The Climate Minute

A GEM of positivity: The Climate Minute

Positive and inspiring solutions to our environmental crises are being developed around the world.  “Global Environmental Media” is new content platform, GEM-TV, which will bring together global, national and local perspectives to help us find a sustainable future. Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich are among the co-founders of this new initiative. They dropped in to tell us more about their efforts.

How to build a toolkit: The Climate Minute

Your #GivingTuesday gift will support concrete, pragmatic and useful progress. Listen in to what it takes to make a Virtual Advocacy Toolkit, then give at https://www.massclimateaction.org/giving_tuesday_2020 

Ties that bind us: The Climate Minute

The availability of affordable, energy efficient housing ties climate, health and social justice together.  The Massachusetts Climate Action Network is focused on bringing efforts to bear. Listen in, and find how your Giving Tuesday can help address the overlapping crises we face. 

Unwanted pipelines: The Climate Minute

The efforts of Enbridge to build fossil infrastructure continues and the stories are all linked. From MN to MI to MA, the same themes prevail. The weather person is a trusted source who can educate on climate. Boston has its own hero. On Beacon Hill, the time has come for a little sunlight. Listen in.

A fateful choice awaits: The Climate Minute

Increasing environmental damage from climate change  will force a choice between the path of recognition of our common humanity or the road to abandonment of a large segment of the earth’s population. A new article gives ways to grapple with this decision.

 

From Weymouth to wind blades: The Climate Minute

News here in Massachusetts runs from the distressing ( in Weymouth) to confusing (in the MBTA cuts and Mass Pike plans) to the hopeful- new ways to save natural gas infrastructure as well as the testing of record sized wind turbine blades.

A victory that brings more work: The Climate Minute

President-Elect Joe Biden comes into office at a critical moment for many issues, but none more so than climate.  The size of his victory and the prominence of climate talk in the campaign means he has a mandate to act. Some compare the moment to Apollo 11 or the fall of the Berlin Wall as a watershed. There are many discussions of what he could do by executive order. There will be calls to stay with timid half measures. This is especially true since most down ballot candidates lost. Climate hawks need to stay in the political arena to demand robust action. How to do that? Grassroots activism to pressure your elected officials, from your Member of Congress to the White House will tell the tale. Join a climate group (like MCAN!) to keep our wins coming.

What Joe can do: The Climate Minute

Now that Joseph Biden has received the necessary 270 electoral college votes to be declared President-Elect, the question comes: What can he do if the anti-climate party remains in control of the Senate?

Will the US rejoin the Paris Accord? The Climate Minute

If a new president takes office next year, he could rejoin the Paris Accords. We discuss what it takes and what it means for US climate policy.

Small actions to address a big risk: The Climate Minute

Climate change is a systemic risk to the financial system. We discuss how individuals can vote with their dollars to  choose a livable future.