2020 – Page 4 – Climate State

The climate initiatives follow the unveiling of lengthy policy recommendations from joint task forces created by Biden and his onetime primary rival, the progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/14/890814007/biden-outlines-2-trillion-climate-plan A comprehensive guide to Joe Biden’s $2 trillion climate plan Consisting of admirable highlights, noteworthy inclusions, and some blatant omissions, democratic nominee Joe Biden’s new…

The Beauty Industry And The Testing Of Sustainable practices

2020, Policy, SustainabilityBy Sponsored June 15, 2020 Leave a comment

It is paradoxical that the effects of the beauty industry on the earth are anything but beautiful. Their use of non-recyclables that mostly end up in landfills is alarming. Most of these nonrecyclables are used in the packaging of their products and numbers say that 70% of the plastic used by this industry are disposed…

Extreme Rainstorms in North America Linked to Climate Change

2020, Extreme Weather, Impacts, Precipitation, USABy Emily Folk June 11, 2020 Leave a comment

We can link extreme weather in recent history to climate change, and intense rainstorms are no exception. A new report published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that anthropogenic activity is responsible for increased rainfall in North America. Human activity responsible for greenhouse gas emissions is not only upping the frequency of precipitation, but…

When will the Netherlands disappear below sea level?

2020, Cryosphere, Europe, Sea Level RiseBy Chris Machens June 3, 2020 Leave a comment

It’s difficult to imagine, but currently the Netherlands is on a trajectory to be swept away by sea level rise. Previous measures are no longer sufficient enough in light of more recent knowledge. The question is not if the Netherlands will disappear below sea level, but when https://www.uu.nl/en/news/the-question-is-not-if-the-netherlands-will-disappear-below-sea-level-but-when As sea levels rise, how long until…

Here’s How Greener Buildings Can Combat Climate Change

2020, SolutionsBy Chris Machens May 11, 2020 Leave a comment

Although climate change has been the cause of great concern for many years, we have now reached a tipping point. In a report released in 2018, the UN International Panel on Climate Change stated: “Large, immediate and unprecedented global efforts to mitigate greenhouse gasses are required.” Buildings such as residential houses account for more than 25% of…

Why Climate Inaction will become a Crime

2020, Ecocide, PolicyBy Chris Machens March 28, 2020 Leave a comment

A main takeaway lesson from how our society responses to the current coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic, is that fast actions to ‘flatten the curve’ (delay infections) is perhaps the single most important action in our global afford to combat a novel virus. There are many countries which managed to halt the exponential rise of new patients,…

Universal Basic Income to stem Coronavirus fallout

2020, Economy, Policy, SolutionsBy Chris Machens March 18, 2020 Leave a comment

Daniel Susskind from Balliol College, Oxford university, and the author of ‘A World Without Work’ writes in the Financial Times, ‘A cash payment made to everyone, with no strings attached, can support workers through the crisis.’ He goes on: The coronavirus crisis is a disaster for many workers. In the UK, for instance, we often…

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