Deaths From Climate Change Numbered in Tens of Thousands in 2023
Tens of thousands of people died in climate-change-influenced weather events around the world last year, according to a review of data, Samantha Harrington reported in Yale Climate Connections. By 2030, such deaths could hit 250,000 annually, the World Health Organization says. Featured in the article is nine-year-old Carter Vigh, who lived in British Columbia, where […]
Interior Dept’s New Land Management Rule a ‘Seismic Shift’ Toward Conservation
After decades of prioritizing oil and gas drilling, hardrock mining, and livestock grazing on public lands across the country, the federal government will auction off “restoration leases” and “mitigation leases” to entities with plans to restore or conserve the lands, Maxine Joselow reported in the Washington Post, as a new far-reaching rule from the Interior […]
Earth’s record hot streak might be a sign of a new climate e
According to Washington Post (4/29/24) reporter Sarah Kaplan, for nearly a week at the beginning of April, the temperature in Bamako hovered above 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The cost of ice spiked to 10 times its normal price; an overtaxed electrical grid sputtered and shut down. With much of the majority-Muslim country fasting for the holy […]
Climate Diet “Beefs Off” at V-COP Conference
Climate Diet CEO Jane DeMarines joined Plant-based Chef Erin DeMarines for Dr. Sailesh Rao’s Quarterly V-COP conferences on climate on April 28th by Zoom. (Rao is CEO of Climate Healers, Phoenix). The two DeMarines’ teamed up first laying-out disturbing climate records being set (see below) while the younger DeMarines addressed solutions available to all of […]
World Health Organization Head Calls for Plant-Based Diet Shift
Climate Diet joins growing number urging dietary shifts The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said a shift towards more plant-based diets is “essential” for the health of people and planet. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s Director-General, made the comments in a video during COP28, the UN Climate Summit in Dubai in December […]
Researchers Develop a Plastic That Digests Itself
A team led by researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a type of biodegradable plastic that can begin digesting itself when it makes contact with soil or compost. The soft plastic material is a type of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), commonly found in memory foam products and soft products like cushions, floormats […]
Belize Conservationists Pushing for Carbon Offsets in Race to Save Fragile Rainforest
In a desperate search for financing to secure Belizean land against deforestation, conservationists are pinning their hopes on carbon credits, an emissions reduction incentive that has been criticized for allowing corporations to continue to pollute and not achieving real reductions, Nicholas Kusnetz wrote for Inside Climate News. Elma Kay, managing director of the nonprofit Belize […]
Hundreds of UK Academics Call for 100% Meat-Free Food Catering at Nation’s Universities
In an open letter organized by the student-led Plant-Based Universities campaign, more than 650 academics have called on British universities to commit to vegan meal catering to fight the climate crisis, likening such a move to the fossil fuel divestment to which 101 UK universities have already committed, Damian Carrington reported for the Guardian. “We […]
Irish Shellfish Producer to Open Oat Milk Facility in Light of Declining Demand for Seafoo
Having identified a growing market in the production of plant-based products, Irish shellfish producer Errigal Bay is planning an oat milk facility in the county of Donegal, in an area originally intended as a seafood cold store, which the company no longer sees as viable, according to a report at vegconomist.com. A third of Irish […]
Nations Under- or Don’t Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Jeopardizing UN Climate Goals
The greenhouse gas emissions data the world’s nations report to the United Nations climate convention are typically out of date, inconsistent, and incomplete, Fred Pearce wrote for Yale Environment 360. Therefore, compliance with agreed emissions targets cannot be verified, analysts say. However, according to the article: “Satellite data shows methane emissions from oil and gas […]
India: Agricultural Methane Largely Seen as a Fact of Life; Efforts to Curb Emissions Limited
Home to 80 million dairy farmers whose 303 million cows made 231 million tons of milk last year, India is the world’s third largest emitter of planet-warming methane, Sibi Arusa wrote for the Associated Press, describing how the country is responding to the climate crisis. Livestock produce about 48% of India’s methane, and the federal […]
Deep Red Utah Sees Rise of Office Seekers Concerned About Climate Impacts in Their State
Since 2010, when its conservative legislature passed a resolution essentially writing denialism into state policy, Utah has been hit hard enough by climate change to shift its politics on the issue, Marcus Baram reported for Capitol & Main. Two self-professed climate candidates are running to succeed Mitt Romney in the US Senate in light of […]
