Digging deeper with Steve Ghan ”My personal mission is to empower as many people as I can to be effective advocates for actual climate change, because I can't do it alone.”
The sustainability class ”Why is it so difficult for many of us to change our behavior to support a sustainable and collective way of life?"
Recycling will not save our climate “if everyone recycled everything they used, how much difference would it make for the climate?”
Benefits of bicycling "It’s April. The flowers are blooming, the air is sweet and warm. It’s time to get back into biking!"
Saving the Inflation Reduction Act “Your message is more persuasive than you might think. Few people write to their representatives in Congress…”
Building resilience “To resist effectively and to advance action on climate change, immigration, human rights, or any other issue that we care about, we must be resilient.”
What the 2024 Election Means for Climate Change “We will continue to engage locally, advocating and implementing our Climate Opportunity Action Plan for Benton and Franklin Counties.”
Initiative 2117 would gut the Climate Commitment Act "If I-2117 is approved by voters in November, all of the CCA funding goes away."
A bipartisan pathway for pricing carbon in 2025 "There are good reasons to think that a national price on carbon can be passed by Congress in 2025."
Can climate solutions address other systemic issues? "by passing carbon fee and dividend legislation ... we can make progress on a variety of economic and environmental issues..."
Benefits of whole, plant-based foods "There is a much more personal reason to refrain from eating beef: it’s bad for your health."
Ecosystem Health "Biodiversity has suffered tremendously. Domesticated livestock mass is 14 times greater than wild mammal mass."
Sustainability: What you can do "Our economic system fails to account for the increasing replacement cost of materials... and does not reward durability or repairability of products."
Alleviating income inequality "A key priority of most Democrats is reducing the income inequality that has drastically increased since the Reagan Revolution in the 1980s."
Restoring justice "Why not simply distribute an equal share of global revenue from carbon taxes to individuals in all countries?"
Opportunities when the Republican Party is a mess “Few Republican politicians have publicly supported the carbon fee and dividend policies that CCL advocates.”
Your Choice of Food Affects Climate Change “Your food choices can have a substantial impact on global warming.”
Methane as a Greenhouse Gas “We can therefore reduce the radiative forcing of global warming by 14% within decades if we can eliminate methane emissions from human activity.”
How climate policies work together Let’s see how climate policies work together to limit global warming.
The New Climate War "Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt, and denial of the human role in climate change isn’t the only way that effective action on climate change is opposed."
Dirty permit reform: A new way to resist clean energy improvements "With Republicans taking control of the U.S. House in 2023, they have their own interpretation of what permit reform means: easier approval of fossil fuel projects."
Electrification and efficiency “The Inflation Reduction Act provides generous subsidies for installation of electric heating and cooking systems.”
Healthy forests and climate change “We must stop deforestation and replace fossil fuel combustion as much and as quickly as possible.”
