It is a sad week! President Trump banned the National Park Service from tweeting (Twitter) about climate change, silenced all media relations in the EPA, and began signing orders to move forward with the construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. I’m sure many of you already know this. Please don’t stand for …
National Park Service Finds Another Way & So Should You! Read More »
If you are as concerned about environmental advancements taking a few steps back, perhaps we should worry less. A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times posted an article highlighting the want for large corporations to keep addressing climate change issues instead of the new Presidential administration abandoning the Paris climate agreement and more. …
HOORAY!!! Dr. Jenkins agreed to sign the American Colleges and Universities Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), pledging to eliminate Moraine Valley’s net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in a reasonable period of time. The ACUPCC defines climate neutrality as having no net GHG emissions, to be achieved by eliminating net GHG emissions, or by minimizing GHG emissions …
Moraine Valley takes steps to tackle climate change! Read More »
“It may well be true that capitalism is incapable of accommodating itself to the limits of the natural world. But that is not the same question as whether or not capitalism can solve the climate crisis,” writes Christian Parenti in his article A Radical Approach to the Climate Crisis. Parenti provides a comprehensive yet easy …
Checking the Weather Channel’s online weather update is usually a quick in and out for me, as I am there mostly to answer one question: what’s the weather going to be like today? But sometimes the site has interesting articles, photographs, videos, etc. that catch my eye. Today was one of those times. I found …
weather stress, climate change, & < 28 year olds...?? Read More »
