By Michael McCord
An excellent, Pulitzer Prize-winning source of online information, both on climate change and climate action, is the weekly newsletter published by the non-profit news organization, Inside Climate News. Here’s their website, where you can sign up for the newsletter at no cost (donations not required but welcomed). Options include receiving the newsletter daily, bi-weekly, or each Saturday.
Recent newsletters (November 7-11, 2023) include articles that are especially relevant to communities, like many in Boston, that are particularly vulnerable to climate change-induced flooding from mega-rainstorms or rising tides—or both.
One article, “Planned Fossil Fuel Production Vastly Exceeds the World’s Climate Goals, ’Throwing Humanity’s Future Into Question,’” relates the dismal news of nations, led by our own, that are still allowing (indeed, encouraging) the expansion of fossil fuel extraction and consumption.
In the November 11th issue, “What the Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves Means for the Planet” is a Q & A featuring Steve Curwood of “Living on Earth” and Richard Alley, professor of geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. While there is, long term, a distinct possibility of a ten-foot sea rise (a threat to the existence of large sections of Boston), Alley provides an optimistic perspective based on the swift implementation of existing technologies that can slow the current rate of global warming—provided we have the political will to implement them.
And a third article, entitled “Michigan Poised to Join States Requiring 100% Clean Electricity,” speaks directly to that critical factor of political will and what’s possible if it is corralled for the common good.
A collection of good clean energy proposals is currently before our state legislature. In an upcoming post, we will tell you about several of the proposals that Boston Green Action urges you to support by communicating with your legislators.
