How Climate Change Makes Bad Storms Worse
As the second brutal storm in the past few weeks bears down on Florida, it’s worth looking at the relationship
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Does Big Oil Deserve A Seat At COP28?
The world’s favorite international stopover for consumer largesse and one of the biggest oil producers in the world is hosting the UN’s climate conference. Should we be outraged? Or ever more invested?
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POCACITO Transatlantic Forum on Climate and Environmental Justice
New friends, old friends, and comrades, generally, in this most righteous struggle for climate and environmental justice, met up last week at the POCACITO Transatlantic Forum in Washington, DC.
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Making Environmental and Climate Justice Visible: POCACITO Returns!
I am looking forward to again working with the inimitable Max Gruenig to help put together a conference at the
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Labor for a Just Transition
Kristin Caffray writes about how central the labor movement is to the question of a just transition to decarbonization, and how this must involve everyone ranging from urban factory workers to rural coal miners in what might become a valuable and rare point of bipartisanship.
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Dogs & Climate Change: Minding The Safety Of Our Fur Children
I bark, you bark, we all bark for dog parks– and other places canines and humans alike can go to stay cool, even on the hottest days. Other tips for keeping our furry friends happy in extreme heat.
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Green Stormwater Infrastructure Is A Win For Everyone
Gather round, children, for Handbuilt story hour. A few years ago at the Michigan Transportation Bonanza, an all-day forum in
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Michigan SB 271: Not-So-Lofty Goals Face Off Against Fossil Fuels
Michigan’s Senate is currently working on an energy bill that would require utilities to adopt a 100% renewable portfolio standard by 2035. It’s a good start, but there are a few holes that need to be plugged.
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Michigan Growth Strategy: Gretchen Whitmer Needs To Step Up Her Politics, Not Her Leadership.
The governor wants to figure out a strategy to grow the state. It’s going to have to start with investing in things that matter to real people, rather than things that matter to quarterly earnings reports for automakers. But it’s not that gloomy. There’s plenty of opportunity to think about how to do this.
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Hazy Air, Coughing? Don’t Worry. That’s Just The Latest Apocalypse!
Tuesday morning coffee thoughts. On our long drive back to M*ch*g*n from Pennsylvania/Delaware yesterday, I started reading snippets on the
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