Most recent 40 articles: Yale Climate Connections - Policy
|
Atlanta’s population could boom as people flee sea level rise, wildfires, and hurricanes - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Apr 26) |
|
Apr 26 · Join Bob Henson and attribution science experts for a webinar on Friday, May 3 at 12 p.m. Eastern. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections “A climate-driven migration has already begun,” writes climate change journalist Abrahm Lustgarten in his must-read book, “On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America,” which I reviewed in my previous post. And few places in the U.S. will likely see more climate migrants than Atlanta, which lies close to coastal areas of the Southeast ... Read more ... |
|
|
'Basic peer pressure’: The plan to turn out millions of pro-climate voters in the 2024 U.S. election - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Apr 24) |
|
Apr 24 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections With the November election fast approaching, political campaigns across the country are targeting that most coveted of groups: “likely voters.” Once identified, most campaigns inundate them with mailers, phone calls, and advertisements. But the Environmental Voter Project flips conventional campaign wisdom. The nonprofit goes after those with voting records so dismal they’re written off by other campaigns. The Environmental Voter Project’s founder and director Nathaniel Stinnett believes there’s gold in those “unlikely voter” rolls, and his ... Read more ... |
|
|
44% of Latinos live in U.S. counties with a high flood risk - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Apr 23) |
|
Apr 23 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In recent years, many U.S. residents have endured devastating floods. But a new report from the nonprofits Headwaters Economics and Hispanic Access Foundation warns that Latino communities in the states are especially at risk. The authors found that 44% of Latinos live in counties with a high flood risk, compared to just 35% of non-Latinos. What’s more, Latino residents often face other challenges like language barriers and high housing costs, which can make floods even more harmful. Hernandez: “A third of Latinos live in flood-prone ... Read more ... |
|
|
Exchange program make EV ownership more affordable for low-income Colorado residents - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Apr 18) |
|
Apr 18 · In a webinar on April 19, we'll explore how climate organizations are currently using storytelling in their work, the impacts of these stories, and lessons learned from other movements. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections A Colorado program is helping more low-income residents afford EVs. Atiyeh: “We don’t want price to be a barrier to any Coloradan being able to enjoy the benefits of an electric vehicle.” Carrie Atiyeh is with the Colorado Energy Office. Her team has rolled out the Vehicle Exchange Colorado program. It offers instant rebates of $6,000 for a new EV or ... Read more ... |
|
|
What is Mexico doing about climate change? - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Apr 10) |
|
Apr 10 · In a webinar on April 19, we'll explore how climate organizations are currently using storytelling in their work, the impacts of these stories, and lessons learned from other movements. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The June general election in Mexico could mark a turning point in ensuring that the country’s climate policies better reflect the desire of its citizens to address the climate crisis, with both leading presidential candidates expressing support for renewable energy. Mexico is the 10th-most populated country with the 15th-largest economy and is also the 11th-most ... Read more ... |
|
|
A growing number of homeowners face repeat flooding - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Mar 28) |
|
Mar 28 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections As sea levels rise and storms become more extreme, a growing number of homeowners are struggling with flooding - not just once, but time and time again. Weber: “People are just faced over and over with damaging floods, and then having to put their lives back together each time.” Anna Weber is with the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council. An analysis by her group found that as of 2022, almost 45,000 U.S. properties are what the National Flood Insurance Program considers “severe repetitive loss properties,” which means they’ve ... Read more ... |
|
|
Which actions benefit the climate the most? This tool can show you. - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Mar 15) |
|
Mar 15 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Setting clean energy goals. Pledging to plant billions of trees. Mandating energy efficiency improvements. Lots of policies can reduce global warming, and it can be hard to know which are the most effective. So Climate Interactive and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative created a free online simulation tool called En-ROADS. Overend: “To help people understand what policies are available and what kind of impact that they will have in terms of achieving desired climate goals.” Michael Overend, a volunteer with the nonprofit Citizens ... Read more ... |
|
|
Record heat, rising sea levels: the stakes for the climate couldn’t be higher in 2024 elections - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Mar 5) |
|
Mar 5 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In the wake of the hottest year on record, with fossil fuel production increasing and sea levels rising, the stakes for the climate couldn’t be higher in this year’s elections. In the presidential contest, the contrast is distinct. President Joe Biden’s massive climate initiatives and tougher environmental regulations are sure to drive turnout on both sides of the political aisle. And likely Republican nominee Donald Trump’s promises to pull the country out of the Paris climate accord again, aggressively “drill baby drill,” and repeal the Inflation ... Read more ... |
