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CAN EXTINCTION REBELLION BUILD A U.S. CLIMATE MOVEMENT BIG ENOUGH TO SAVE THE EARTH?
This The Intercept article discusses whether an environmental activist group called Extinction Rebellion can generate enough protest to stop climate change.
“The science is clear: We are in the sixth mass extinction event, and we will face catastrophe if we do not act swiftly and robustly,” the activists said. “We, […]
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Climate Action Alliance of the Valley (CAAV)
The Roundup of Climate and Energy News is an excellent weekly summary of climate-related news and is well worth subscribing to. For an archive of prior posts, visit the CAAV website. It also contains news of events in the Central Shenandoah Valley as well as activities […]
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Mountain Valley Pipeline – 3 articles
This article discusses why environmental groups are seeking a total halt to work on Mountain Valley Pipeline. A voluntary suspension of work on parts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline does not adequately protect endangered species, environmentalists say in their latest legal strike against the besieged project.
This Virginia Mercury
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EarthJustice Newsletter, 8/18/2019
This EarthJustice newsletter addressed the following topics this week:
Why the Endangered Species Act rollback is a bad idea
The man who’s attacking endangered species
Our looming extinction crisis
Six animals saved by the Endangered Species Act
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Mountain Valley Pipeline
This Sierra Club article discusses a new lawsuit filed by multiple environmental groups against the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Conservation groups today launched a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The petition for review of the project was filed with the Fourth […]
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Report: Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days (2019)
This Union of Concerned Scientists report discusses Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days (2019). Extreme heat is poised to rise steeply in frequency and severity over the coming decades, bringing unprecedented health risks for people and communities
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Report: Pipeline-Related Pollution Events
The environmental group, West Virginia Rivers, discusses pipeline-related pollution in a new report here.
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Report: VCN’s 2020 Common Agenda
This Virginia Conservation Network (VCN) report discusses issues that Virginia environmental groups are focusing on.
Welcome to VCN’s 2020 Common Agenda, representing the policy agenda of more than 100 organizations across the Commonwealth. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the conservation issues facing Virginia and provides practical, state-level policy […]
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Yale Climate connections 7-26-2019
This week’s articles include:
A small electric plane demonstrates promise, obstacles of climate-friendly air travel
New Koch-funded fossil exhibit at the Smithsonian is curiously quiet on fossil fuels
To save money, Pennsylvania farmer puts his pigs to work
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2 articles on plastics
This article discusses South Carolina’s Sullivan’s Island beach is strewn with tiny plastic pellets, and cleanup isn’t likely. The pellets are nurdles, the raw material used to make virtually every commercial plastic item in the market. They are a toxic petroleum product that can poison or clog the guts […]
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