The first Republican primary debate on Fox News has highlighted to the world the cruelty and out-of-touch- politics of the Republican Party. It is embarrassing to watch and a disaster.
President Biden called out Republicans for not supporting his climate change proposal and vowed to use his executive powers to act.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) restored climate change considerations to its strategic planning after former President Donald Trump’s administration’s controversial decision not to include it. The agency, which focuses on disaster preparedness, posted a  new strategic plan for the years 2022 through 2026. “We must recognize that we are facing a climate crisis and educate…
Former President Barack Obama made an appearance during the COP26 climate summit on Monday, warning nations around the world that “we are nowhere near where we need to be” on responding to the challenges imposed by anthropogenic climate change. “Meaningful progress has been made since Paris,†Obama said, adding, “Thanks to your efforts here in…
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) claimed that climate change is good because making the planet a little warmer means more time for crops to grow and more food.
The office of Vice President Kamala Harris has confirmed that she will issue remarks highlighting the impact of climate change and drought during a trip to Nevada. During her visit to Lake Mead, Harris will receive a briefing from Interior Department officials about the impact of this year’s drought. The briefing will also emphasize the…
An under-discussed problem is that the frequency and severity of extreme weather events threatens to shake our financial system to its core.
What Republicans call “socialism†isn’t giving away free stuff; it’s smart short and long-term investing.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an order for half of all new vehicles on American roads to be electric or zero-emission by 2030. Biden will be joined at the White House by Ford and GM executives as well as leaders from the United Auto Workers. The executive order will also replace former President…
“Folks [are] supposed to have common sense.†These are the now well-known words of Alabama’s Republican Governor Kay Ivey when she called out those hesitant or downright resistant to getting vaccinated, declaring that “it’s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. It’s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down.†It’s…
Lobbyists cop to fossil fuel behemoth Exxon Mobil’s clandestine efforts to appear supportive of climate change-mitigation legislation while simultaneously shoveling money to senators hoping they will work to weaken climate elements included in President Biden’s infrastructure plan.
This is a warning.
Perhaps it’s too late.
But we are facing a potential climate hostile to human life.
President Joe Biden urged the international community to band together to tackle climate change in his speech during a virtual climate summit at the White House. “No nation can solve this crisis on our own,†Biden said. “All of us, particularly those of us who represent the world’s largest economies, we have to step up. 
Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) says the country cannot afford to “wait for Republicans to have some awakening on climate change.” Let’s not water down a bill for a party that’s not actually interested in bipartisanship or wait for Republicans to have some awakening on climate change,” she said. “Let’s move with the urgency and boldness…
Climate activist Greta Thunberg urged President Joe Biden and his administration to “treat the climate crisis like a crisis” during an appearance on MSNBC. “Just treat the climate crisis like a crisis,†she said. “They have said themselves that this is an existential threat, and they’d better treat it accordingly, which they are not. They…
World leaders praised President Joe Biden after he signed an executive order authorizing the United States‘ return into the Paris Climate Accords, signaling to the global community that the country has returned to the forefront in the battle against climate change after four years of regressive action under the Trump administration. French President Emmanuel Macron…
The Trump administration has rejected California’s request for disaster relief funds to tackle wildfires and to help residents displaced by a string of fires that have impacted the state. “The request for a Major Presidential Disaster Declaration for early September fires has been denied by the federal administration,†said Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the…
President Trump called in to “Fox and Friends” for an interview this morning, during which he referred to Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as “this monster” and criticized statements she made about fracking and climate change during last night’s vice presidential debate. “This monster who was on stage with [Vice President] Mike Pence, who destroyed her…
Speaking to the hosts of “Fox and Friends,” President Donald Trump said “European forest cities” do a better job of handling climate change than the state of California, who he appeared to blame as wildfires continue to ravage the American West. “What is the right to act, to react to climate change within reason without…
Twenty states have filed a joint lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration for weakening regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industries. The plaintiffs say the fires raging on the West Coast are an example of the dangers of climate change. “Our climate emergency is increasingly a public health emergency. The…
Polling indicates that Americans still give Donald Trump an edge over Joe Biden when it comes to their faith in either candidate to manage the economy. While it’s true that, according to a late-August Reuters/Ipsos poll, Trump’s approval rating on the economy has dipped 14% since March, putting him in negative territory with 47% approving…
