PODCAST: The UN just wrapped up Its first-ever oceans conference. Here’s What happened. Mark Leon Goldberg June 19, 2017 Gregory Stone once lived underwater for 30 days. He is an ocean scientist and author who has spent a career studying and advocating on behalf of our oceans. He's now with an executive vice president with C...
Climate Change Will Cause 250,000 Additional Deaths Per Year. Here’s How It Will Kill US Alanna Shaikh, MPH June 9, 2017 President Trump announced last week that he will be pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord, the world’s best shot at keeping climate change to survivable levels. It is a short-sighted decisio...
It’s Been One Day Since Trump’s Announcement on the Paris Agreement and already China and the EU are Looking Past US John Light June 2, 2017 Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Today, we are seeing the first sign of the kind of post-American geopolitical re...
There is a silver lining to Trump’s Disasterous Decision to Pull out of the Paris Agreement John Light June 1, 2017 On Thursday, Donald Trump announced that the United States would be pulling out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. It was a rebuke to US allies, US business leaders, the pope, the president’s own secreta...
A Small Cyclone Just Caused Major Damage in South Asia. (Yet Another Reason Trump Should Stick With the Paris Agreement) Kimberly Curtis June 1, 2017 Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar are facing a major clean up after Cyclone Mora hit the area earlier this week. Overall, government officials estimate that 17,500 houses were destroyed in Bangladesh and search...
Trump is Pulling out of the Paris Agreement? Here’s what will happen John Light May 31, 2017 After months of delays, foot-dragging, inconclusive meetings and further delays, news reports are saying that Donald Trump is poised to announce his decision on the Paris Agreement: He’s bailing. By staying ...
China and India are confronting climate change way faster than expected John Light May 24, 2017 Can China and India save the planet as the US walks away from the Paris Agreement? The latest round of climate talks under the Paris Agreement wrapped up last week, and brought with them an interesting study...
Rick Perry wants to “renegotiate” the Paris Agreement. Here’s what that means. John Light April 26, 2017 A meeting among President Donald Trump’s senior advisors to figure out the administration’s stance on the Paris Agreement is reportedly back on after an earlier one was called off. Secretary of State Rex Tiller...
The United States is Bailing on the Green Climate Fund. Here’s why that’s a bad idea John Light April 18, 2017 Top White House advisors are scheduled to huddle on Tuesday to determine the future of US involvement in the Paris Climate Agreement. The voices in the room — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, EPA Administrator...
