Fascinating story about a poignant dilemma.
China's Belt and Road initiative is making enormous investments in clean energy in multiple countries. This does involve a lot of emissions for steel production.
Enjoy bringing your climate-friendly travel questions to the "Travel Surgery" event coming soon 17 June with Flight Free UK, Mark Smith ("The Man in Seat 61"), and Claire Martin.
A cheer for the rebels who will not sleepwalk into the middle years of the climate crisis!
On my way to Boston, as I cycled along the delightful Somerville Community Path, shortly before 6am, even the morning sunshine and the songbirds seemed to be saying, "take courage."
Three delightful ideas for any climate-friendly travel show (1) local treasures, (2) green travel modes, (3) more time on fewer trips.
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#flyingless
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"As much as inaction on climate gets framed as lack of science or perhaps the wrong messaging framework, it's important to remember that we're here because of acts of sabotage."
Now enjoying last fall's podcast series by @amywestervelt.bsky.social about the @cssn.org book on climate obstruction.
At the American Diabetes Association (ADA) yesterday, researchers were stopped by police and escorted out of the conference for distributing an editorial that had been published in the journal's own flagship journal, criticizing the dismantling of biomedical research. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...
While reading the commentaries at "heritage-foundation.org" in favor of protecting SNAP, we see it is not THAT Heritage Foundation.
As you wonder how this domain name use was permitted, enjoy the zany "terms and conditions" page. Don't be "the grumbling party." www.heritage-foundation.org/general-5
The Northeast LDC Gas Forum is conducting business as usual at The Westin Hotel despite the looming climate crisis.
Outside, police use power tools to separate activists from barrels & a pink car emblazoned with the phrase "GAS IS BAD FOR MASS" parked in the intersection at Copley Square.
JUST IN (#SNAP) via @apnews.com:
"A federal judge on Friday sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump admin to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program."
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A federal judge has sided with 20 Democratic states and halted an effort by the Trump administration to force states to comply with a range of conditions to get billions of dollars from the federal fo...
Rebels block access to Westin Copley Place Hotel where the Northeast LDC Gas Forum is meeting; we demand that Massachusetts ban new fossil fuel infrastructure & rapidly transition off natural gas. GAS is BAD for MASS! ARRESTS EXPECTED #ClimateCrisis xrboston.org/press/climat...
China’s construction of more than 700 Belt and Road projects across 105 countries packs a sizable carbon footprint. The largest source of emissions: Chinese steel.
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Less than 2 weeks until our next event!
Mark Smith, Claire Martin and Byway will give clarity to your travel queries in our free online Q&A on Wednesday 17th June. Get your tickets now!
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Today on the podcast, @amywestervelt.bsky.social digs into another chapter of the great @cssn.org book on global climate obstruction, focused on the role rightwing populism plays in climate obstruction. Welcome to the Rapture, people!
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Strong regulations and incentives are needed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese manufacturing, two new studies conclude.