Former President Barack Obama appeared to criticize President Donald Trump’s response to the Coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday. Obama tweeted about the pandemic without mentioning Trump by name. The former president shared a Los Angeles Times article about clean air rules. The Trump administration is rolling back environmental regulations that Obama introduced. The rules required automakers to manufacture…
In response to news that the economy created 266,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate dipped to 50-year lows, CNN editor-at-large Chris Cillizza rehashed the tired but nonetheless damaging and deceptive narrative that “the economy†is indeed strong, providing Trump a clear path to re-election if only he were politically deft and disciplined…
President Donald Trump, in comments made at the recent G-7 summit in France, positioned himself as the protector of United States’ wealth, justifying his refusal to address, much less believe in, climate change on grounds that investing in green energy production would damage the nation’s economic standing. The U.S. has “tremendous wealth,†Trump told reporters….
During the G7 summit, we saw Trump figuratively screaming at shadows while the responsible countries decided on a plan to save the Amazon rain forest. The world laughs at America as the madman occupying the White House continues to spout insane conspiracy theories and obsesses over getting Putin readmitted to the G7. It’s ironic that…
This week’s stock market antics and the occurrence of an inverted yield curve have provided compelling evidence portending another economic recession. These economic indicators, in addition to spurring stock sell-offs and turbulent market volatility, also sparked a firestorm of debate and commentary regarding how a potential recession would impact Trump’s 2020 re-election bid. The word…
Trump’s controversial tweet about sending the squad of four— Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar—back to where they came from has certainly captured the media’s attention the past week, recycling seemingly endless and pointless debate about whether or not Trump is a racist Don’t we have bigger issues of racism to…
Bill Nye took on Republican Rep. Thomas Massey who claims to be an electrical engineer, but he doesn’t understand climate change.
British economist John Maynard Keynes famously wrote in 1923, in a tract on monetary policy, “In the long run, we’re all dead.†Economists have debated the significance of this wry theoretical phrase. Some have critiqued him, along with other economists who sought to moderate the austerity policies of governments during times of intense economic retraction,…
Joe Biden is crafting a climate change policy he hopes will appeal to both environmentalists and the blue-collar voters.
Can we call an economy “successful,†if people living within it are being harmed, not served?
Organizers expect some 2,500 students to join the event in front of the Capitol Building, where Congress sits, with similar rallies taking place in 46 states.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Friday he’s running for president, saying he will emphasize attempts to combat climate change during his bid for the Democratic nomination. “I’m Jay Inslee and I’m running for president because I’m the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation’s Number 1 priority, †the 68-year-old governor said…
The world’s largest investors, who manage over $32 trillion in financial assets, joined together to issue a strong warning to governments at the U.N. climate summit on Monday. Without huge reductions in carbon emissions, and the phasing out of all coal burning, the world faces a financial crash several times worse than the 2008 crisis,…
If there is going to be an infrastructure “new deal†in the U.S. Congress it is going to have to be a green one. Already newly-elected Democrats are proposing the idea of a “Green New Deal†as one of the top priorities for the new Congress after it convenes in January. And now, in an…
Two weeks ago a government report was published saying that climate change will cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century. The report said that new weather patterns “will damage everything from human health to infrastructure and agricultural production.†Donald Trump, of course, ignored the report, and former…
President Trump yesterday said that he doesn’t believe the findings of a major climate report released by his administration last week. The report predicted dire consequences for the United States if it doesn’t take drastic steps very soon to deal with the negative impacts of climate change. “Yeah, I don’t believe it,†Trump responded when…
Jerry Brown says the deadly California wildfires will convert all climate change skeptics into climate change believers within five years. Brown is the Democratic California Governor and he said Sunday morning that he believes the science surrounding the deadly wildfires will become so evident that skeptics will no longer be able to avoid the truth…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not wasting any time making a name for herself in Congress. Just ten days after her election to the House of Representatives she is already making waves and getting into fights with senior lawmakers in her own party. According to POLITICO, Ocasio-Cortez got into a “closed-door fight” on Thursday with Rep. Frank…
The Associated Press is reporting this morning that 31 people have died in California wildfires, and another 228 people are missing. In northern California 29 bodies have been recovered while two more were found in the aftermath of fires in the southern part of the state. BREAKING: Northern California sheriff reports 6 more fatalities, matching…
The loss for the administration means it now faces a high-profile examination of U.S. climate change policy during the trial that was due to begin on Oct. 29 in Eugene, Oregon but has since been postponed by the judge.
