Alarmed by the surge in climate-related disasters, a growing number of Americans are asking “What can I do to help?” Lawrence MacDonald’s new book, Am I Too Old to Save the Planet? A Boomer’s Guide to Climate Action offers unexpected answers for the 70 million boomers–people born from 1946-1963–who are still America’s most powerful generation. A former foreign correspondent and […]
Bamboo is awesome. No, really. Like, ‘inspires awe’ awesome. Really. Asia figured this out a long time ago and has been using bamboo for centuries. It grows quickly, it’s strong but flexible, and can be used to make thousands of different objects, structures, and even foods. It grows faster than any plant in the world, and it pulls CO2 out […]
Talk about climate change is unavoidable these days. In the 2020 election, the top 3 concerns of voters were the economy, coronavirus, and climate change. In part due to the record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires, and hurricanes experienced by Americans, the concern over climate change has grown considerably. Unfortunately, although fundamentally a non-political issue, it has been made political by the fossil […]
This is a plain-English full summary of the Green New Deal as it exists as of February 7, 2019. The majority of the text has been kept as-written in the original resolution, but it has been formatted and slightly reworded for readability.
What is the problem, as defined by the Green New Deal? In Part 1, we detailed what the Green New Deal is, why it is important, who supports it, and also covered how the Green New Deal has defined the problem: the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), that determined that a disproportionate amount of greenhouse […]
We’ve seen a fast-growing concern over climate change and the environment, as well as concern that the human race isn’t doing enough to halt the progression of the carbon emissions that lead to climate change. In response, since the early 2000s, some politicians have been pushing a package of legislation to address climate change and its associated effects called the Green New Deal.