|
|
High schoolers helped develop Tuscon’s climate action plan - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Feb 28) |
|
Feb 28 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In the past few years, young people have made headlines with their fight against climate change. The Arizona Youth Climate Coalition was created in 2019 during a global wave of school strikes. The group still organizes protests, but members also work with local leaders to enact climate policies. Emilia Kim is a high school student in Tucson and the group’s policy director. Kim: “I’ve talked with a couple of different legislators at the state level. … On the local level, we do a lot of things like lobbying school boards.” The ... Read more ... |
|
|
His roof wasn’t suitable for solar panels. Here’s what he did instead. - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Feb 14) |
|
Feb 14 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Tell us about it in this brief survey. A few years ago, Indiana resident John Smillie wanted to put solar panels on his roof. There was just one problem: Smillie: “It’s not really a good roof for solar.” But Smillie was not to be deterred. He realized that solar panels might not work for his house, but they might work for a nearby youth-focused nonprofit with a flat, sunny roof. So he donated the funds and helped find a vendor to install solar ... Read more ... |
|
|
Organizers aim to improve the South’s climate resilience - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jan 30) |
|
Jan 30 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Social justice advocate Lea Campbell started her organizing journey in 2015, pushing for the removal of the Confederate emblem from Mississippi’s state flag. She founded the Mississippi Rising Coalition and quickly pivoted to environmental issues in 2016 as a series of major storms and other crises rocked the state. Now, her work to build mutual aid and other community networks is one example of the ways Southerners are working to improve the region’s resilience in the face of disaster. Mississippi’s recent woes began with several major ... Read more ... |
|
|
Our picks for personal climate action in 2024 - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jan 26) |
|
Jan 26 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections At the end of 2023, we asked you which resolutions you’re making for the climate in the new year, and you all had some great answers. We wanted to get in on the action too, so I wrangled my teammates, Editor-in-Chief Sara Peach and Features Editor Pearl Marvell, to talk about what we’re resolving to do for the climate in 2024. This roundtable discussion has been edited and condensed. Sam: What resolutions are you hoping to follow through with on climate action this year? Sara: Pearl, did you want to go first? Pearl: No, you go ... Read more ... |
|
|
Our favorite underrated climate solutions - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jan 5) |
|
Jan 5 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Do you plan to take advantage of clean energy tax credits? Tell us about it in this brief survey. In this Editor’s Corner discussion, the Yale Climate Connections team talked about climate action and which solutions we’ve tried in our personal lives. Have you ever been inspired to take climate action because of a Yale Climate Connections story? Tell us about it via this link. This roundtable has been edited and condensed. Sam: I was chatting to a friend last week who was feeling very overwhelmed about the climate and like, ... Read more ... |
|
|
Climate news to watch in 2024 - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jan 3) |
|
Jan 3 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The past year broke a plethora of climate and energy records - some bad, but some good. The year 2023 easily became the hottest year on record. Although climate scientists can’t yet explain precisely why the year was so hot, long-term human-caused global warming and natural variability both played roles in breaking the record. And the past nine years have been the nine hottest on record. Climate-warming pollution from human fossil-fuel combustion also set a record in 2023, pushing levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide up to an annual average of ... Read more ... |
|
|
How to charge an EV if you’re a renter - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jan 2) |
|
Jan 2 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Do you plan to take advantage of clean energy tax credits? Tell us about it in this brief survey. In July 2023, my trusty Prius drove its last mile. I’d hoped the hybrid would hold on a few more years until electric car charging infrastructure was more built up or I had a home where I could charge an electric vehicle. As a renter without access to home charging, I worried that I wasn’t ready for an EV. But it became clear that a low-cost EV with the federal tax credit tacked on was about the cheapest car I was going to be able to find. And paying ... Read more ... |
|
|
Black Girl Environmentalist is highlighting the contributions of Black women in the climate movement - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Dec 22) |
|
Dec 22 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Wawa Gatheru is the daughter of Kenyan immigrants. While growing up in Connecticut, she considered herself a social activist but not an environmentalist. Gatheru: “I didn’t identify with the term and what I thought you had to be or look like to fit into that.” But then she started learning about climate change, and how its impacts - from drought in Kenya to heat waves in American cities - disproportionately harm Black communities. Gatheru: “The impacts are harrowing. I know that for a fact.” And she learned about the generations of ... Read more ... |
|
|
The view after COP28 in Dubai - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Dec 21) |
|
