On 9 February, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) “stayed” (put on hold) the enforcement of the Clean Power Plan – a plan which President Barrack Obama hailed as the “most important step” toward addressing climate change. Opponents of the Clean Power Plan claimed that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had overstepped their authority as a regulator. The EPA counter they have the authority to regulate carbon pollution from the energy sector....

Air pollution may well be your cause of death someday. According to the World Health Organization, 7 million people died of air pollution in 2012. By this reckoning, air pollution caused no less than an eighth of all human deaths that year. The WHO also predicts that deaths from outdoor air pollution will rise from somewhat more than 3 million a year now to 6.6 million a year in 2050, a rate that exceeds the U.S. Census Bureau’s projections for global population growth. This is in spite of...

You can watch the Young Voice for the Planet films at: http://www.youngvoicesonclimatechange.com The Young Voices for the Planet (YVFP) films, produced by Lynne Cherry of Young Voices on Climate Change (YVCC), take a fundamentally different approach than other climate education efforts by documenting and communicating the role youth ages 9-19 are playing in helping solve the climate crisis. The young people in the YCFP films find creative win-win solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of...

Photograph: Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote, http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24040130. Web (12/18/2015)   Almost everyone has heard of at least one animal listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as an Endangered Species. There are many famous species in their ranks, ones we have recited since elementary school; the Siberian Tiger, the Giant Panda, the African Elephant, etc. These iconic animals are favorites of people all over the world. But how many...

  Photograph: Institutions worth $2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/22/leonardo-dicaprio-joins-26tn-fossil-fuel-divestment-movement. Web. (10/26/2015) In the movement to counter climate change, the classic saying “actions speak louder than words” is essential. Luckily, actions are what we are starting to see. In the previous year or so, many individuals and institutions have begun pulling out large sums of...

One of the daunting challenges that we humans as a civilization face is climate change. The very livelihood of people today and of future generations is under threat. Even with that knowledge, many corporations are either outright refusing to recognize or are feigning ignorance of the issue, continuing to pump out dangerous toxic substances globally. Who stands up and speaks out for...