Will Britannia rule the waves in shipping’s green revolution?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he wants Britain to become a shipbuilding superpower, again. At his last annual party conference, conducted in cyberspace due to the pandemic, Johnson heralded a renaissance in a British industry that, in the 1890s, controlled more than 80% of the global ship manufacturing market but contracted sharply in the second […]
Pacific Northwest bakes under once-in-a-millennium heat dome
The heat wave baking the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada, is of an intensity never recorded by modern humans. By one measure it is more rare than a once in a 1,000 year event — which means that if you could live in this particular spot for 1,000 years, you'd likely only experience […]
Biden’s Clean Energy Plan Would Cut Emissions And Save 317,000 Lives | Fossil Fuels
A Biden administration plan to force the rapid uptake of renewable energy would swiftly cut planet-heating emissions and save hundreds of thousands of lives from deadly air pollution, a new report has found amid growing pressure on the White House to deliver a major blow against the climate crisis.
UN sets out Paris-style plan to slow extinction rate
Eliminating plastic pollution, reducing pesticide use by two-thirds, halving the rate of invasive species introduction and eliminating $500 billion of harmful environmental government subsidies a year are among the targets in a new draft of a Paris-style UN agreement on biodiversity loss.
Our climate change turning point is right here, right now
People are dying. Aquatic animals are baking in their shells. Fruit is being cooked on the tree. It’s time to act.
Leaked Climate Report: Devastating Effects of Warming World to Hit Far Sooner Than Previously Thought
A draft of an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change document warns of sweeping impacts on weather events, food, ecosystems and disease unless global leaders act now.
Summer Reading: Planet on Fire A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown
A radical manifesto for how to deal with environmental breakdown In the age of environmental breakdown, breakdown, the political status quo has no answer to the devastating and inequitably distributed consequences of the climate emergency. We urgently need an alternative to bring about the rapid transformation of our social and economic systems. As we rebuild […]
We're at the Brink: Researchers Warn Greenland Ice Sheet May Have Already Passed Tipping Point
Researchers in Germany and Norway said Tuesday that a major portion of Greenland's ice sheet is "at the brink" of reaching a frightening "tipping point"—the latest sign that global heating is causing irreversible damage to the world's glaciers and that policymakers must halt fossil fuel emissions without further delay.
Lake Mead: largest US reservoir falls to historic low amid devastating drought
Levels in Lake Mead – the largest US reservoir by volume – fell to historic lows on Thursday, as the region continues to face the effects of a devastating prolonged drought.
Dry Soils And Drought Mean Even Normal Snowpack Can’t Keep Up With Climate Change In The West
Brian Domonkos straps on a pair of cross-country skis and glides through the trees along Mosquito Creek west of Fairplay.
It's too soon to say whether court ruling will force Shell to slash carbon emissions - but case could still set a precedent
It is difficult to say, at first blush, how much of a difference today's court ruling in The Hague District Court will actually make to Royal Dutch Shell's policy on carbon emissions.
Millennium Magazine features Lee Temple
Check out the 7th edition of marquismillennium.com's Who's Who Magazine featuring Lee Temple!
The Seeds of Vandana Shiva Documentary
The Remarkable Life Story of Eco-activist Vandana Shiva How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become the world’s most powerful opponent of Monsanto? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva, a feature-length documentary, presents the remarkable life story of the Gandhian eco-activist and agro-ecologist, Vandana Shiva. A classic David versus Goliath tale, the film […]
A Tribute To The Monarch Butterfly: How to Turn Your Backyard Into a Butterfly Friendly Habitat.
Iconic is the most appropriate word to describe the Monarch butterfly. Most of us have fond childhood memories of the unmistakable orange and black beauty flitting around the blue sky on sunny summer days. They were everywhere — and their presence was so magnificent. Their name, in Greek, means “sleepy transformation” in recognition of their […]
Green investing 'is definitely not going to work’, says ex-BlackRock executive
Tariq Fancy once oversaw the start of the biggest effort to turn Wall Street ‘green’ – but now believes the climate crisis can never be solved by today’s free markets From his desk in midtown Manhattan Tariq Fancy once oversaw the beginning of arguably the biggest, most ambitious, effort ever to turn Wall Street “green”. […]
Climate Solutions
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Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
This revealing series follows Greta Thunberg as she steps from behind the podium and onto the front lines.
Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination: the scientists turning the desert green
Flying into Egypt in early February to make the most important presentation of his life, Ties van der Hoeven prepared by listening to the podcast 13 Minutes To The Moon – the story of how Nasa accomplished the lunar landings. The mission he was discussing with the Egyptian government was more earthbound in nature, but […]
Op-Ed: Collapseologists are warning humanity that business-as-usual will make the Earth uninhabitable
Hundreds of scientists, writers and academics from 30 countries sounded a warning to humanity in an open letter published in the Guardian in December: Policymakers and the rest of us must “engage openly with the risk of disruption and even collapse of our societies.” “Damage to the climate and environment” will be the overarching cause, […]
BlackRock’s Green Dreams Got Complicated Fast
Laurence Fink started off 2020 by dropping a big, green bombshell. In his annual letter to corporate executives, the BlackRock Inc. chief executive officer wrote that the world’s largest asset manager would push climate change to the center of its investment process. He also issued a warning, telling businesses to prepare for a “fundamental reshaping […]
