Pine Island Glacier’s ice shelf is ripping apart, speeding Antarctic glacier thinning
From 2017 to 2020, large icebergs at the ice shelf’s edge broke away
Canada sets record temperature of over 114 degrees
Even in Vancouver, parks, beaches and pools have been flooded with residents eager to cool off. US-Canada border restrictions extended until July 21.
John Kerry and Condoleezza Rice on Carbon Tax
Here’s a 4 minute YouTube clip of former Secretaries of State John Kerry and Condoleeza Rice supporting carbon fee and dividend in 2019. #bipartisan
Senate Passes Growing Climate Solutions Act
Note: CCL supported this legislation as a “secondary ask” in March Lobby meetings. Creating certified carbon markets, is it a model for bi-partisan, market-based solutions?
Fareed Zakaria Endorses Carbon Fee and Dividend
On last Sunday’s GPS, Fareed Zaharia’s “Last Look” editorial called for a carbon fee and dividend.
Carbon Pricing 101: A Short Video Explainer
Resources For The Future just published a short post (2-minute read) and a short 4-minute video explainer on Carbon Pricing (both carbon tax and cap and trade). #ShareThis
Will Carbon Labels Matter?
“We think of carbon as the new calorie,”
The US Is Already Decarbonizing; But We Need to Move Faster
Summary: The green vortex describes how policy, technology, business, and politics can all work together, lowering the cost of zero-carbon energy, building pro-climate coalitions, and speeding up humanity’s ability to decarbonize. It has also already gotten results.
Ask A Friend
According to Yale Climate Solutions surveys, the number of Americans who are “Concerned” or “Alarmed” grows month by month. When asked why don’t do anything to address the problem, they say, “because no one has asked me. If they did, I do whatever they reasonably request.” So … ASK YOUR FRIENDS! Here are some suggested messages.
Levin, Casten craft counterproposal to GOP permit plan
Congress may be out this week, but Reps. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) and Sean Casten (D-Ill.) are busy drafting a counterproposal to House Republicans’ plan to speed up the permitting process for energy projects.
Their forthcoming bill, dubbed the Clean Electricity Transmission Acceleration Act, seeks to accelerate …
Carbon Neutral Private Jets?
The private jets charter company plans to announce today that it is buying a stake in a business that converts landfill waste into so-called sustainable aviation fuel, or S.A.F., as criticism grows about the environmental impact of private charter flights, which have boomed during the pandemic.
Rhode Island Adds Carbon Tax
Summary:
* RI starts the process
* Good summary of other states’ efforts
* Future use
Rhode Island’s carbon-pricing study is officially underway amid an uncertain future for local efforts to address the climate crisis.
The concept of placing a fee on fossil fuels to pay for renewable-energy initiatives …