The Climate Minute

Biden prepares for the climate challenge: The Climate Minute

As 2021 dawns, we see climate experts assemble in the White House and opportunities to gain traction on the challenges before us.

An act of duty and care: The Climate Minute

Joe Biden has assembled a powerful team to address climate change. Their nearly super-human responsibilities demand that we provide continuing support and honest feedback in order to force them to succeed.

The Gully and the M25: The Climate Minute

Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich are environmental leaders. We talk about the experiences of their lives that lead to this commitment.

How to spend a trillion: The Climate Minute

The new president had plans to spend upwards of $2 trillion dollars addressing climate change.  To do that effectively, honestly and equitably is no small task.  A recent proposal for a “National Investment Authority” may provide a pragmatic path forward.

Roots of distrust: The Climate Minute

Covid denial and climate denial seem bizarrely unexplainable, but a recent article plumbs the roots of the distrust of science from the 1920’s forward. Understanding why some people reject what seem to be obvious scientific facts is the first step toward building a better relationship between science and society.

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. 

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?