Codes for Climate Offers States & Cities a Path to Building Decarbonization
A new joint initiative from NBI and RMI helps states and cities advance building codes and policies to achieve a zero-carbon future
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Speculation On Climate Links To Surfside Condo Collapse
As hope fades additional survivors will be rescued and scores are feared dead in the rubble of the Champlain Towers condo building that collapsed near Miami Beach on Thursday, impacts due to climate change are increasingly thought to have been a possible contributing factor in the tragedy. Official investigations are … [continued]
Literacy, Democracy, & A Sustainable Planet
17 scientists have written a research paper that challenges social scientists to talk to each other to devise ways of countering the torrent of misinformation about a warming planet found on social media.
Tesla Japan Is Giving Lucky Japanese Residents A Mini-Vacay/Tesla Experience
Tesla Japan is having a contest that is ending on June 30. The lucky winners will get to experience Tesla’s clean and sustainable life in a setting that feels like a mini-vacation. Included in the prize is a free rental of a Tesla Model 3 and a short stay at … [continued]
Biden Administration Sides With Line 3 In Court — WTF?
The Biden administration sided with Canadian pipeline company Enbridge on Wednesday, when it filed a brief asking a federal court to throw out a legal challenge from tribes and environmental groups over the construction of the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline. While the Army Corps of Engineers could still revoke … [continued]
Explaining The Joe Biden & Congressional Agreement On Bipartisan Infrastructure Package And Cleantech & Climate…
A lot has been made of the fact that the infrastructure bill Democrats and Republicans are ready to pass is extremely watered down and leaves out basically all of the priorities of progressive Democrats, including the exciting cleantech and climate provisions we’ve been writing about (such as extension and expansion … [continued]
Keystone Cancellation Is A Hard-Won Victory For A Social Movement That Must Keep Pushing For…
Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By David S. Meyer, author & professor the University of California, Irvine. When TC Energy announced that it was cancelling its planned Keystone XL pipeline on June 9, management didn’t congratulate or even credit the tens of thousands of activists who’d battled against … [continued]
Wildfire Destruction Threatens Drinking Water Supplies
Wildfire damage is threatening drinking water supplies across the West long after the blazes are put out, the New York Times reports. Increasingly vicious wildfires, fueled by climate change, are exposing huge swaths of hillside and mountainside to increased erosion which in turn can obstruct and foul drinking water supplies … [continued]
Auto Dealerships Win Big in Connecticut — at the Expense of Tesla, Rivian, and Clean…
The EV Freedom Bill in Connecticut that so many were hoping would pass didn’t. Auto dealerships lobbied hard to fight this bill — and they won. One is even suing Tesla because they want to prevent Tesla from selling to its customers in their town. They are also suing that … [continued]
Town in Australia Is 100% Solar Powered
Some cities, states, and countries say that they just can’t go 100% renewable — it’s “impossible.” Others say that they may be able to do it, someday, perhaps. Others tells us that they will do it — in 2050. Or maybe 2040. Perhaps even 2030. And then there are some … [continued]
