Climate Change Debate

Out in the fertile yet water-constrained farmlands of California’s western Central Valley, a massive solar, battery, and power grid project that could provide a quarter of the state’s clean energy needs by 2035 has taken a critical step forward. In December, the board of...See more

To date, the U.S. Postal Service has rolled out more than 2,600 electric vehicles for mail deliveries at 65 sites around the country, including in California, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, and New York. This is part of a historic decision in 2022 to electrify a majority of USPS...See more

https://www.commondreams.org/news/wildfires-climate-change

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-climate

Global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025, according to a report released Friday in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The study—a collaboration involving more than 50 scientists from 31 international institutions—measured temperature...See more

Warnings about climate change divide George H.W. Bush's White House at a pivotal moment for the planet in this documentary told through archival footage. #climatechange #bushadministration https://www.netflix.com/title/82045299

Falsehoods abound as vested interests distract from the growing dangers, encouraging business as usual to keep oil sales in the black: Ronald Reagan claiming that trees cause more pollution than cars, George W. Bush rebranding “global warming” as “climate change,” and Donald...See more

Around 30 years ago, on Staten Island, the city tried something new to address flooding—bluebelts. Often connected to a network of storm sewers, these drainage systems—usually wetlands and ponds—slow floodwaters, act as barriers during storms and sequester pollutants, directly reducing flood risk and helping protect homes by controlling water flow. #bluebelts #stormwater https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02012026/why-nyc-is-spending-millions-on-bluebelts/

McKibben’s prose is scintillating as usual, providing an engaging whistle-stop tour of the history and present of climate change and clean energy, and their epic battle for the future of the world, with accessible explanations of topics ranging from atmospheric physics to agrivoltaics along the way. Here Comes the Sun is the best “first draft of history” this writer has yet read about the incredible surge of clean energy during the early 2020s. #billmckibben #solarenergy https://climateactapp.substack.com/p/your-daily-dose-of-climate-hope-review

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/the-five-most-unhinged-climate-lies-trump-told-in-2025/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/31/out-of-the-greenhouse-into-the-madhouse-the-year-in-climate-politics/