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Our Lastest Climate Action

  • July 6, 2023

    USE THIS BUTTON TO TAKE AN EASY CLIMATE ACTION!

    The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has been one of my favorite sources of accurate, useful climate information for many years. I recently discovered that they have a CLIMATE ACTION BUTTON that you can click on any time to take a simple climate action. I...

    Carla W
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Lastest Blog Posts

  • February 19, 2024

    Why you haven’t been hearing from me lately

    My dear blog readers, I’m sorry I’ve been communicating so infrequently in recent months. I think I owe you an explanation. It’s not that there is no climate news to share — haha, wouldn’t that be a nice change? It’s not because of any big...

    Carla W
  • November 3, 2023

    It’s go time for electric vehicles

    We humans are terrible at seeing what’s coming, even when the signals are visible. So I’m here to give you some straight talk about electric vehicles (EVs): the transition to electric transportation is underway, and it’s time to jump on! Yes, there is some chaos...

    Carla W
  • May 23, 2023

    The mostly overlooked, truly remarkable thing to celebrate

    Most Americans are in a dark mood right now. Majorities say they believe the country is in decline, and I get it. The headlines are awful, providing a steady stream of stories about crises and horrors and threats. I am careful to limit my exposure...

    Carla W

Solutions & Inspiration

  • November 1, 2022

    Clean energy has a tipping point, and 87 countries have reached it

    Tom Randall – Bloomberg Green, 10/18/22 How fast is the world switching to renewables? 87 countries now draw at least 5% of their electricity from renewables. The U.S hit 5% in 2011 and surged past 20% renewable electricity last year. Bloomberg Green has identified tipping...

    Carla W
  • June 11, 2020

    How South Korea, France and Italy are using the COVID-19 response to fight climate change

    Umair Irfan – Vox, 6/8/20 With clear roads, clear skies, oil prices plummeting, businesses needing bailouts, and political capital to spend, countries like South Korea, Italy, and France have decided that the pandemic response is an opportunity to rethink energy, infrastructure, industry, and government in...

    Carla W
  • May 21, 2020

    Solar’s future is insanely cheap

    Ramez Naam – Blog, 5/14/20 Over the past decade, Ramez Naam has made forecasts about the future costs of clean energy technologies, including solar. In this post, he explains that Solar has plunged in price faster than anyone – including he – predicted…  

    Carla W