Solutions
Why Many Americans Underestimate Who Is Most Concerned About The Environment
United States will leverage its scale and procurement power to lead by example.
— The White House
New York City is banning natural gas hookups for new buildings to fight climate change
— CNBC
We asked 22 climate visionaries to forecast what’s ahead in 2022, from smarter recycling to a push for more electric-powered cities.
— Grist | The Fix
98 million consumers say they would switch banks or credit cards if they knew it was investing in fossil fuels companies.
Electric Vehicles
Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Pledge
9 national, regional, state and city governments sign up to ZEV Pledge for their fleets; 121,355 vehicles
How to navigate the energy transition
‘It is entirely doable, and it is doable fast’
A New Recycling Method Could Process 7,000 Tons of Crushed EV Batteries Per Year
BMW eDrive Zones for PHEVs now available in 138 European cities
In an eDrive Zone, BMW plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) automatically switch to all-electric driving mode upon entering inner city areas.
DOE Announced Nearly $200 Million to Reduce Emissions From Cars and Trucks
The Clean Energy Transition Enters Hyperdrive
Researchers argue that the shift to carbon-free energy is gaining momentum, largely because of economic benefits.
Car-Free Transportation Gets Boost from U.S. Grant Program
A program that primarily funded highways during the Trump administration has pivoted away from roads in its new disbursement, marking a potential shift in infrastructure spending.
Accelerated renewables-based electrification paves the way for a post-fossil future
Regional Actions
Local/Regional News
World scientists’ warnings
into action, local to global
The science is clear and irrefutable; humanity is in advanced ecological overshoot.”
Science Progress
Strategic Forest Reserves can protect biodiversity in the western United States and mitigate climate change
— Nature.com
Large Trees Dominate Carbon Storage in NW Forests
Large-diameter trees store disproportionally massive amounts of carbon
— Frontiers
National Actions
Stop him. Let’s end crimes against nature
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is a one-man environmental disaster.
Demand President Biden and Congress pass the Judiciary Act of 2021 to Expand the Supreme Court
A new Supreme Court case could gut the government’s power to fight climate change
Neil Gorsuch’s dream case could be the Earth’s nightmare. — Vox
Defend Indigenous Lives, Territories, and Rights in the Peruvian Amazon!
Tell Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell that you are counting on them to pass the Build Back Better Act
— NRDC Action Fund
Push for zero-emissions delivery vans and fleets!
Tell the Biden Administration to protect the ocean now!
National/International News
Research Article
Health, labor, and crop benefits of climate change mitigation
in the United States
“Health damages of air pollution are so costly to the economy that the reductions in harm that come from cutting emissions will balance the price tag of transitioning to renewable energy…”
Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril
New research shows how rising temperatures have irreversibly altered both the Arctic and Antarctic. Ripple effects will be felt around the globe.
— The Washington Post
US Lawmakers demand oil and gas firms divulge methane leak data
— NEWSbreak
What does this future look like through the eyes of the next generation?
Young People Put The Experts On The Spot For COP26
“This Isn’t a Natural Disaster”:
Climate Scientist Michael Mann on Deadly Tornadoes in 8 States
A Global Breakdown of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
National Newsletters
A daily newsletter by Grist
December 13 — A deeply red state has a plan to decarbonize its power sector.
December 14 — Scotland’s last coal plant is no more.
December 15 — Why California can’t fill a major gap in its climate strategy.
December 16 — The Big Apple is phasing fossil fuels out of new buildings.
December 17 — Energy companies are being held accountable for a California oil spill.
Opinion
With Weather We’ve Never Seen Before, and Politics We Have
— Bill McKibben
All About Love: New Visions
by bell hooks
All About Love offers radical new ways to think about love by showing its interconnectedness in our private and public lives.
Skin Again
a children’s book by bell hooks
“The skin I’m in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide.“
Black Feminist bell hooks dies at age 69
Trailblazing Critique of
“Imperialist White-Supremacist Heteropatriarchy”
Olympic Climate Action 