Why on Earth are Winters Getting Worse if the Planet is Getting Warmer?
11:41 | Why do we see so much extreme winter weather even as the climate warms?
11:41 | Why do we see so much extreme winter weather even as the climate warms?
14:34 | It’s easy to forget that there was a time when the greenhouse effect wasn’t politically controversial, and Exxon was the world leader in climate science.
1:22 | People powered victory! New York State is the biggest pension fund — $226 billion — in the world and amongst the largest financial institutions to divest from the riskiest oil and gas companies and decarbonize by 2040.
6:57 | We visit Annapolis, Maryland, a state capitol, home of the U.S. Naval Academy, and seaside tourist town that has seen a dramatic increase in floods in recent years.
2:27 | Since 2015, sea level has risen on the U.S. West Coast by almost one centimeter per year. The global average is 3.3 millimeters.
8:05 | More Americans than ever believe climate change is happening. Two in three registered voters say they’re worried about it.
6:08 | Inspired by Greta Thunberg’s school strike for climate, Ian Price started striking at Seattle City Hall in December, 2018.
11:10 | And what the 2020 US election means for climate change.
9:40 | The Green New Deal offers a solution to global warming and climate change through broad social programs addressing not only fossil fuels but also racism, capitalism, ableism, and imperialism.
43:11 | Join Katharine Hayhoe as she lays out how climate change is affecting regions and sectors across the U.S. Hayhoe will also discuss the key role our values play in shaping our attitudes and actions on this crucial topic.
39:31 | In New England, rising temperatures will lead to a smaller winter snowpack and increased frequency of soil freeze/thaw cycles, which may damage trees and decrease the ability of our forests to sequester carbon.
4:42 | With Daniel Esty. When it comes to politically addressing the climate crisis, we need politicians from both sides of the aisle to work together.
10:58 | Warm, dry climate change conditions have made housing in LA’s “Wildland-Urban Interface” dangerous.
12:43 | New research from Rice University has revealed a surprising link between extreme cold events and global warming.
15:13 | Team Trees’ target is to get 20 million new saplings in the ground by January 1st 2020. And it’s just as well, because the European Union (including the United Kingdom!) is busy destroying millions of trees across the south-eastern United States.
6:18 | Republicans and Democrats once appeared to agree about climate change. What happened?
17:14 | The Trump administration will withdraw the U.S. from the historic Paris climate agreement. We speak with Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org.
3:36 | Activists from Extinction Rebellion NYC risked arrest by protesting Wall Street at the famous Charging Bull statue.
4:49 | The Kincade and Getty fires are the latest in a long pattern of burning in California. But is climate change the culprit? And what can the fires teach us about how we’ll cope with a warming world?
1:21:30 | Author and journalist Naomi Klein is joined by Juliet B. Schor, Boston College professor, to talk about her latest book.
28:06 | As many as 4 million people around the world took to the streets Friday in the largest day of action focused on the climate crisis.
8:36 | With short, simple answers, climate activist Greta Thunberg takes on questions from both Democrats and Republicans in a committee hearing on climate change.
43:47 | Udgangspunktet er Naomi Kleins bog “On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal”.
10:40 | Music festivals have a role to play in our response to the climate crisis. On a simple level, music festivals have significant carbon footprints, and efforts to mitigate them are necessary.
15:41 | A new report from energy consultants Wood Mackenzie suggests caution and a slower transition. We look at their findings.
11:29 | One way in which climate change deniers are getting their way in the Trump administration is by subverting the application of scientific findings by ignoring long-term projections when setting policy.
8:34 | Political news coverage tends to focus on strategy over substance, and that’s making it less likely that the public will agree on big policy ideas when we need them the most.
7:00 | Donald Trump confuses climate change with weather, claiming on Twitter that a cold day in winter in the midwest disproves climate change.
1:32:09 | Special lecture at Harvard University – Center for the Environment.
5:34 | Six years after Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken, New Jersey, is redesigning itself with an eye toward the storms of the future.
6:15 | Christian Parenti discusses the dangerous climate policies pursued by Donald Trump.
13:46 | The National Climate Assessment summarizes the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future.
11:44 | In the final part of our conversation with Peter Wadhams we talk about one of the most destructive outcomes of climate change – global sea level rises. We also look at the Camp Fire of California.
38:03 | Dr. Andrew Rosenberg explains how Trump’s administration impedes environmental and health regulations, rejects facts about climate change, and undermines the work of science-related government agencies.
8:27 | Georgetown, TX is a conservative city in the middle of oil and gas country that’s committed to 100% renewable energy.
10:30 | Last summer, at the age of 15, Jamie Margolin started a climate group with some other teens. A year later, This is Zero Hour held its first march on Washington, D.C.