No G7 country is close to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to a level necessary to prevent excessive warming.
Climate Crisis
Posted inDay One Agenda
Aggressively Address the Climate Crisis
Existing laws give the executive branch the power to transform the energy sector.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Climate Crisis Kids at the Capitol
Calling out Congress to do the right, and necessary, thing
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
San Francisco Makes a Charge Toward Public Power
The city’s bid to take over PG&E could mark a turning point in restoring a more environmentally and economically just power grid.
Posted inWorking in America
How Workers Can Demand Climate Justice
A Bargaining for the Common Good approach to the climate crisis
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Climate Activists Win Partial Victory in Climate Debate Battle
At the resolutions committee meeting Thursday morning, two hours of debate only yielded a non-DNC sanctioned discussion—not a climate debate.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Activists Fear Imminent Betrayal From DNC Quashing Climate Debate
Tomorrow the DNC votes on a resolution to hold a climate debate, but Chair Tom Perez’s competing resolution would undermine that effort.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can the Appalachian Trail Block a Natural Gas Pipeline?
The question of the trail’s ownership looms large in a case that may be headed to the Supreme Court. The answer could determine the fate of natural gas megaprojects on the East Coast.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Story of Climate
Science journalist Jon Gertner discusses his new book ‘The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future.‘
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Climate Change and the Democrats
If they have the smarts, Democrats can prevent a schism in the progressive coalition, and turn the Green New Deal into a jobs machine for workers displaced from the carbon economy.
