California Senate Education Co...
First-of-its-kind legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by incentivizing plant-based school food advances in state Senate
read moreThe Latest Signs We Are Cookin...
A European Union satellite has confirmed that June was the hottest month on earth since scientific record-keeping began around 1850.
read moreU.S. Mayors Pressure Congress ...
The U.S. Conference of Mayors opposed any limits on suing fossil fuel companies over climate change, which would rule out a carbon tax plan supported by industry.
read moreThe devastation of farm countr...
A massive depression has been building for years across our vast rural expanse, but don’t feel alone if you didn’t know, for most of our media and political establishments have failed to notice, much less inform the general public.
read moreMelting Greenland Is Awash in ...
As Greenland warms and the ice sheet melts, sediment pours out along with the water. That might help meet a growing worldwide demand for sand.
read moreU.N. Chief Warns Paris Climate...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took his global message urging immediate climate action to officials gathered in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, where production of hydrocarbons remains a key driver of the economy.
read moreOregon Leaders Fail to Take Ag...
Governor Should Call Special Session to Continue Debate on Climate Bill
read moreToday’s Fossil Fuel Infr...
To stay within the Paris climate goals, coal and other fossil fuel-fired power plants would have to shut down early or be retrofitted for carbon capture.
read moreThere’s a new EPA air sheriff ...
Out with one EPA official with close ties to big polluters, in with Anne Idsal, a little-known, politically connected Texan with a shaky grasp on climate science.
read moreTrump’s EPA May Be About to Sc...
The public has until July 1 to comment on the Pebble Mine project. TODAY
read moreWatch out, Great Pacific Garba...
It’s try, try again for the Ocean Cleanup, an ambitious project designed to remove plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
read moreCleansing Plastic From Oceans:...
Shoji Kousaka always thought of Japan as a place where people knew how to dispose of their trash.
read moreSuccess! Trader Joe’s Will Cut...
In a testament to the power of people, Trader Joe’s is committing to reducing the amount of single-use plastics in its stores!
read moreGeneral Electric’s multi-billi...
A new report says the industrial giant misread the tea leaves on clean energy — and should serve as a warning to businesses worldwide.
read moreAirplane Contrails’ Clim...
The clouds created by jet engine pollution have a surprisingly powerful short-term impact on global warming.
read moreThe first Democratic debate re...
What is the greatest geopolitical threat to the United States? That was the question NBC’s Chuck Todd posed to 10 Democratic candidates for president during the first primary debate on Wednesday night. Four of them said climate change: Beto O’Rourke, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Julian Castro.
read moreReport: Doing Your Part To Sto...
Redefining the necessary adjustments required to address the accelerated pace of the growing global environmental crisis, a report published Wednesday by researchers at Brown University concluded that a single individual who wishes to do their part to stop climate change must
read moreEPA’s air pollution chie...
EPA air pollution chief Bill Wehrum is leaving the Environmental Protection Agency after House Democrats began an investigation into his ties to his old law firm.
read moreAs Coal Fades in the U.S., Nat...
America’s coal-burning power plants are shutting down at a rapid pace, forcing electric utilities to face the next big climate question: Embrace natural gas, or shift aggressively to renewable energy?
read moreDozens of public health groups...
Over 70 medical and public health organizations called on elected (and hoping-to-be-elected) officials Monday morning to commit to combating what they deem to be the “greatest public health challenge of the 21st century.”
read moreI’m in the 1 Percent. Please, ...
Wealthy people like me should commit to reducing the ravages of economic inequality.
read moreOutrage at the California Stat...
Following a five-hour hearing in which hundreds of parents spoke in opposition to tightening California’s school immunization requirements, the Assembly Health Committee easily passed a contentious bill Thursday to do just that.
read moreDesalination plants are here, ...
Some 30 miles north of San Diego, along the Pacific Coast, sits the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, the largest effort to turn saltwater into freshwater in North America.
read moreWhat if We Paid Farmers to Fig...
For pennies a meal, the federal government can incentivize better environmental services.
read moreClimate Change Isn’t Only Chan...
It could ruin archeological sites before we get the chance to study them
read moreWhat the ‘Fossil Fuel Ec...
“Unless we change course now and treat the crisis for what it is, we will continue to see more disasters like today.”
read more100 times more pollution than ...
The numbers are stunning: Methane pollution from ammonia fertilizer plants is 100 times higher than what the industry reports, and substantially above what the Environmental Protection Agency estimates for all industrial processes in the United States.
read moreLargest Tennesee Solar Landfil...
C2 Energy Capital recently announced the completion of the largest Tennessee solar power landfill project.
read moreNew York Passes Ambitious Clim...
The state legislation drew widespread praise for its goals, but also concerns that it fell short on support for disadvantaged communities.
read moreTrudeau Approval of Tar Sands ...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday is reportedly expected to approve a $5.5 billion expansion of the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline, a move environmentalists warned would make an “absolute mockery” of the House of Commons’ vote to declare a climate emergency just hours earlier.
read moreSubscribe to receive new blogposts
Donate to Global Possibilities
Purchase – ANGELS UNAWARES
Angels Unawares Awarded Outstanding Book of the Year – Most Original Concept for 2019 by Independent Publisher Book Awards!
العربية
Follow Us!