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News Article
November 22, 2021
The New Normal Around Floods and Climate Change

Two once-in-a-millennium flooding events only a week apart on different sides of the world seem improbable. But climate change is intensifying and making catastrophic floods more common and the impacts more calamitous.

News Article
November 22, 2021
Blind to the True Environmental Cost of Crypto

What is cryptocurrency anyways? And how could a virtual currency have real environmental costs?

Editor's Note
November 22, 2021
Issue 7 Editor's Note

Climate change is an international crisis. Greenhouse gas emissions have no nationalist sympathies and pollution knows no borders — often affecting most those who have contributed the least to global warming.

Review
November 22, 2021
The Heatwave That Hit the Pacific Northwest

The podcast gives a sobering glimpse into the devastation the heatwave caused, especially in an area unused to such high temperatures.

News Article
November 22, 2021
Seven Principles for an Effective Local Green New Deal

Building a GND on fair and just principles is crucial to creating policies that work for local communities and bringing about transformative, systemic change.

Report Summary
November 22, 2021
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse

Debunking False Solutions to Climate Change. Among these majorly corporate-oriented solutions, the report identifies a common theme: people in power tend to conveniently overlook the reality that these very same types of approaches are responsible for the current climate catastrophe in the first place. 

News Article
November 22, 2021
Not So Sweet: The True Price of Chocolate

“These companies have a long history of violating the law and participating in a venture in Cote D’Ivoire that relies upon child slaves to produce cheap cocoa.” -IRAdvocates

News Article
November 22, 2021
Systemic Land Theft: The Empty Promise of ‘40 Acres and a Mule’

Black farmers have lost billions of dollars in profits from land losses, this unjust theft has become a core driver of poverty and continued socioeconomic suppression of Black America.

Interview
November 22, 2021
Celebrating Water Justice: NOLA Water Week

NOLA Water Week, which will be held this November, is the most recent iteration of TWC’s five year tradition of engaging community members around water justice through music, art, ceremony and education.

Review
November 22, 2021
Podcast Review: Climate Justice, Y’all!

Climate Justice, Y’all!, hosted by Abigail Franks and Mare’shah Malcom, is an interview-style podcast that aims to highlight environmental justice issues in the Southern United States, a region deeply affected by climate change, yet often left out of climate discussions.

News Article
November 22, 2021
Beyond Clean Energy: What is a Just Transition?

The transition to a clean energy economy will require significant changes to how the labor market operates, so it is important for legislators to consider how these changes will affect fossil fuel workers in particular, as well as communities most impacted by polluting industries.

Climate Action Update Archive

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