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Although many climate topics are intertwined with energy use, this category may include some posts that relate to both. The climate category can also include discussion of how the climate is changing, causes other than energy, such as releases of methane, nitrous oxides, and most refrigerants; also deforestation and agriculture that is not organic/regenerative.

The Damage of False Solutions

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The following is from the introduction to the October newsletter from SEHN [Science & environmental Health Network] Other content from the newsletter is linked below. It’s midnight and the doves are in tears.* In the introduction to the New York Times’ opinion series, At the Brink, which addresses the threat of nuclear weapons in an unstable … [Read more...] about The Damage of False Solutions

Sustainable Food Systems – New Report

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There are a number of excellent systems that encourage small farmers, organic agriculture, and systems that serve a specific region. Unlike industrial-scale farms and mono-cropping, regenerative organic agriculture produces healthy food, reduces toxic pollution of the air, soil and water; it also makes a major contribution to reducing global warming and climate … [Read more...] about Sustainable Food Systems – New Report

Sustainable Lehigh Valley 2024 is here!

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The 2024 issue of Sustainable Lehigh Valley is available now! It is full of thought-provoking and enjoyable work — essays, art, poems, and stories — by Rebecca Canright, Dani Dollenger, David Fadem, Faramarz Farbod, Lillie Gensel, Samuel Griffith, Regine Henry, Gene Hunter, Hannah Kraybill-Greggo, Orly Kvitka, Ema Miele, Corena Munroe*, Felix Murch, Ericka Nimbley*, … [Read more...] about Sustainable Lehigh Valley 2024 is here!

Climate impacts of war…

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As noted in this story, these preliminary estimates are likely to be drastically understated. Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe Exclusive: First months of conflict produced more planet-warming gases than 20 climate-vulnerable nations do in a year, study shows Nina Lakhani The planet-warming emissions generated during … [Read more...] about Climate impacts of war…

What’s so bad about natural gas?

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Here are four very serious problems with natural gas: (1) drilling & fracking cause major emissions that harm the health of people and animals within a mile or so of the site; (2) indoor uses of natural gas (including in gas stoves) produce nitrous oxides that endanger people's health; (3) fracking wastewater is toxic and often highly radioactive; and (4) natural gas is a … [Read more...] about What’s so bad about natural gas?

Bright Green Lies

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This book made me recall the line 'Stop the world — I want to get off'. (I think it's actually the title of a Broadway musical back in the 1960s.) I won't attempt to do a review of Bright Green Lies,* but the opening gives you a glimpse of the problem: “We need to stop being guided by the general story that we can have it all,” Derrick concluded, “that we can have an … [Read more...] about Bright Green Lies

Neocolonialism v. Stewardship & Rights of Nature

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It's widely accepted that electric vehicles [EV] are a solution to the fossil-fuel problem. Unfortunately, the huge demand for lithium and other minerals is actually creating another massive wave of environmental degradation and environmental injustice. Have we learned nothing in the last 100 years about the disastrous effects of colonialism and irresponsible extraction‽ We … [Read more...] about Neocolonialism v. Stewardship & Rights of Nature

Reimagining our relationship with nature

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Truthout just published a good story titled 'Let’s Accept Climate Science — And Also Reimagine Our Relationship to the Earth'. One thing the makes this article unique is its recognition that our relationship to climate change is not only a scientific one — in fact, for most of us, the science is not as important as other aspects. Science is critical in our understanding of … [Read more...] about Reimagining our relationship with nature

Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future

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INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, March 20, 2023 —There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now, said scientists in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released today. “Mainstreaming effective and equitable climate action will not only … [Read more...] about Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future