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Aaditi Lele is the Policy Director at Zero Hour, and a rising junior at Vanderbilt University. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Teen

Asked hundreds of people about how they knew about the storm and the warnings and then what they did. and, for example, in south—east england, we found that 99% of people were aware of the red warning. and also crucially 91% said they took action, which is really high, with a majority of those saying they did things like securing items around their properties in the path of the storm. based on that, we think the warnings were successful. big storms will always cause disruption and tragically l...

Explainer: Are electric vehicles really better for the environment? Yes, they are. But it’s complicated. Published:  Tags:  A parking area with charging stations for electric vehicles at a public park is seen Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. As part of an infrastructure proposal by the Biden administration, $174 billion will be set aside to build 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations, electrify 20% of school buses and electrify the federal fleet, including U.S. Postal Service ...

Inside Michigan’s plan to battle climate change, decarbonize Part 1 of Q&A with Michigan EGLE director Published:  Tags:  Wind farm outside Traverse City in Michigan in August of 2014. (This image is subject to copyright.) This article first appeared in the In This Climate Newsletter, a periodical newsletter on the local impact of climate change in Michigan -- , or by using the form at the bottom of this article. “For Michigan to avoid the future harms of climate change and to enable th...

This Michigan farm is changing the game in the name of climate Regenerative farming methods can revive soil, help climate Published:  Tags:  This article first appeared in the “In This Climate” Newsletter. Changing the farming game Regenerative farming. If you’ve never heard of this, you’re not alone: It’s not very mainstream yet. But it’s one of the biggest ways we can reverse effects of climate change. Here’s some bullet point info to get started from Regeneration Internatio...

Climate change explainer: Earth is warming but winters could get worse -- here’s why Fourth edition of ‘In This Climate’ newsletter Published:  Updated:  Tags:  Freezing pipe (Pixabay) This article was first published in the “In This Climate” Newsletter, a periodical newsletter looking at the impact of climate change in Michigan. , or by using the form at the bottom of the article below. Welcome back to the In This Climate Newsletter! I’m Ken. I launched this newsletter to bring...

3 biggest things Michigan can do to battle climate change Third edition of ‘In This Climate’ newsletter Published:  Tags:  Solar energy This article was first published in the “In This Climate” Newsletter, a periodical newsletter looking at the impact of climate change in Michigan. , or by using the form at the bottom of the article below. “It is not too late, but time is running out.” Welcome back to the In This Climate Newsletter! I’m Ken. I launched this newsletter to bring ...

What Michigan’s future could look like without action on climate change Second edition of ‘In This Climate’ newsletter Published:  Tags:  View of a section of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore park and fog-obscured Lake Michigan beyond, Michigan, November 2013. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images) (Getty Images) This article was first published in the “In This Climate” Newsletter, a periodical newsletter looking at the impact of climate change in Michigan. , or by using th...

Often, we think of climate change as a thing that will happen many years from now. But that’s no longer the case. Climate change is happening right now, and its impacts can be seen across Michigan.