President Donald Trump continued this week to deny the effects of climate change in the face of overwhelming scientific agreement that it is occurring. However, even while Trump and many other Republicans deny man-made climate change, a shift appears to be occurring among Republican voters in North Carolina, a state which has been severely damaged…
Trump tried to deny climate change, without denying climate change, but 60 Minutes called Trump’s favorite technique of attributing his opinions to masses by claiming “they say.”
Former Vice President Al Gore on Friday made very clear on Friday that he believes the world is experiencing a “global emergency” due to changes in the earth’s climate caused by human beings. His comments were made after  the United Nations’ released a dire new report on climate change. “We have a global emergency,†Gore…
Bill Nye explained on MSNBC that climate change is making hurricanes like Florence more severe because of increased ocean temperature.
The proposed cuts are deeper than those put forward by Trump last year, even though the administration’s own Energy Department urged him not to make such drastic reductions.
It’s bad enough that Trump is pushing an inhumane immigration policy that the vast majority of Americans don’t support. Worse, he’s doing it at the expense of our environment. Â
Democratic and Republican leaders were quick to push back against the Trump administration’s new plan to allow off-shore drilling virtually anywhere and everywhere.
One Democratic representative called Trump a “child who hates science class.”
Trump’s ignorance on this subject is obvious, but it’s neither new nor is it surprising.
It doesn’t matter what the issue is. Right-wing Christians have been placing the priorities of the party before the tenants of the faith for decades. However, now they are reaching ever new extremes, emboldened by Donald Trump’s presidency and Republican control of Congress.
Instead of America being aligned with nearly 200 nations across the globe, the United States now stands only with Syria.
On Wednesday, one federal judge reminded Donald Trump that hating Barack Obama is not a good enough reason to ignore key environmental protections.
Pope Francis said the recent spate of hurricanes should prompt people to understand that humanity will “go down” if it does not address climate change and history will judge those who deny the science on its causes.
“We’re not trying to scare people, we’re not trying to hype this. We want people to be prepared.”
The lack of transparency combined with the erosion of truth and trust in President Trump and his administration is resulting dire consequences following the lengthy meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
His behavior may play well to his shrinking group of supporters back home, but the United States under Donald Trump’s leadership is becoming a laughingstock on the world stage.
The problem is, again, that those constituents you and I might call people, the GOP, federally and at the state level, have decided are “not even people.â€
Nearly a third of Iowa’s energy comes from wind power, and the Hawkeye State uses a greater percentage of it than any other state in the country.
It’s clear where the political energy is in this country right now, and it’s not with Donald Trump.
Leaders from across the country are proving that one man without any grasp of reality – even if he’s the president – will not hijack the global effort to tackle this growing threat.
“It is hard to think of the worst thing this president has done, but so far this might just be the one. “
“Our children and grandchildren will look back on this decision stunned that one world leader could be so divorced from reality and morality.”
The fact that there is widespread disagreement and confusion in the White House surrounding the Paris climate accord could signal that Trump may back away from his promise to “cancel” the agreement.
