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Category Archives: Environment
Medicine Wheel for the Planet
Medicine Wheel for the Planet is equal parts autobiography and ecology. Jennifer Grenz, an Indigenous ecologist and professor at the University of British Columbia, tells the deeply personal story of her struggle to bridge the worlds of her Indigenous ancestry and knowledge and her Western scientific training, Continue reading
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Tagged book review, ecology, indigenous, jennifer grenz, medicine wheel, nonfiction
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What If We Get It Right?
What If We Get It Right? is a different kind of climate book. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson interviewed twenty people – scientists, activists, journalists, policy experts, entrepreneurs, and artists – for their visions of the future. They discuss what the world might look like if we implement the climate solutions we already have. Continue reading
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Tagged ayana elizabeth johnson, book review, climate change, climate justice, nonfiction
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Trump’s Executive Orders Aim to Gut US Climate Policy
Trump signed a blizzard of executive orders (EOs) over the last week. Some are vicious and cruel (rolling back protections for transgender people), others are blatantly unconstitutional (ending birthright citizenship). In this post, I’ll take a look at the executive orders that affect US government policy on climate change. Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Politics
Tagged 2024 election, climate change, executive orders, inflation reduction act, trump
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COP29 Wrap-Up: Calamity on the Caspian
The official COP29 press release hails a “Breakthrough in Baku,” [1] but I think “calamity on the Caspian” would be more accurate. The results of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, cop29, global warming, Paris Agreement, UN, UNFCCC
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Solving for Climate — Hannah Ritchie’s Podcast
For anyone who enjoyed Hannah Ritchie’s book Not the End of the World, she’s launched a new podcast called Solving for Climate that explores climate solutions. Full launch details on her Substack here. The first couple of episodes are out … Continue reading
Vote No on Washington’s Initiative 2117
If you live in Washington State, there is something you can do this November to make a direct personal impact on climate change. Vote NO on Initiative 2117. I first saw the effects of climate change during a family vacation … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024 election, climate change, climate commitment act, I-2117, I2117, washington state
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Into the Clear Blue Sky
Getting to net zero isn’t enough. Rob Jackson makes the case in Into the Clear Blue Sky that we must first reduce greenhouse gas emissions and then restore the levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the Earth’s atmosphere to pre-industrial levels. It’s a tall order. Continue reading
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Tagged book review, carbon dioxide, climate change, drawdown, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, methane, nonfiction
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Hot Mess
Hot Mess is an informative, easy-to-understand introduction to climate change for a general audience. The “hilarious” and even “side-splitting” humor promised by the cover blurbs mostly didn’t work for me, but the book describes the problem of climate change in a refreshingly non-academic way. Continue reading
How Infrastructure Works
How Infrastructure Works is a wonderful book that looks deeply at the function, development and future of infrastructure. It might seem like a nerdy topic, but Deb Chachra writes that infrastructure is so much more than pipes and cables, dams and bridges. Infrastructure is how we care for each other. Continue reading
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Tagged book review, climate change, climate justice, deb chachra, infrastructure, nonfiction
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Climate News: American Families Claimed over $8 Billion in IRA Tax Credits in 2023
More than 3.4 million US families claimed over $8 billion in tax credits for residential clean energy and home energy efficiency upgrades under the Inflation Reduction Act in 2023, according to a new report from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) … Continue reading
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Tagged clean energy, clean energy transition, inflation reduction act, IRA, news
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