Since I launched my Green Grandma website last summer, I’ve blogged about a wide range of climate change, climate action, and climate solution topics. To find news and ideas, I subscribe to a variety of climate-related newsletters and podcast updates.
In today’s post, I will share news from some of those sources and suggestions for other sources to follow. A great roundup of what to watch arrived on January 2 from The New York Times Climate Forward. This newsletter advised watching for climate news related to various topics.
Where We’re Likely to See Climate Change News in 2024
- The U.S. Presidential Election. Climate Forward notes, “During his four years as president, Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, rolled back environmental protections and promoted an across-the-board expansion of fossil fuels. A second Trump term would most likely see more of the same.” You’ll also want to pay close attention to U.S. House and Senate races, along with statewide office elections, since control of Congress and states will determine whether the federal and state governments will make any progress toward ending fossil fuel reliance.
- Fossil fuel production. Climate Forward says, “The United States is already the largest producer of oil and gas in the world, and even more production is on the way…Many other countries around the globe also have ambitious plans to expand oil, gas and even coal production in the years ahead. Those plans are hard to reconcile with the growing calls to phase out fossil fuels.”
- Renewables growth. I’ve reported on this in past blog posts, such as “Seeing Climate Progress as a Glass Half-Full.” But Climate Forward cautions, “Nimbyism continues to get in the way of many new clean energy developments. And even when projects do get built, they face hurdles connecting to a power grid badly in need of a large-scale expansion.”
- Global finance reforms. As I noted in a past post, climate activists are eager to demonstrate “How to Disinvest in Fossil Fuels.” Climate Forward points out, “With more than a billion more people in need of reliable access to electricity in the decades ahead, it matters greatly whether that power will be generated by fossil fuels or renewables.”
- Litigation. My blog post, “Kids Fight Fossil Fuels In Court & Win” is one example of using the judicial system to take climate action. Climate Forward says, “Expect more lawsuits to be brought against fossil fuel companies and the governments that support them with subsidies and rubber-stamp permits.”
- Activism and action. Climate Forward cites numerous examples of activism in 2023, some disruptive, some calm and quiet. You can find current action calls for many climate action groups at my Resources – Advocate page.
Here are a few other newsletters and podcasts worth following in 2024:
The Climate Papa podcast and newsletter, created by Ben Schwab Eidelson, explores “topics at the intersection of climate change, tech, and parenthood.” This episode features an interview with a climate artist named Nicole Kelner, along with an online newsletter showing some of her art.
Where to Follow Climate News in 2024
As I’ve mentioned in my New Year Resolutions for Climate Action, one top-notch journalistic source for climate newsletters is Inside Climate News. You can sign up for daily, weekly, or twice-weekly editions.
You can subscribe to newsletters from Anthropocene Magazine. They offer updates on the latest sustainability science and innovations.
My Climate Journey, based in San Francisco, has a newsletter and podcast – The MCJ Collective Newsletter is a free weekly email curating news, jobs, My Climate Journey podcast episodes, and other noteworthy happenings in the MCJ member community.
Solutions Journalism has a Climate Solutions Worth Sharing newsletter that you can sign up from their website.
And of course, you can always watch for my weekly Green Grandma blog post. It usually goes live early Saturday morning, U.S. Eastern time zone.