Deciding whether to protect the environment or uphold some empty campaign rhetoric is a no-brainer for everybody but Donald Trump.
Wind and solar have combined with natural gas to produce virtually all the nation’s major new electrical capacity; coal and nuclear are economically less competitive.
In a sign of votes to come Justice Neil Gorsuch set aside his regard for human life and cast his vote to deny the stay of execution for death-row inmates in Arkansas.
To ignore Earth Day “is to surrender to an ideology that has turned mere environmental indifference into a moral nihilism.”
If ever the deck was stacked against science and the environment, it was Donald Trump’s cabinet.
The world continues to suffer the consequences of climate change and the United States has a president who’s too busy tweeting to care.
“It’s in the U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, to promote the progress of science and useful arts.”
The march is unfolding all over the globe, with activists in at least 500 cities participating.
“Here’s a crazy idea: If we’re going to take up the challenge to overhaul a planet, let’s do this one.”
A little over a year ago some high-level person in ISIS penned a treatise explaining precisely what Western nations (America) should do to aid in the terror group’s recruitment efforts. As sure as the Sun rises in the East, Donald Trump took the terror organization’s pleas for help to heart and has religiously followed every…
“Trump may remain in Paris climate deal. That would deal a huge blow to Bannon’s fraudulent nationalism”
When the air we breathe and the water we drink are imminently threatened so that corporations can make more money, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are on the line.
The vote comes a day after Trump signed an executive order dismantling environmental protections enacted under President Obama.
“Even if we saw an increase in coal production, we would see a decrease in coal jobs. The problem with coal jobs has not been CO2 regulations, so this will not bring back coal jobs.”
An administration that cared about taxpayer dollars would not maliciously cut from the smallest areas of discretionary spending and call it compassionate.
Americans are more worried about the environment than they ever have been – just in time for Trump to gut climate funding.
The administration also plans to go after EPA climate programs put into place during Obama’s time in the White House.
As sea levels rise and storms become more severe and as rates of chronic illness go up due to environmental pollution at least we know who to hold responsible.
The next four years will be a difficult time for the scientific community – and any Americans who care about the well-being of the planet.
Sanders showed how all Trump nominees should be questioned going forward.
“Because of new and legally inventive strategies, Mr. Obama… may well have built firewalls around environmental policies that could hold off his successor.”
What lesson is the supposed party of family values teaching our country’s children when its leaders put money and power over the good of the country?
Trump demanded names of every Energy Dept. employee and contractor who worked on Obama climate policies or attended any U.N. climate meetings.
No matter what Ivanka says, daddy Don’s W.H. “is shaping up to be a bleak wasteland of climate denial and Koch-funded fossil fuel cronyism.”
Weather Channel’s Kait Parker isn’t playing nice after Breitbart News used one of her Weather Channel videos to propagate climate change denial. “Here’s the thing, science doesn’t care about your opinion.”
Justice has not only been denied to a worthy Supreme Court nominee and the work of the high court. It continues to be denied to the American people.
With each announcement the shock and trauma of what’s happening to this country, the civil rights of its citizens, and future of the free press is felt all over again.
“The party is dedicated to racing as rapidly as possible to [the] destruction of organized human life. There is no historical precedent for such a stand.”
Trump’s pick calls climate change “nothing to worry about” and questions whether humans even contribute to it.
The election results will the story of the hopes and dreams this country has for its future.
To avoid climate-ending global temperature rise, it is critical for the world to transition off fossil fuels and embrace renewable, clean energy sources.
Climate change is the greatest threat to life as we know it. It is the most urgent and important issue of our day.
“The record-warm September means 11 of the past 12 consecutive months dating back to October 2015 have set new monthly high-temperature records”
“Scientists are confident that as we continue to heat up the oceans, we’re going to see more of these high-end perfect storms.â€
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has stayed above the tipping point and ensures it will never return below it in our lifetimes.
In the beginning…perhaps for people of faith and those committed to the common good of all in our democracy we need to begin here more regularly and intentionally.
