Julie WornanJan 102 minHave You Looked Up Yet?What I will remember most about this Christmas was watching Don’t Look Up on Netflix, written, directed and produced by Adam McKay, and...
Julie WornanDec 16, 20212 minWill the real Joe Biden please stand up?Biden the Candidate pledged, “No more drilling on federal lands, period.” Fossil fuel development on federal lands accounts for almost a...
Julie WornanNov 24, 20212 minA little Oil with your Ecology, anyone?Over 500 delegates from the fossil fuel industry representing more than 100 companies attended COP26 (1). Industry delegates are only...
Julie WornanNov 18, 20213 minCOP26 scorecard: The Good, the Bad and the HopefulNote: this blog post is a compilation of extrracts from the sources listed below. The Good Emissions: 81 countries representing nearly...
Julie WornanNov 11, 20213 minCOP26 - the Good, the Bad, and the PassionThe 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, was attended by 25,000 delegates from 200 countries...
Julie WornanOct 31, 20212 minWhat’s this Taxonomy thing?In March of 2018, the European Commission set forth an Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth (1). This plan included the creation...
Julie WornanOct 24, 20213 minTo Grow or Not to Grow?We like to own things, eat things, travel. We often measure our well-being by the level - the quantity and quality - of those activities....
Liza K. TóthOct 22, 20212 minClimate Activism: Stopping a Planned Controlled Fire at a Local Nature ReserveAs an avid photographer of my local nature reserve, Fleet Pond, I have had several occasions to notice huge smoke plumes and fires around...
Julie WornanOct 17, 20213 minSaving Our Planet using Climate TraceThe euphoria of the Paris agreement of 2015 laid down a set of goals within certain timescales. Countries were to establish their own...
Julie WornanOct 17, 20211 minNuclear Pride keeps up the strideWith song, dance, and well-informed information stands, young and old ... celebrated the benefits of nuclear power in Lyon, France (25...
charlesa19Oct 17, 20213 minWrite to Your MP about Stopping Global WarmingDo you want to limit global warming to 1.5C? We can make a difference by telling our MP what we want. How to find your MP? See...
charlesa19Oct 17, 20212 minCut Our CO2 Emissions at HomeIf I cut my carbon footprint, and you cut yours, together we can help stop global warming! COP26 offers a one-time opportunity to get...
charlesa19Oct 17, 20211 minHow to Mobilise Public Support to Stop Global WarmingAt the G7 Meeting in Cornwall UK in June 2021 World Leaders committed to “keep the 1.5°C global warming threshold within reach.” This...
Julie WornanSep 15, 20212 minGone with the WindWhen the wind goes down, so does wind-generated electric power. When supply is constricted, prices rise. And when the supply of clean...
Julie WornanSep 15, 20212 minWe call on World LeadersRecent widespread extreme climate events and the latest IPCC report show with irrefutable clarity that catastrophic climate change is...
Julie WornanJun 27, 20211 minKLIMAKRISE? KERNKRAFT!Nuclear Energy for Climate Germany is failing to meet its climate targets. Germany aims to be CO₂-neutral by 2050. It cannot meet its...
Julie WornanJun 13, 20212 minBurning forests for biomass is a really bad ideaStanding forests sequester carbon, a crucial service to our planet threatened by climate change. Forests shelter wildlife. The...
Julie WornanJun 4, 20212 minTax the Carbon“The fastest way to phase down fossil fuel use is via a steadily rising carbon fee collected from fossil fuel companies.“ James Hansen,...
Julie WornanMay 17, 20214 minTilting toward windmillsIn my graphic book Let’s Save the Planet, my young protagonists praise wind turbines, calling them “wind angels” and declaring, “We love...
Julie WornanMay 10, 20213 minThe Battle for the ClimateLa Bataille pour le Climate (The Battle for the Climate) by Myrto Tripathi Clear, well reasoned, factual but not excessive technical,...