It is hot and it will only get hotter. “July 21, 2024, was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. The historic day comes on the heels of 13 straight months of unprecedented temperatures and the hottest year scientists have seen,” reported Sarah Kaplan recently in the Washington Post. Temperatures…
Don’t tell me what kind of meat to eat. There is yet another cultural war going on in this country. As recently reported in Inside Climate News and other publications, red state lawmakers are trying to restrict the sale of protein cultured from animal cells, better known as lab grown…
I will begin with the premise that we all would do what we can to prevent the devastating effects of global warming, that is, if it seems reasonable. But what is reasonable? For many people anything that requires a significant change in behavior is not reasonable. The Guardian, in an…
Most of the climate change news is not good. In fact, there is a daily barrage of troubling climate data that tell us the future will be exceedingly challenging. We already face multiple and costly climate disasters ranging from record heatwaves to massive flooding. But, now and then, there is…
You may not realize it, but agriculture is a major contributor to climate change. Reducing agricultural emissions will be no small task. It means we have to focus on improving soil health so it will retain more CO2, cut back on commercial fertilizers and pesticides, reduce consumption and food waste,…
Most people understand we have to electrify transportation to get to net-zero emissions. Annually about 8 gigatons of emissions come from tailpipes. A gigaton is 2.2 trillion pounds. These numbers are hard to comprehend. About 29% of U.S. greenhouse emissions are from cars. While electric cars (EVs) are entirely emissions-free,…
