As Alina Tugend writes in an article in The New York Times, saving the planet is not just the subject of passionate political debate. Can Art Help Save the Planet? Saving the planet. It’s not just the subject of passionate political debate. It’s at the heart of a growing number of museum exhibitions this … Continue reading Saving the planet is at heart of a growing number of museum exhibitions
Emissions from shipping brings big environmental problems
A recent study shows more than 3,000 early mortalities are linked to toxic fumes from ships around British coast. Josh Gabbatiss explains in an article on the Independent website. Toxic fumes from ships linked to thousands of UK deaths The UK is one of the most vulnerable nations to the toxic fumes spewed out … Continue reading Emissions from shipping brings big environmental problems
The number of early deaths caused by air pollution is double previous estimates
Researchers say dirty air is killing 800,000 people a year in Europe, and they urge the phasing out of fossil fuel burning according to Damian Carrington in an article in The Guardian. Air pollution deaths are double previous estimates, finds research The number of early deaths caused by air pollution is double previous estimates, according … Continue reading The number of early deaths caused by air pollution is double previous estimates
New York City takes major steps for climate change adaptation
Unfortunately, we are going to see most coastal cities take major steps to prepare themselves for increasing seas and storms due to climate change. Mayor Bill de Blasio has unveiled a plan to protect New York City from floods and rising seas. Lauren Aratani and Hazar Kilani explain in an article in The Guardian. De … Continue reading New York City takes major steps for climate change adaptation
Children globally show leadership in addressing climate change
It is good that someone is taking the lead. Our political leadership has been woefully lacking in addressing climate change. Protests continued Friday as described by Sandra Laville, Matthew Taylor and Daniel Hurst in an article in The Guardian. They are showing the way, now over to us? It's our time to rise up': youth … Continue reading Children globally show leadership in addressing climate change
New community-centred approaches to address air pollution
Cressida Bowyer, Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth and Heather Price, Lecturer in Environmental Geography at the University of Stirling discuss using art to create awareness on air pollution in an article on The Conversation website. Using art to tackle air pollution: a story … Continue reading New community-centred approaches to address air pollution
Evangelical Christians starting to take new approach to climate change
Conservative Christians have long opposed climate science, saying human induced warming goes against God’s omnipotence. Opinions divide on whether that thinking might slowly be changing. Shay Meinecke discusses in an article on the Deutsche Welle website. God and the earth: Evangelical take on climate change When Reverend Mitchell Hescox organized an environmental stewardship conference for … Continue reading Evangelical Christians starting to take new approach to climate change
To frack or not to frack is the question in Britain
Fiona Harvey writes in The Guardian about a high court decision that ruled government's fracking guidelines 'unlawful'. Court finds government failed to consider scientific evidence against fracking The government’s attempts to make fracking easier have received a setback after the high court ruled key aspects of its national planning policy to be unlawful. In … Continue reading To frack or not to frack is the question in Britain
BP changes its tune on climate change
Where they will be when we fully decarbonise by 2050 is hard to know, but some oil giants are starting to talk more positively about needing to take climate change seriously. Steven Mufson writes about BP in an article in the Washington Post. Let us hope this is a positive step and not simply greenwashing. … Continue reading BP changes its tune on climate change
Is it possible that Italy will have to import olive oil?
Extreme weather is blamed for plunge in Italy’s olive harvest – the worst in 25 years – that could leave the country dependent on imports by April. Arthur Neslen explains in an article in The Guardian. Has climate change played a role? Italy sees 57% drop in olive harvest as result of climate change, … Continue reading Is it possible that Italy will have to import olive oil?
