The factions of the Democratic coalition have come into alignment on climate change.

Source: Democrats’ new climate change policy platform could unite the left – Vox  

By David Roberts@drvoxdavid@vox.com  May 27, 2020, 9:30am EDT

After the ignominious failure of the Democratic climate change bill in President Barack Obama’s first term — the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill that narrowly […]

Source: If COVID-19 frightens you, you should be terrified by climate change | Earthbeat | National Catholic Reporter

“It is worse, much worse, than you think.” This is how journalist David Wallace-Wells opens his 2019 book, The Uninhabitable Earth, about global climate change. This sentence aptly describes the dire circumstances our planet faces now and in […]

Source: A Major Oil Pipeline Project Strikes Deep at the Heart of Africa – Yale E360

Despite the global plunge in oil prices, a major pipeline that would carry oil 900 miles across East Africa is moving ahead. International experts warn that the $20 billion project will displace thousands of small farmers and put key […]

A Vision for Equitable Climate Action

The climate crisis affects all of us, in almost every aspect of our lives. And the solutions to global warming touch every part of the country and the economy. The Vision for Equitable Climate Action (VECA) is a roadmap for how we can prevent the worst of global warming, […]

Source: In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. – The New York Times