Scientists highlight deadly health risks of climate change

Story highlights Former Vice President Al Gore hosted a controversial Climate & Health Meeting on Thursday Future climate change events will cause premature deaths, experts said CNN  —  The future is expected to hold more deadly heat waves, the fast Continue reading Scientists highlight deadly health risks of climate change

Biden’s Climate Law Will Cost More Than We Thought. Good!

On its own terms, the Inflation Reduction Act seems to be working. But what exactly are those terms? Former National Economic Council head Brian Deese—an influential voice in shaping the IRA—has explained that it was designed with a specific goal Continue reading Biden’s Climate Law Will Cost More Than We Thought. Good!

The Presidential Primaries Silence Voters Who Care About Climate Change

Counterintuitively, psychologists have found that being exposed to these sorts of life-altering climate events has less bearing on an individual’s climate change opinion than their underlying political ideology. “Most of us,” Leiserowitz explains, “do not experience a heat wave and Continue reading The Presidential Primaries Silence Voters Who Care About Climate Change

The One Climate Policy All 2024 Candidates Support Is Actually Terrible

And despite the political marketing, there isn’t much that’s “renewable” about corn-based ethanol, beyond the ability to grow it year after year. Sown in conjunction with soybeans—another industrial crop whose main uses are livestock feed, processed food ingredients, exports, and Continue reading The One Climate Policy All 2024 Candidates Support Is Actually Terrible

The Optimistic Climate Report That Might Be Too Good to Be True

The United States, which initially wanted a treaty comprised of national plans to control plastics, has revised its stance in recent months. It now argues that, while the treaty should still be based on national plans, those plans should reflect Continue reading The Optimistic Climate Report That Might Be Too Good to Be True

What Biden Needs to Do in the Next 12 Months to Save the Climate

Policymakers are particularly worried about Supreme Court hearings scheduled for later this month on a pair of cases that could overturn something called the Chevron Deference. In essence, SCOTUS’s 1984 ruling in Chevron v. Natural Resources established a precedent that Continue reading What Biden Needs to Do in the Next 12 Months to Save the Climate

Democrats and Climate Activists Are on a Collision Course in 2024

Alec Connon, co-director of the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition, who led a September blockade of Citibank’s New York City headquarters to protest the company’s fossil fuel investments, believes three factors are necessary for an impactful action. It should be Continue reading Democrats and Climate Activists Are on a Collision Course in 2024