Tracking Climate Change in 193 Countries
A team of more than 40 Opinion writers, photographers and editors spent five months canvassing the globe to illustrate the deadly consequences of our warming world.
— The New York Times
Olympic ClimatI e Action General Meeting Tomorrow – 7 pm — 9 pm
Solutions
Climate Action Now
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2021 Was Apocalyptic. Things are Going to Get Even Worse. We Need to Start Doing the Work of the 21st Century.
— Eudaimonia
May We Rage and Love Well in 2022
And may we remember that real change demands our active and sustained participation, even in the tender aches of living in the unknown.
— Yes! Magazine
Things you can Do and View
SSCAN New Year Climate Action Meetup
350 Washington Climate Action Team leader, David Perk will share their latest priorities and plans to make quick, simple, frequent ways for you to call, write and testify to our state legislators.
Jan. 13 | 6:00pm — 7:00pm
Tell Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell:
Our democracy can’t wait. Pass strong voting rights legislation now.
— NRDC Action Fund
Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Action:
Community Solutions
Jan 12 | 4:00 pm PT
Republican members of Congress who incited the January 6, 2021 insurrection through their attempts to overturn the election must face consequences. They have broken their sacred Oath of Office.
Urge your members of Congress to cosponsor the National Climate Emergency Act
— CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Join in a Zoom call on Sunday at 4:00pm Write letters to local news outlets to expand coverage of the dams with a message to save the salmon and orca we love!
No experience necessary — you’ll get access to all the talking points and facts you need to craft a compelling message.
Demand the EPA limit methane, the oil & gas industry super-pollutant
Local/Regional News
A Year Later, Dixie Fire Survivors Are Experiencing a New Kind of Disaster
National/International News
Original caretakers:
Indigenous groups team up with conservationists to protect swaths of US
Environmental organizations and tribes have been coming together to protect the natural world, and a key part of this teamwork has been land transfers.
— The Guardian
As Miners Chase Clean-Energy Minerals, Tribes Fear a Repeat of the Past
Mining the minerals that may be needed for a green energy revolution could devastate tribal lands. The Biden administration will be forced to choose.
— The New York Times
Climate change:
On the edge and nowhere to go
Several Alaska Native villages face imminent destruction.
— Indian Country Today
Will Iván Duque Protect Environmental Defenders?
— The New York Times
— Amazon Watch
$2.5B headed to tribes for long-standing water settlements in Arizona
A spiritual perspective on climate change
Analysis: Fighting the existential threat of the changing climate will require a new world view
Canada is spending billions on clean drinking water for First Nations communities
More than $4 billion on improvements to drinking water infrastructure at hundreds of Indigenous reserves throughout the country.
— Grist
After another devastating year, it’s clear that Californians can’t keep trying to “fight” wildfires. Instead, they need to accept it as their new reality.
— ProPublica
Climate scientists grapple with wildfire disaster in their backyard
A wind-whipped firestorm struck at the heart of one of America’s top climate science and meteorology research hubs.
— Axios
‘Total devastation’ after wildfire charges through Colorado towns
Boulder-area residents remained barred from some municipalities, and roughly 500 families may enter a new year having lost their houses to the flames, officials said.
— The Washington Post
Malnourished bugs: Higher CO2 levels make plants less nutritious, hurting insect populations
— The Conversation
Sleydo’ speaks about the strategic retreat of Coyote Camp, as RCMP mobilize to invade unceded #Wetsuweten land again
A short message from the Sierra Club National Director of Policy, Advocacy, and Legal
Join our Dial for Democracy phonebanks, happening each Tuesday at 6pm ET for the next four weeks
Noam Chomsky on the Climate Emergency
“All of this is a massive successful indoctrination campaign of the kind that Goebbels would have been impressed with. And the only way to overcome it, again, is by constant, dedicated activism.”
— DemocracyNow! interview
To get rural Americans involved in climate crisis, see them for who they are
Despite stereotypes, there’s really only one characteristic they all share: They hate being told what to do.
— Grist
National Newsletters
A daily newsletter by Grist
January 5 — Canada is spending billions on clean drinking water for First Nations communities.
January 6 — The city of Beijing is making headway in its fight against air pollution.
January 7 — French carmakers will soon be required to encourage climate-friendly modes of transportation.
Opinion
Don’t Look Up and why journalism’s had such trouble with climate change
— Bill McKibben
What’s Biden’s Next Move on Climate?
So far he has been more talk than action.
— The American Spectator
The happiest number I’ve heard in ages
Doing the right thing makes other right things happen
— Bill McKibben
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