Dec 21 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Seldom are so many hearts and minds focused on a few simple words of global agreement as they are when a United Nations climate meeting draws to a close. That was the case once more at the 28th such global summit, formally known as the 28th Conference of Parties, or COP28, of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The summit wrapped up in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 13, about 23 hours later than planned, with the mixed bag of successes and shortcomings that’s been par for the course in a number of prior COP ... Read more ... |
|
|
2023 in photos: A year of pain and progress on climate change - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Dec 20) |
|
Dec 20 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our newsletters. Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Some of the most momentous events in weather and climate during 2023 were on a truly grand scale. Heat materialized in the world’s atmosphere and ocean at a level never before seen in global averages. The 28th major United Nations climate summit drew record attendance, with two weeks of intense, often-fraught negotiations and protests unfolding in conference halls in the sun-scorched desert city of Dubai. As always, it’s on the human scale where the effects ... Read more ... |
|
|
Why 'climate havens’ might be closer to home than you’d think - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Nov 29) |
|
Nov 29 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Moving is never easy - and it’s even harder in the era of global warming. Beyond the usual concerns like jobs, affordability, and proximity to family and friends, people are now considering rising seas, wildfire smoke, and heat waves. According to a recent survey, nearly a third of Americans named climate change as a motivation to move. Some are headed to “climate havens,” the places experts say will be relatively pleasant to live in as the world heats up, like Duluth, Minnesota; Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Burlington, Vermont. Researchers have pointed to ... Read more ... |
|
|
What to watch for at the COP28 U.N. climate meeting in Dubai - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Nov 28) |
|
Nov 28 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Between a record-smashing year of global heat and extremes, a surge in green energy, and the relentless juggernaut of fossil fuel production, there’s a lot for attendees to consider as they head to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the 28th annual Conference of Parties (COP28) of the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change. These massive COP meetings have taken place every year but one since 1995. Each COP now draws tens of thousands of diplomats, scientists, activists, and journalists. During the two weeks of each conference, the signatories to the ... Read more ... |
|
|
Articles that will inspire you to think big on climate action - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Nov 8) |
|
Nov 8 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The question of what to do about climate change is often framed as two opposing absolutes. The first is this: What can I do, as a sole actor with some control over my personal choices and actions? There’s also an activist variant of this one: What can I do if I join a group of, say, nonviolent protesters? The second is less personal, more passive, and - it is often argued - actually more realistic: What can be done by people with special skills or positions, such as engineers, politicians, and CEOs? But we might consider a third option, one ... Read more ... |
|
|
How does climate change threaten your neighborhood? A new map has the details. - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Oct 12, 2023) |
|
Oct 12, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections If you’ve been wondering what climate change means for your neighborhood, you’re in luck. The most detailed interactive map yet of the United States’ vulnerability to dangers such as fire, flooding, and pollution was released in early October by the Environmental Defense Fund and Texas A&M University. The fine-grained analysis spans more than 70,000 census tracts, which roughly resemble neighborhoods, mapping out environmental risks alongside factors that make it harder for people to deal with hazards. Clicking on a report for a census tract yields ... Read more ... |
|
|
The reality of climate-induced relocation in Rwanda - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Oct 11, 2023) |
|
Oct 11, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections As the climate warms, parts of Rwanda are becoming more vulnerable to floods and landslides. In some places, the nation’s government has required residents to relocate to new, planned villages in less dangerous areas. Lisa Dale is with the Columbia Climate School. Her team interviewed dozens of Rwandans who moved from two rural islands on Lake Rweru. All of them said they wanted to relocate. Their new village is less isolated and they can access important services there, like health care, transportation, electricity, and school. But ... Read more ... |
|
|
Young people hold Montana accountable for contributing to climate change - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Oct 02, 2023) |
|
Oct 02, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In 2020, 16 young people sued the state of Montana over climate change. They argued that by not considering climate change when permitting the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, the state had violated their right to a clean and healthful environment, which is protected by the Montana state constitution. This summer, they won their case. “I was really grateful to be up there and get to tell my story and have the chance to have it matter,” says 22-year-old Rikki Held, the lead plaintiff in Held v. Montana. During the trial, she ... Read more ... |
|
|
90% of U.S. counties had a weather disaster between 2011 and 2021 - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Sep 20, 2023) |
|
