Middle East Deaths from dehydration on […]
Join Our Launch Party!
Join us at DC Vegan September 19 (6:15-8:45 pm) for the Launch Party for CLIMATE DIET REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Join us for a fun-filled evening at a great vegan restaurant and for a great cause! Let’s celebrate the beginning of this exciting journey towards a more sustainable lifestyle. Come meet like-minded individuals, enjoy delicious plant-based […]
Brazilian rancher ordered to pay $50m for damage to Amazon
A Brazilian cattle rancher has been ordered to pay more than $50m (£39m) for destroying part of the Amazon rainforest and ordered to restore the precious carbon sink. Last week, a federal court in Brazil froze the assets of Dirceu Kruger to pay compensation for the damage he had caused to the climate through illegal deforestation. The case was […]
