Idaho High School Student Wins School Board Election
A high school student in Idaho has won a seat on the Boise school board where he hopes to address the threat of a warming planet.
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Tesla Scores 100/100 for 7th Consecutive Year on LGBTQ Equality
Tesla scored 100/100 for the seventh consecutive year on the topic of LGBTQ equality. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) released its 2022 Corporate Equality Index listing, which ranks workplaces on LGBTQ equality. It has recognized 842 businesses this year that met all of the criteria to earn a 100% … [continued]
ExxonMobil Is Banning LGBTQ & BLM Flags From Being Flown At Its Offices
ExxonMobil plans to ban the LGBTQ-rights flag as well as the Black Lives Matter flag from being flown outside during Pride month in June, and the company is catching hell for it. Some say this is not important in light of the harm Exxon and other oil companies are causing … [continued]
Sharon Lavigne Recognized For Fight “To Breathe Clean Air” in Cancer Alley
Lifelong Louisiana resident, retired teacher, and grassroots activist Sharon Lavigne was awarded the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize for her victorious and continued environmental justice activism in “Cancer Alley.” Lavigne, founder of the faith-based advocacy organization RISE St. James, successfully blocked the construction of a $1.25 billion plastics manufacturing plant in … [continued]
Canada’s Conservatives’ Principles Ignore Climate, COVID, Great Recession, & BLM
We would expect a set of principles and policies adopted in 2021 to address climate change, COVID-19, the economy and discrimination with robust measures. It’s not that all governmental policies should be focused on these four major themes. Governance is complex and nuanced. But there should be acknowledgement of each of them and substantial sections devoted to conservative thinking around these very real concerns.
After Armenian Genocide Recognition – Will Biden Administration Recognize US Injustices Too?
We at Cleantechnica acknowledge that environmental and social justice are inherently linked, having published dozens of articles on topics such as the Dakota access pipeline, which runs through First Nations lands, the uneven distribution of health issues and pollution deaths through out the US and wider world, and racial justice issues … [continued]
Letter To The Future
The nonprofit DearTomorrow is organizing an online campaign encouraging people to write letters, hypothetically to be read in the year 2050, about their feelings about climate change and what they hope 2050 might look like for the person they intend to read the post.
Antarctica’s Melting Ice Shelves Are Dangerous
As meltwater rushes through the cracks in the Antarctic ice shelves, it can destroy the ice shelves in minutes or hours. This is amplified by the warming atmosphere, and as the warming continues, this phenomenon may happen more often than not.
Von Holzhausen, Vegan Leather, & Helping The Homeless While Promoting Sustainability
You may recognize the surname “von Holzhausen” from Tesla — Franz von Holzhausen designed Tesla’s Model S, Model 3, Model X, and Model Y. He’s also designing the Cybertruck, the Semi, and the next-generation Tesla Roadster. However, this isn’t about him, but about what his wife, Vicki, is doing.
The Significance Of The New US Special Presidential Envoy For Climate
Enormous activism has made the climate crisis — finally — a major issue for the US government.
