Climate news

check out this awesome video made by Emory’s Environmental Alliance on the 50 person lobby day that Georgia students’ organized last Friday after Focus the Nation.  Students from a number of Atlanta area schools attended and were able to discuss global warming with a variety of lawmakers from those who know we need to act [...]

Friends of the Earth Australia released an excellent new report this week called “Climate Code Red: The case for a sustainability emergency”. Reports like this are starting to become more common around the world, as new science (like James Hansen’s fantastic research) shows that the ‘mainstream’ climate NGO asks are simply not enough to mitigate [...]

According to Wikipedia, people of color in the United States represent 26% of the total population. In August, Energy Action Coalition did a survey of 467 students and youth involved in the Campus Climate Challenge with 78.9% identifying themselves as white and 6.6% declining to answer. These numbers suggest that the green movement may not [...]

In December of 2006, hundreds of young people converged in Nairobi, Kenya for the annual climate negotiations, COP12. We came with high hopes, but despite being based in a city adversely impacted by climate change, the plight of the African continent was overlooked, and the diplomats accomplished very little. As everyone packed their [...]

So, big news on Wall Street today regarding coal and our climate. Three of the largest investment banks (Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and JP Morgan Chase) announced the formation of the “Carbon Principles” - a set of guidelines the banks will follow when lending money to carbon-intensive projects, such as coal-fired power plants. While the banks don’t [...]

Georgia’s History of Denial Fuels Youth Action Since September, the Georgia legislature has been hosting hearings on the credibility of global warming science entitled “Global Warming: Fact or Fiction”, in which the legislature continues to conclude; “There are too many opinions out there to draw any conclusion on the subject.” Students and youth are [...]

If you know me at all, you know I’m a Carolina basketball fanatic and you know it’s a little painful for me to write about a job well done by Duke basketball fans. Rivalries run deep here on Tobacco Road and it’s not everyday that the Cameron Crazies (the nickname for Duke students who go to [...]