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The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is an effort to engage nations to act on climate change

The Move to Keep Fossil Fuels In the Ground

Posted on December 12, 2020 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

To keep fossil fuels in the ground requires treaties like the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and the will of nations to act.

A melting glacier portends the future of a climate changed world

Melting Glaciers are Climate Change’s Canary In the Coal Mine

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Glacier melt is the canary in the coal mine of climate change. A New Zealand study found that it is “very likely” that climate change caused the melting of 10 glaciers in New Zealand’s South Island. The researchers discovered that glacier loss was at least six times more likely to occur due to climate change since 2011 and 10 times…

$Why we need more transparency in fracking operations. California's Central Valley irrigated with produced water.$

Fracking Needs More Transparency

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is a controversial method used to extract natural gas and oil from shale rock formations. It is controversial because it can cause big environmental problems, including poisoning local water wells. A new report looks at companies that use fracking. The joint report by As You Sow and investment advisory firm Boston Common Asset Management…

A growing divestment movement gains traction worldwide

The Rapidly Growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

There is a movement that has the potential to help the world reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That movement is the rapidly growing divestment from fossil fuels. More than 1,000 institutions that represent over $8 trillion in assets have committed to divestment. By the end of 2014, only 181 institutions with $50 billion worth of assets committed to divestment. There are…

Trump fast tracks unnecessary fossil fuel pipelines

Trump Signs Executive Orders to Expedite Permitting For Pipelines

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

If the Trump administration had an energy motto, it would be “drill, baby drill.” The administration has demonstrated its affinity for fossil fuel companies over and over. Recently, President Trump signed two executive orders that speed up the permitting process for oil and gas pipelines. It’s a decision made just a week after the KMCO chemical plant explosion in Crosby,…

Cities and states commit to renewable energy with their own Green New Deals

States, Cities, and Counties in the U.S. Commit to 100 Percent Clean Energy

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

The Green New Deal introduced into Congress is effectively dead, but that does not mean that ambitious plans to tackle climate change are dead in the U.S. States, cities, and counties have developed plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with commitments to 100 percent clean energy.

Ocean plastic will leave a denuded ocean for our children unless we do something now

The World’s Oceans Need Our Protection

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Oceans cover 71 percent of our planet’s surface and contain 97 percent of its water. They contain 99 percent of the earth’s living space. Despite the size of our world’s oceans, only one percent of the earth’s oceans are protected by treaties. Greenpeace is calling for a Global Ocean Treaty which would protect our oceans. It calls for a global…