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Climate Action Rhode To Protest Against Newport Preservation Society to Demand They Stop Obstructing Clean Energy

Op-ed

When: Thursday, September 19th, 7PM-8PM Where: The Elms, 67 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI 02840 US Contact: Nick Horton, Climate Action RI nick@climateactionri.org, 401-484-0545

 

After months of refused attempts to contact the Newport Preservation Society’s Executive Director and Board, Climate Action Rhode Island is announcing a protest against the Preservation Society of […]

Who Will Own The Earth?

Heavy rains in July 2023 caused flooding throughout New England. Route 113 in Madison, NH was damaged with thousands of yards of gravel washed across the road making it impassable. (Rachel Sharples/Conway Daily Sun)

John Bos

Recent columns in the press about the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir in western Massachusetts […]

Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Environmental Regulations

(Photo by Mr. Kjetil Ree., CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons)

Janis Petzel. MD.

In yet another unprecedented action, the United States Supreme Court dealt the Environmental Protection Agency (and possibly the entire administrative bureaucracy of the U.S. Government) a blow with its ruling overturning a 1984 decision known as Chevron, which, per […]

Lobbying Congress for Bipartisan Climate Action

Jennifer Durgin, Vermont Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteer

From left to right, Barb Southard, Emmet Pim, John Gage, Mark Dugas, Quinn Dugas, Reid Dugas, Mary Beth Raven, WhartonSinkler, and Susan Richman represented the New Hampshire Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby. (Courtesy photos)

In June 2024, 53 volunteers from Maine, New Hampshire, and […]

Rob Jackson’s Recent Book Sheds Light on the Dangers of Natural Gas

Rob Jackson’s Recent Book Sheds Light on the Dangers of Natural Gas

Elizabeth Balzani

Natural gas is primarily composed of methane, and methane poses not only environmental risks, but also health risks, such as increased exposure to carcinogens, and safety risks. In his recent book titled Into the Clear Blue Sky, Rob […]

Taking the Long View on Climate Change

An Interview with Michael Mann

Michael Mann (Joshua Yospyn)

Janis B. Petzel, MD

In June, I had the opportunity to interview author and researcher Michael Mann, after he gave a fascinating talk on the science of climate change, hosted by the Historical Society in my hometown, Islesboro, Maine. He covered material […]

Days Are Getting Longer Due to Climate Change

Potentially Affecting Navigation and the Internet, Study Finds

Sunrise from the ISS, 10 August 2015. (Scott Kelly/NASA)

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch

Reprinted with permission from EcoWatch at www.ecowatch.com.

The climate crisis is not only having an impact on temperatures, weather and environment, it’s also affecting the length of a day, […]

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA Announce $575M to Make Coasts More Climate-Resilient

Collage of some of the projects being recommended under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and NOAA’s Climate-Ready Coasts initiative. Courtesy of NOAA

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, previously published in EcoWatch

United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of […]

Automobile Pollution Linked to Alzheimer’s AND Cardiovascular Diseases

Brake dust from semi-metallic brake pads have been attributed as a cause of Alzheimer’s cardiovascular disease (CD). (Image: vehiclefixing.com)

Larry Plesent

The verdict is in. We now have solid evidence from multiple studies that ultra-fine particulates emitted from coal burning power plants, diesel-fueled vehicle and semi metallic brake pads are at the root […]

To Win the Race Against Climate Change, Embrace “YES IN MY BACKYARD”

Peter Dugas

“There’s no free lunch when it comes to energy. There are always costs and benefits. There are always impacts that some people think are terrific and other people think are not too good. There are always tradeoffs… but we are in an existential race against climate change,” said Senator Angus King […]