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Youth Sue Their Government over Right to a Clean Environment

Kat Gerlach Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Science, Current Events, Environment, Recent, Youth April 16, 2024April 13, 2024Climate Change, Climate Science, litigation 0 Comment

Deep bronze justice statue with scales in one hand and sword in the other

A precedent has been set which might pave the way for Governments being held to account by citizens if they don’t provide a clean environment to live in.

New hope for carbon removal

Chrystal Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Current Events, Emissions, Sustainability, Technology December 12, 2023November 24, 2023Bill Gates, Carbon Capture and Storage, carbon cycle, Carbon removal, CCS, Climate Change, Direct Air Capture

Plume of thick white gas over a forest, with CO2 etched into the plume

The disruption of the planet’s carbon cycle threatens climate catastrophe. As we struggle to reduce our emissions, we desperately need carbon removal.

Can the EPA make our drinking water safe?

Chrystal Current Events, Environment, Health, Water May 16, 2023July 9, 2023

The EPA have released a proposed law to regulate the amount of PFAS chemicals in our drinking water. We give you an overview of what they’re doing.

Hosting a great party – while being a good guest on Earth!

Chrystal Current Events, Sustainability December 13, 2022December 13, 2022

People at a beach party, dancing against a backdrop of sunset

Parties are awesome! But let’s not make the planet pay with excess waste and single use plastics. We can host a great party AND be a good guest on Earth!

Can Lula’s victory really be a win for the planet?

Chrystal Amazon Rainforest, Biodiversity, Climate Action, Climate Change, Current Events, Forests November 7, 2022November 5, 2022Biodiversity, Bolsonaro, Brazil, Carbon Footprint, Climate crisis, Indigenous protection, Sustainability, The Amazon Rainforest

Amazon forest looking from low in the canopy up, into mist

Brazil has a new President! Far right incumbent, responsible for much of the Amazon’s deforestation, is out. But can this really be a win for the planet? YES!

The Climate Bills – the good and not so good

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Action, Climate Change, Current Events, Emissions, Energy Usage, Renewable Energy September 19, 2022September 10, 20222022 Climate Change Bill, 2030 target, Climate Action, Climate Change Authority, climate policy, emissions reductions, Inflation Reduction Act

Row of wind turbines in a green field at sunset

Get a deeper understanding of the new Climate Bills from the US and Australia to act on climate & reduce emissions. Are they cause for optimism?

NOW is the Time to Unleash Your Latent Desire for Civil Disobedience

Chrystal Climate Action, Climate Change, Current Events, Environment, Youth April 19, 2022April 20, 2022350.org, civil disobedience, Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate crisis, climate march, Climate March in Schenectady, Climate Science, Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future, lobbying, protest, Scientist Rebellion, SR, sustainable living, The 6 Americas, tree planting, vote, XR

Our precious Blue Marble, and much of the life which she sustains, is in danger. The planet on which we live, and which is simultaneously incredibly powerful and fragile, needs us to stop. Listen. And tread more

Scientists make for powerful activists

Chrystal Climate Change, Climate Science, Current Events, Global Warming April 12, 2022June 11, 2022Activism, Charlie Gardner, civil disobedience, Climate Action, Climate activism, COP26, Extinction Rebellion, non-violent, Peter Kalmus, Scientist Rebellion, scientists, SR, Tim Hewlett, XR

Climate Emergency sign during a climate protest

There are fewer and fewer places to hide from the stark (read: completely terrifying!) reality of the worsening climate crisis. The facts are in. The science is, surely, at this point, indisputable. There has been a very

Great advances in battery tech to help ease “range anxiety”

Chrystal Batteries, Current Events, Electricity, Technology, Transportation March 29, 2022March 26, 2022Aluminum, battery chemistry, Battery technology, CATL, Electric Vehicles, Factorial Energy, GM, Kevlar, LG Chem, Lithium-ion, Lithium-metal, NMCA, range anxiety, SES, sodium batteries, Sustainability, US Dept of Energy

There’s no denying that the EV market has been steadily increasing over the past few years. But there’s also no denying it needs a firm kick up the backside to get where we need it to be,

What you need to know about the Infrastructure Bill – from a Climate Perspective

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Current Events, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Usage, Environment, Renewable Energy, Transportation January 11, 2022June 10, 2022American Society of Civil Engineers, Climate Change, Climate crisis, ecosystem restoration, EV, First Street Foundation, flooding, IIJA, infrastructure, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, President Biden, Renewable Energy, stormwater

There sure was a lot of talk about this Bill for a long time before anything happened. But on November 15th 2021, the highly anticipated $1.2 Trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was passed into

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