The Climate Minute

The availability of affordable, energy efficient housing ties climate, health and social justice together.  The Massachusetts Climate Action Network is focused on bringing efforts to bear. Listen in, and find how your Giving Tuesday can help address the overlapping crises we face.

The efforts of Enbridge to build fossil infrastructure continues and the stories are all linked. From MN to MI to MA, the same themes prevail. The weather person is a trusted source who can educate on climate. Boston has its own hero. On Beacon Hill, the time has come for a little sunlight. Listen in.

Increasing environmental damage from climate change  will force a choice between the path of recognition of our common humanity or the road to abandonment of a large segment of the earth’s population. A new article gives ways to grapple with this decision.

News here in Massachusetts runs from the distressing ( in Weymouth) to confusing (in the MBTA cuts and Mass Pike plans) to the hopeful- new ways to save natural gas infrastructure as well as the testing of record sized wind turbine blades.

President-Elect Joe Biden comes into office at a critical moment for many issues, but none more so than climate.  The size of his victory and the prominence of climate talk in the campaign means he has a mandate to act. Some compare the moment to Apollo 11 or the fall of the Berlin Wall as a watershed. There are many discussions of what he could do by executive order. There will be calls to stay with timid half measures. This is especially true since most down ballot candidates lost. Climate hawks need to stay in the political arena to demand robust action. How to do that? Grassroots activism to pressure your elected officials, from your Member of Congress to the White House will tell the tale. Join a climate group (like MCAN!) to keep our wins coming.

Now that Joseph Biden has received the necessary 270 electoral college votes to be declared President-Elect, the question comes: What can he do if the anti-climate party remains in control of the Senate?

If a new president takes office next year, he could rejoin the Paris Accords. We discuss what it takes and what it means for US climate policy.

Climate change is a systemic risk to the financial system. We discuss how individuals can vote with their dollars to  choose a livable future.

Climate change poses a risk to our banks and insurance companies. This is a ‘systemic financial risk’ that must be recognized by our society.   We talk with an expert to learn more about the stakes of this staggering potential crisis.

The recent presidential debate contained questions about climate change that are historic regardless of the answers. Their nature and scope reflect shifts in public perception of the global warming.