by CommunicationsTeam | Jul 6, 2020 | News
Congressional Democrats aim to zero out emissions from all new cars by 2035. This is the recommendation in a 547 page report, Solving the Climate Crisis, released by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. The document is widely seen as a climate road...
by CommunicationsTeam | Jun 29, 2020 | News, News
A new study by the First Street Foundation reports that flood risk maps by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) significantly underestimates the risk of flooding in most counties in the United States. Part of the problem with the FEMA maps is keeping the...
by Janet Williams | May 23, 2020 | Education, News, News
On May 2, the Chatham Climate Action Network presented Chatham Acts on Climate, a virtual town gathering. Town residents heard from nine organizations, each taking specific actions to address climate change. The strategies described were wide-ranging and innovative....
by CommunicationsTeam | May 6, 2020 | Climate Reportsd, Education, News
Climate economics researchers have often underestimated – sometimes badly underestimated – the costs of damages resulting from climate change. Those underestimates occur particularly in scenarios where Earth’s temperature warms beyond the Paris climate target of 1.5...
by CommunicationsTeam | May 1, 2020 | Education, News
Curious or confused about the role of “feedbacks” in the climate cycles? Read this excellent summary from Carbon Briefs and the UK’s Met Office that lays out just how and why feedback loops could make our warming crisis a catastrophe: Analysis: How...
by CommunicationsTeam | Apr 27, 2020 | News
Scientists explore the impact of climate change and what could happen if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees. Discover how the latest innovations and technology are posing potential solutions and what individuals can do to prevent further damage. This FREE video will...
by CommunicationsTeam | Apr 26, 2020 | News
Susan Starkey, Co-chair of the Faith Community and a member of the Yarmouth Climate Action Network, recently wrote an Op-Ed piece published by the Cape Cod Times. In “Will We Do What’s Needed on Climate Change,” she notes that the best antidote to...
by CommunicationsTeam | Apr 20, 2020 | Education, News
Getting to Zero: A U.S. Climate Agenda comes from C2ES’s Climate Innovation 2050 initiative. It outlines the policies needed over the coming decade to put the United States on the path to carbon neutrality by 2050. Developed with input from leading companies in key...
by CommunicationsTeam | Apr 14, 2020 | News
Our changing climate is bringing unprecedented changes to the ocean. If our future depends on what happens to the ocean, what does this mean – for marine life, for the planet and for us? Read Jeff’s Goddell’s report published in Rolling Stone:...
by CommunicationsTeam | Apr 12, 2020 | News
From Yale Environment 360 comes this fascinating report on how the views of the potential paths forward (post-COVID-19 pandemic) for addressing the climate crisis are starting to come into focus. Some policy experts are optimistic that victory over the coronavirus...
by CommunicationsTeam | Apr 6, 2020 | News
Coronavirus: nitrogen dioxide emissions drop over Italy The Washington Post reported the unexpected bright side of the economic and health crisis associated with the coronavirus pandemic – the marked improvement in our environment resulting from the massive...
by CommunicationsTeam | Apr 4, 2020 | News
From our friends at WCAI: There are important parallels between a global pandemic and climate change. One moves with incredible speed, the other more slowly, but both have the power to drastically change our way of life. WCAI’s Mindy Todd recently spoke with...
by CommunicationsTeam | Apr 1, 2020 | Education, News
Yale Climate Opinion Maps project has produced a set of interactive maps illustrates public opinion on a variety of climate beliefs, risk perceptions, and policy support. The data is drawn from the Yale Project on Climate Communication and is updated every one to two...
by CommunicationsTeam | Mar 17, 2020 | News
From our friends at ClimateXChange: As federal climate action continues to lag, states are taking the lead in proposing and championing comprehensive climate policy. But sometimes passing strong bills at the state level can be equally difficult, and we don’t have any...
by CommunicationsTeam | Mar 9, 2020 | News
The Climate Collaborative recently welcomed two renowned Cape Cod business leaders to its midst: Wendy Northcross, CEO of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and Dorothy Savarese, CEO of Cape Cod 5. “We are thrilled to have both Wendy and Dorothy join our board of...
