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IT'S A MESS DOWN HERE

This week’s edition is filled with things you can do to spread hope and stop climate change in its tracks: from the actions in MAKE IT HAPPEN, to how activists have won around the globe, to what people have to say about it all. This is ITM.earth.

Scroll down to learn about the world's most ambitious climate plan coming out of Europe while Senate Democrats unveil a plan of their own. Plus scientists battle meteorologists to define what a heat wave really is.


Meanwhile, the world is plagued by heat, drought, and flooding. Mosquitos are having a bloody good time, and the Amazon rainforest is fed up with absorbing all our emissions.

Schuld near Bad Neuenahr, western Germany, on July 15, 2021. BERND LAUTER/AFP via Getty Images


Each week, we bring you the top campaigns, actions and events — with links to everything to make taking action as easy as possible.

SUMMER OF ACTION

STAND WITH HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS on Capitol Hill to demand a Clean Energy Standard. We can’t have healthy people without a healthy planet!

HOLLYWOOD YOU
HELP OUT?

Bring climate change to center screen and SIGN THE PETITION encouraging Hollywood to tell the climate story.

REWIRE
AMERICA

Electrifying homes in every state is easy and affordable. SIGN ON HERE to show your support for a high tech, low cost, clean future. 

CALL 4 CLIMATE

Time is running out to pass the bold climate bill America needs. CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW and demand they start taking action. 

#STOPCAMBO

Scotland is hosting COP26, but it’s also set to host a massive new oil field. TELL THE UK government to REJECT this hypocrisy.

Join the
climate
movement
today.


Your weekly backstage pass to go inside the climate movement and hear what the leaders of the movement are thinking and doing.

Banks and their investments have the power to make or break our climate change goals. The Sunrise Project’s Justin Guay says we already have an important tool to stop them from funding oil and gas expansion.

Longtime Canadian climate activist TZEPORAH BERMAN knows the Paris Agreement isn't enough to keep fossil fuels in the ground. She's working with an international group to push for a global treaty to stop fossil fuel production, something other agreements have ignored.


Climate science can be overwhelming. Here’s your easy-to-share highlight reel.
A HEAT WHAT?

We know it when we feel it, but what actually is a heat wave? As these events become more common, meteorologists are looking to nail down a definition.

“VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE”

Could the extreme heat the Pacifc Northwest has been feeling happen without climate change? Scientists give that theory a big thumbs down. Read why.

SUMMER NIGHTS: TELL ME MORE TELL ME MORE

Daytime heat is getting all the attention, but it’s not cooling down at night either. Scientists say that could be even more dangerous.

RAIN, RAIN, (WON’T) GO AWAY

Feel like those April Showers have extended a bit too far into the summer? You’re not wrong and it’s not natural. Read what is going on.

CLIMATE BITES BACK

A warmer world is the mosquito’s playground. And that means more infectious disease.

FEELING GREEN

Despite what some politicians want you to think, most American support investments in green tech and renewable energy, regardless of party lines.

AMAZON NOT SO PRIME

We’ve depended on the Amazon Rainforest to store carbon as an important ally in the fight against the climate crisis. Now, the tables are starting to turn.


50 YEARS OF LIES — Fossil fuels companies have hidden the truth about climate change for decades. They continue to choose profit over people. (Jack Harries/Earthrise)

PASS THE PLAN — Biden's American Jobs Plan is the best shot we have to get to net-zero emissions by 2050. See why Congress needs to pass it, now. (Now This)

GRETA GOES OFF ON THE UN — Greta applauds world leaders for acting on climate change. Just not the kind of acting we need.

WORLD WAR CLIMATE — WWII is proof that countries can mobilize during times of crisis. Today, Canada can step up with the same zeal to fight the climate emergency. (Climate Emergency Unit)

GUARD THE FUTURE FROM VANGUARD — One of the largest investment firms on the planet spends billions of dollars to support oil, coal, and gas all while pretending to care about climate change. (BlackRock’s Big Problem)


Here’s what it looks like when people show up, voices ring loud and leaders act for the sake of the planet.
FIT FOR 55

The European Union has introduced a comprehensive plan to reduce its emissions by 55% by 2030, a cornerstone of the European Green Deal. If implemented, it would be the most aggressive climate plan in the world to date.

BYE BYE BYHALIA

Memphis residents and climate justice advocates are celebrating the cancellation of the Byhalia pipeline, which would have run through historically Black communities. Activism works!

THE JERSEY OFFSHORE

The largest offshore wind project in the US will be built off the coast of New Jersey. The two plants will produce enough energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes.