Sep 20, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Very few parts of the U.S. have been untouched by extreme weather. According to a recent report, 90% of U.S. counties had a federally declared weather disaster between 2011 and 2021. “Some counties have had as many as 12 disasters during that time,” says Amy Chester of Rebuild by Design. Her group recently released the Atlas of Disaster, an online map of these events. “And the one thing that we found extraordinarily interesting is that no matter what state you look at, disasters are all over. It’s not just a coastal issue in a coastal ... Read more ... |
|
|
Electric trucks could reduce air pollution, improve health - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 31, 2023) |
|
Jul 31, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Each year, diesel-burning trucks carry billions of tons of cargo across the country, spewing pollution that warms the climate and harms people’s health. Low-income Black and Brown communities bear the brunt of freight pollution because they’re often located near highways, ports, and shipping hubs. Serenity Williams is with Citizens for a Sustainable Future, a nonprofit based in Tallahassee, Florida. “In Tallahassee, we do have a lot of heavy-duty trucks going through our city, and especially through our minority communities and frontline ... Read more ... |
|
|
D.C. community center plans to serve neighbors during disasters - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 28, 2023) |
|
Jul 28, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The FH Faunteroy Community Enrichment Center in Washington, D.C., provides after-school activities, job training workshops, dance classes, and community celebrations. It’s a trusted neighborhood resource. So executive director Estelle-Marie Montgomery says it’s well positioned to help people during extreme weather events, which are growing more common as the climate warms. “When there is a disaster, and in the process of recovery … really depending on that trust that has been built between community members becomes very important,” she ... Read more ... |
|
|
Black sea bass habitat is shifting north as the Atlantic heats up - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 27, 2023) |
|
Jul 27, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Black sea bass are common in mid-Atlantic waters. But as the climate warms, they’re increasingly found farther north. “Fishermen see this change on the water before the management and science community can really adapt to that and react to that,” says David Bethoney of the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation. He says as a result, fishermen often catch more black sea bass off the coast of Rhode Island than regulations allow them to keep. “The catch limits are so low - because the science hasn’t caught up with this movement of fish ... Read more ... |
|
|
Municipalities unite to address flooding along Massachusetts’ Charles River - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 25, 2023) |
|
Jul 25, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections The Charles River meanders through more than 20 towns and cities in eastern Massachusetts on its way to Boston Harbor. And when heavy rain falls in one of those communities, it can contribute to flooding in others. “The water is running from the headwaters of your river down to the mouth of your river,” says Julie Wood of the Charles River Watershed Association. “So what’s happening upstream will impact what’s happening downstream.” The nonprofit commissioned a computer model that simulates the impact of extreme weather in the ... Read more ... |
|
|
Climate migrants find a home in the Great Lakes Region - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 21, 2023) |
|
Jul 21, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections A massive Category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Maria, was bearing down on Puerto Rico. In Buffalo, New York, people watching the news were worried. Many had loved ones on the island, and many had spent time living there. When the storm made landfall on Sept. 20, 2017, the toll was catastrophic. About 3,000 people died - or even more, according to some estimates, and damage totals for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands combined hovered around $90 billion. Virtually all of Puerto Rico was without power and cellphone service, and many were without clean ... Read more ... |
|
|
Volunteers help identify heat-vulnerable neighborhoods in San Francisco - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 18, 2023) |
|
Jul 18, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections San Francisco is known for its moderate climate. But as the global climate warms, the Bay Area is expected to experience more heat waves - and many residents lack an air-conditioned place to cool off. “Because San Francisco is not a particularly hot city, all of our infrastructure that’s really developed for housing and office spaces is truly developed for cool coastal temperatures,” says Cecilia Mejia of Brightline Defense, an environmental justice nonprofit. The group was part of a recent volunteer effort to map temperatures across the ... Read more ... |
|
|
For every flood buyout, 10 new homes were built in flood plains in North Carolina - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 17, 2023) |
|
Jul 17, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Extreme storms and rising seas put a growing number of homes at risk of flooding. In North Carolina, people in some of the most vulnerable areas have been offered buyouts. “So that’s when the local and the state government approach a homeowner that has flooded badly and say, 'You know, if you’re interested, we will buy your house from you for the market value. And we’ll tear that house down and restore it to open space so people don’t live in this place again,’” says Miyuki Hino of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. But for every ... Read more ... |
|
|
Activist Bill McKibben rallies adults over age 60 to fight for climate action - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 14, 2023) |
|
