Passed with a majority vote in both the State Senate and Assembly, Governor Cuomo signed the historic Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (The Climate Act) into law in July of 2019. As perhaps our country’s most comprehensive and aggressive state-level response to the climate crisis, the Climate Act requires …
My day typically starts with a cup of coffee on my porch and birdsongs. The state of California, where I live, is known for its variety of bird species. Dark-eyed Juncos, California Towhees, Oak Titmice, and Cedar Waxwings fill the morning air with sweet symphonic sounds. While this experience has …
Climate Change is one of the global challenges facing humanity. Climate disasters due to global warming have occurred almost everywhere. Yet, the world is still discussing how we might solve the problem, what action to take, and most of all, who is responsible? If we delay action, if humans allow …
When most people think of Climate Change, they imagine things like starving polar bears on thinning sea ice, or a wreck of debris after a major hurricane on the Gulf Coast. This is certainly one aspect of the Climate Crisis. However, there’s another more personal and immediate reality unfolding every …
Mangroves are arguably the coolest ecosystem on the planet, in addition to being one of the most biologically productive. Mangroves are trees with above-ground root systems that are partially submerged in water. They are located predominantly in tropical and subtropical coastal regions where freshwater meets the sea. These ecological powerhouses …
by Robert Friedman Originally posted on October 22, 2013 on switchboard.nrdc.org There’s something about standing on a fracking pad or at the edge of a mountaintop removal site that changes you forever. You ask yourself how anyone could be so blinded to be removing mountains from the landscape, to be contaminating peoples’ …
