On June 12, 2020, thousands of climate activists will gather in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium to simultaneously submit a series of petitions to the Bundestag. If any gather more than 50,000 signatures, the legislature is obligated to consider it and vote on it. Representative democracy in action.
Greta Thunberg has been named TIME Person of the Year. Can young people prevent humanity from making the Earth uninhabitable?
Greta Thunberg just ripped off the bandaid of illusion that many have blinded themselves with in hopes that they can pretend all is well and will be well. The idea of climate change strikes fear into the heart of many and we react to fear in many different ways. Some, like Greta Thunberg, take it head-on and puts it right there in your face while demanding that you drop everything and solve it — or we die.
Someone recently shared an interesting Vox article with a powerful title and superb subtitle. Those were:
I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.
Stop obsessing over your environmental “sins.” Fight the oil and gas industry instead.
At just 16 years old, Climate Reality Leader Jamie Margolin is one of the 13 plaintiffs suing Washington State for failing to take adequate steps to fight climate change.
Staring down the barrel of a hotter, drier, more turbulent world, the next generation of American leaders is eager to find a solution to climate change, and they are agitating for progress in the courts and on the streets. Their passion is a testament to the fact that, sooner or later, we are destined to end its love affair with fossil fuels.
Originally published on The Climate Reality Project In the world’s second-largest economy, the business sector is driving a shift to clean energy technologies like wind and solar. If you want to understand how critical the business community will be in fighting climate change, just look at what’s happening in China. … [continued]
Courts are poorly equipped to deal with public policy considerations like climate change. But at a time when the executive and legislative branches of American government are bought and paid for by fossil fuel interests, they may be the last, best option for climate activists. That’s the opinion of climate scientist James Hansen, who has been sounding the alarm about climate change for more than 30 years.
Despite doom and gloom headlines, there are many reasons to have hope for solving the climate crisis.
To show just how diverse the climate movement is today, we’re featuring 10 inspiring activists who don’t fit any mold and come from unexpected places.
