THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT
NEWSLETTER & ACTION TOOLKIT

Scientists have determined that New York’s recent deluge was significantly boosted by a warming climate, as hot air can hold more moisture than cool air. So how much worse was it?

It’s spooky season and food waste is as scary as ever. More than one billion pounds of pumpkins rot in landfills every year, but something can be done.

Concrete doesn’t do much to help with flooding. But cities could be more resilient with a revolutionary new concept: Sponge Cities. Find out what they are and why they are a growing movement.

Do you wonder how climate change will affect you? This new tool allows you to see the exact dangers your neighborhood faces. Check it out here … if you’re brave enough.

Nearly two decades ago scientists found a microbe munching plastic in a landfill. After twenty years of research they now have big plans for this bacteria and think it may just fix our waste crisis. See what the plan is here.

Standard agricultural practices are stripping nutrients from the ground and soil health is at an all-time low. Now farmers are looking toward ancient solutions, and they’re hot.

Wildfire season could soon be year round, but our solution shouldn’t be as bad as the problem itself. See how chemicals used to put out these fires may also be putting out already endangered aquatic life.

Studies show that the majority of microplastics in the ocean come from one common source. And they go round and round.

Microscopic zooplankton make up a crucial part of the arctic ecosystem, but as ice loss continues these tiny, light-shy creatures are migrating to cooler waters. The result could be grim for the entire arctic ecosystem.

For a few minutes on a Saturday, all of South Australia’s electricity demand was met by rooftop solar. This is a win for Australia’s rapidly evolving electricity grid, but also for solar power around the globe.

Unreliable coal plants in South Africa have left the nation in the midst of an electricity crisis. But consumer action has increased rooftop solar power more than three hundred percent in the past year.

Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline threatens much of the Great Lakes including the straits of Mackinac. But over 60 Tribal Nations in North America have come together to support the ongoing lawsuit to have the pipeline removed.

What better way to ensure children’s future than to make sure their school buses don’t threaten it? New York State is offering its schools $100 million in incentives for zero-emissions school buses to help the state reach its emissions goals.

Outdoor workers are 35 times more likely to die from extreme heat than the general population. The proposed Miami-Dade Heat Standard would be the first of its kind in the country to protect and give workers the proper resources in heat exposure.

A round of applause for the National Forest Foundation! From 21,000 acres of reforestation to 8 million trees planted in the past year this organization has not stopped. Check out all the good work they are doing here!

A New York judge has ruled that pollution from a crypto currency mine violates the state’s climate law.