Climate News – Good, Bad, & Promising
February 17, 2024
As usual, there is both good news and bad news on the climate action front.
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My blog is meant to plant seeds of thought for surviving and thriving sustainably on Mother Earth.
I aim to offer new blog posts at least once a week, perhaps more often if news or ideas must be shared more urgently. You will also find the blog on my Linda Mary Wagner Facebook page. I am writing these blog posts myself the old-fashioned way – with the help of research, but without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI), also known in mid-2023 as Large Language Models (LLMs).
As usual, there is both good news and bad news on the climate action front.
In this climate crisis, how much longer can I count on getting my favorite foods – dark chocolate, corn tacos, wine, & basic staples of rice, wheat, potatoes and peanuts?
In my recent blog post, Ventures with Promise for Climate Action, I wrote that we
Kids and young adults have sued in state and federal courts for rights to a clean, healthful environment and a future free of fossil fuels.
How can venture capital help halt climate change?
Power outages show how fragile our electric grids and our lives are today. How do we build grids for resilience and renewable power?
Great resources to follow for climate news and solutions in 2024.
As we approach the New Year of 2024, what did the past year tell us about the climate crisis? And what should our New Year Resolutions for climate action include?
Many studies conclude nearly all voluntary carbon offset transactions are worthless; some may be fraudulent. More public & private regulation of carbon offset markets is on the way.
COP28 concluded with a pledge about fossil fuels. Some were happy, some disappointed, and some were downright distraught or furious.
I spent more than a dozen years as an independent journalist and later worked as a communications specialist for The Brooklyn Historical Society, Consumers Union, and Associated Press. At this stage of my life, my primary concern is to meet the challenge that climate change presents to my children, grandchildren, and the future of life on planet Earth.
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