Jul 14, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In recent years, youth activists have led the charge to demand action on climate change. But Bill McKibben believes young people should not have to face global warming alone. “I’ve heard too many people say, 'Oh, it’s up to the next generation to solve this problem.’ And that just seemed … impractical,” he says. “We don’t have 30 years for them to grow up and take the reins of power.” McKibben is an environmental writer, activist, and the founder of Third Act, a group that organizes people over 60 to push for climate action. Read: What baby ... Read more ... |
|
|
Buyout programs aren’t serving everyone who needs help after a flood, planner warns - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jul 03, 2023) |
|
Jul 03, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections As sea levels rise and storms become more extreme, a growing number of homes are at risk of flooding. To help people move out of vulnerable areas, some homeowners may be offered buyouts. This typically means that the government pays them for their home’s value and then prohibits redevelopment of the property. But the details of buyout programs vary. “And I think, by and large, the programs that exist are not serving everybody who needs help,” says Osamu Kumasaka of Buy-in Community Planning, a nonprofit. He says sometimes the ... Read more ... |
|
|
The six big surprises in the Montana youth climate trial - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jun 26, 2023) |
|
Jun 26, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Montana’s landmark youth-led climate trial entered its second week June 19, and attention turned to lawyers for the state of Montana as they lined up to make their case. The plaintiffs’ case the previous week lasted five days, blending emotional testimony from the young plaintiffs along with scientific and technical expertise from expert witnesses. The central principle of the case is that Montana’s use of fossil fuels is violating the plaintiffs’ constitutional right to a “clean and healthful environment.” During the first week of the trial, it felt ... Read more ... |
|
|
Most Americans underestimate the popularity of policies to protect the climate - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jun 21, 2023) |
|
Jun 21, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections About two-thirds of Americans say they worry about global warming and support policies to reduce it. But most do not realize that their views are so widely shared. “What we found is that the vast majority of Americans underestimate just how many of their fellow Americans support these transformative climate policies, like a carbon tax or a Green New Deal, or a 100% renewable energy mandate,” says Gregg Sparkman, an assistant professor in the department of psychology and neuroscience at Boston College. His team asked more than 6,000 Americans to ... Read more ... |
|
|
What baby boomers can do about climate change, according to Bill McKibben - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Jun 20, 2023) |
|
Jun 20, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Bill McKibben is an activist, author, and most recently, founder of Third Act. The group, which launched in 2021, has grown to more than 50,000 members who address climate and racial justice issues. What’s unique about this group? Everyone involved is over the age of 60. Yale Climate Connections sat down with McKibben to learn more about why he started Third Act and how older adults’ strengths complement the enthusiasm and momentum of youth activists. This interview has been edited and condensed. Yale Climate Connections: Why did you feel ... Read more ... |
|
|
Which EVs qualify for new federal tax credits? - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (May 31, 2023) |
|
May 31, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections Do you plan to take advantage of clean energy tax credits? Tell us about it in this brief survey. With the passage of historic clean energy laws in 2022, the next few years are shaping up to be electric in the United States. For drivers, federal money is available to cut off trips to the gas station and get hooked up to the grid. Electric cars benefit the climate because, unlike gasoline, electricity can be generated with clean, renewable systems like solar and wind, reducing carbon pollution and leading to healthier air. Three provisions ... Read more ... |
|
|
By fighting the ozone hole, we accidentally saved ourselves - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (May 29, 2023) |
|
May 29, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections In 1985, the British Antarctic Survey alerted the world that in the atmosphere high above the South Pole a giant hole was forming in the Earth’s protective ozone layer. World leaders swiftly assembled to work out a solution. Two years later, the United Nations agreed to ban the chemicals responsible for eroding the layer of the stratosphere that shields Earth from the sun’s ultraviolet radiation. Known as the Montreal Protocol agreement, it is still one of the UN’s most widely ratified treaties. The Montreal Protocol was a win for diplomacy and the ... Read more ... |
|
|
'It’s gotten really ugly.’ A community of freedom-lovers squares off against climate change in the Arizona desert - Yale Climate Connections - Policy  (Apr 26, 2023) |
|
Apr 26, 2023 · Stay in the know about climate impacts and solutions. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Yale Climate Connections When I arrived at Karen Nabity’s place in Arizona’s Rio Verde Foothills on a spring afternoon, she opened the door and flashed a big smile. “Oh good!” she said, laughing as she ushered me inside. “You got here in time for happy hour!” I’m not much of a drinker, but as it turned out she wasn’t talking about adult beverages for humans. Happy hour at the Nabity spread is when she tosses handfuls of birdseed onto her yard of crushed tan rock, attracting a variety of cacophonous desert birds. Even outside of happy hour, jack rabbits, coyotes, mule deer, and ... Read more ... |
|
|