CLASS IS CANCELLED

In response to the changing energy landscape, the University of Calgary has suspended admission to its oil and gas engineering program.

BATTERIES ARE BETTER

What can people power do? This town turned a proposed gas plant into a Tesla battery site. See how it all came together.

COAL CLEANSE

Colorado's Governor is financing a $15M bill to help coal-dependent communities and workers transition to clean energy jobs.

IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA

This Philadelphia community is taking charge of their destiny two years after a refinery explosion shook their neighborhood. This is a story of how to fight for a just transition.

MONEY DOES GROW ON TREES

Ecosystems are valuable, and now landowners will know just how much they’re worth. One company is using the blockchain to translate stored carbon into cryptocurrency tokens.


The climate crisis in pictures. Our lens is global.

The reality of the climate crisis! #UprootTheSystem

Every summer there's smoke now....the following series of images were composed at various times during smoke-filled skies from wildfires happening in our province. via @atmospherics

Firefighters struggled to contain an exploding Northern California wildfire under blazing temperatures as another heatwave blanketed the western United States. via Noah Berger

An areal view after flooding at Erftstadt-Blessem, Germany, July 16, 2021. via Rhein-Erft-Kreis


DEM'S CLIMATE PLAN
Senate Democrats just released a $3.5T spending plan which prioritizes climate action, including: a Clean Energy Standard, tax credits for green energy, as well as a Civilian Climate Corps. This is what young activists have been fighting for.
FLOOD DEVASTATES GERMANY
Towns across Germany experienced violent downpours, causing streets to flood and rivers to overflow. Rescue efforts are underway as 1,300 people are still unaccounted for.
ALL WE CAN SAVE
Women in climate are powerful. Read this collection of essays from activists, scientists, journalists, farmers, lawyers, and teachers who are fighting for a better future in the face of climate change.
WE’RE IN HOT WATER
Thanks to yet another pipeline leak, the Gulf of Mexico quite literally caught fire, throwing emergency services into chaos.
CHICAGO-STYLE CHAOS
When you think of places that are threatened by climate change, Chicago might not come to mind. However, the Windy City might be ground zero in the battle with the climate.
FOX IN THE GREENHOUSE
A changing climate will make detailed weather reporting more in-demand than ever. TV news is catching on, and one notoriously anti-science outlet is even starting its own weather channel.
OK, SCHUMER!
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is taking a stand against Democrats who insist that natural gas is a clean source of energy.
FACEBOOK RUNS ON FOSSIL FUELS
Facebook has been caught spreading misinformation again. This time it's actively using its reach and influence to promote fossil fuel companies and the “benefits” of natural gas.
EPA TO NATION: FRACK YOU!
PFAS are not only dangerous, but they last forever. New info shows the EPA has allowed the oil and gas industry to use them for over a decade.
HEY PIPELINE, YOU PLAYED YOURSELF
Oh, the irony! Oil and gas pipelines, which contribute to global heating, are threatened by melting permafrost ... which is caused by climate change.
BIDEN'S CLIMATE MALARKEY
After courting progressives with promises of climate action, Biden is slated to grant as many permits to drill for oil and gas on public lands as George W. Bush.

This is the spotlight for the climate heroes doing the most urgent work on the front lines.
Peter Kalmus is a NASA scientist, author, and founder of The Climate Ad Project.

Peter
Kalmus


Peter Kalmus is a NASA scientist, author, and founder of The Climate Ad Project.
Varshini Prakash is the co-founder and executive director of The Sunrise Movement and has been instrumental in fighting for the Green New Deal.

Varshini
Prakash


Varshini Prakash is the co-founder and executive director of The Sunrise Movement and has been instrumental in fighting for the Green New Deal.
KANAHUS MANUEL is First Nations Secwepemc and Ktunaxa. She works with the Tiny House Warriors, a grassroots group of Secwepemc land defenders resisting the Trans Mountain Pipeline in British Columbia.

Kanahus
Manuel


KANAHUS MANUEL is First Nations Secwepemc and Ktunaxa. She works with the Tiny House Warriors, a grassroots group of Secwepemc land defenders resisting the Trans Mountain Pipeline in British Columbia.

Every week we highlight three climate campaigns having real impact. There are many more than 3, see many of them here.

Food & Water Watch fights for safe food, clean water, and a livable climate for all of us. They protect people from corporations and other economic interests that put profit ahead of everything else.

Intersectional Environmentalist is a media + resource hub that promotes an inclusive version of environmentalism and advocates for both the protection of people and the planet.

Media Matters for America is a web-based, not-for-profit that monitors a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets to expose climate disinformation and the lack of accurate climate coverage.