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Achieving the carbon reduction necessary to avoid costly climate change necessitates actions at every political scale and across all sectors of the economy. To realize such goals will require the promotion and adoption of high-impact solutions that appeal to different subnational localities, including states, regions, and municipalities. Local businesses and consumers must also find such solutions appealing because they are suitable for the economy, the wallet, and the climate. Thus, climate ac...

Health Variant: Sizzling heat waves are here. Heres why, and how to beat them Where are these sizzling heat waves coming from? What do they do to your body? And how can you keep yourself safe? In the latest episode of The Health Variant podcast, host and NewsMD Correspondent Jeremy Fugleberg talks to Dr. Teddie Potter of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, whos got some answers to those questions, and then some.  Written By: Forum News Service | 4:33 pm, Jul. 19,...

Trane Technologies plc: Trane Technologies Commits $100 Million and 500,000 Volunteer Hours to Building Sustainable Futures for Underrepresented Populations Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), a global climate innovator, announced today that it has launched Sustainable Futures, a multiyear corporate citizenship strategy to expand underrepresented students access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education, support healthy classrooms, and promote skill building for green careers. A...

The Good Men Project Become a Premium Member We have pioneered the largest worldwide conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. Your support of our work is inspiring and invaluable. Five Facts You Didn’t Know About Bamboo Forests It is well-known to be one of the world’s fastest growing plants. But did you know that bamboo also stores more carbon than certain trees, and can be used to build wind turbine blades? By Charlotte King June marks the start of the UN Dec...

The time is ripe to include women’s reproductive rights as part of our climate solutions toolbox. A rally against climate change in 2021. (Ivan Radic / Flickr) This Mother’s Day, I’m asking myself tough questions about what it means to be a mom, a woman and a climate advocate in this critical cultural moment. After 20 years of working at the intersection of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and environmental conservation, I find there is still a strong hesitancy among some ...

A Nevada Department of Transportation worker repairs damage to Highway 95 near Tonopah, Nevada, May 15, 2020. President Joe Bidens American Jobs Plan calls for investing more than $2 trillion over the next decade in upgrading the nations roads, bridges, buildings and energy grid as part of a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy within 15 years. (CNS/David Becker, Reuters) When a family dispute just seems like it cant be solved, sometimes the best solution is to work on...

Fighting climate change requires destroying the world’s most powerful gases Tradewater hopes to clean up the environment by eliminating powerful greenhouse gases. (source: Getty Images) You’ve almost certainly heard about greenhouse gases. They’re the major cause of global warming and climate change— they build up in the atmosphere and trap excess heat. Finding ways to reduce emissions is at the heart of climate policy all over the world. Modern industrialization resulted in staggering...

On a quiet road surrounded by green pastures, cows bathing in shallow ponds and horses’ manes blowing in the wind, a group of five people named Tom, Irma, Maricruz, Caroline and Abraham kneel beside what looks like small mounds of dirt. These mounds of dirt are annual beds — plants that complete their life cycle within one growing season — designed to sequester carbon. Tom Benevento, a member of the team of five, explained that they put cover crops of rye and clover into these be...

Finding the best ways to do good. In 2017, climate scientist Kimberly Nicholas coauthored a study trying to answer this question: What are the most effective changes you can make to your lifestyle if you want to reduce your carbon footprint and help save the planet? She found that for individuals in high-emitting countries, choices like flying less, driving less, and eating less meat are all helpful. But there’s another lifestyle choice that is much more effective over the long term: hav...

Members of Evanston Fight for Black Lives and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago discussed plans to create a sustainable community garden and freshwater conservation in the Great Lakes region at a virtual panel Friday. The event was part of Citizens’ Greener Evanston’s “Earth Week for Everyone” series, which took place Thursday through Saturday in honor of Earth month. EFBL organizer Emma Barreto said she wants sustainable living to be a community project rat...