The Climate Minute

As 2021 dawns, we see climate experts assemble in the White House and opportunities to gain traction on the challenges before us.

Joe Biden has assembled a powerful team to address climate change. Their nearly super-human responsibilities demand that we provide continuing support and honest feedback in order to force them to succeed.

Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich are environmental leaders. We talk about the experiences of their lives that lead to this commitment.

The new president had plans to spend upwards of $2 trillion dollars addressing climate change.  To do that effectively, honestly and equitably is no small task.  A recent proposal for a “National Investment Authority” may provide a pragmatic path forward.

Covid denial and climate denial seem bizarrely unexplainable, but a recent article plumbs the roots of the distrust of science from the 1920’s forward. Understanding why some people reject what seem to be obvious scientific facts is the first step toward building a better relationship between science and society.

Achieving the goal of 100% clean energy by 2035 will require thoughtful preparation and crisp execution. A new paper highlights the opportunity to shutter existing fossil fuel plants at minimum cost and with maximum care for the communities involved. All it takes is a little planning.

At a time when carbon emissions from transportation constitute growing fraction of the state's total, the COVID pandemic has cut ridership on the MBTA. In response, the T is proposing dramatic service cuts. These cuts will have long time implications for how we address climate change.

How we think about climate determine what we do about climate. Listen in as Elizabeth and Dennis Kucinich shake up your thinking. If we focus on our past problems, then our future will be determined by our past. Humans should break out and view the future as a new 'thing' to create, and not as the solutions to our past mistakes.

Positive and inspiring solutions to our environmental crises are being developed around the world.  “Global Environmental Media” is new content platform, GEM-TV, which will bring together global, national and local perspectives to help us find a sustainable future. Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich are among the co-founders of this new initiative. They dropped in to tell us more about their efforts.

Your #GivingTuesday gift will support concrete, pragmatic and useful progress. Listen in to what it takes to make a Virtual Advocacy Toolkit, then give at https://www.massclimateaction.org/giving_tuesday_2020