#ClimateFacts: Worse Wildfires

Wildfires are burning bigger, hotter and longer due to climate change.

SOURCES:
[i] http://www.climatecentral.org/wgts/wildfires/Wildfires2012.pdf
[ii] http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2006/07/06/science.1128834?explicitversion=true
[iii] http://www.ltrr.arizona.edu/~tswetnam/tws-pdf/AllenEtal-EApaper.pdf
[iv] https://grist.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/gude_manuscript_4-24-09_color.pdf; https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2009/09/01/6643/what-a-1-degree-temperature-increase-means-for-wildfires/
[v] https://www.usda.gov/oce/climate_change/effects_2012/FS_Climate1114%20opt.pdf; https://thinkprogress.org/climate-change-will-double-area-burned-in-u-s-wildfires-by-2050-report-warns-d49d7d0a5de7#.wbz80zg4b
[vi] https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1104422/
[vii] http://www.pnas.org/content/107/50/21256.full; Thomas Swetnam

Is Methane Clean?

Is methane really a cleaner fuel than coal? New York Times journalist Mark Bittman talks to scientists from across the U.S. to find out.

Music Video – All My Days by Alexi Murdoch

Music video set to the song ‘All My Days’ by singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch, using footage from season 1 of YEARS of LIVING DANGEROUSLY.

#ClimateFacts: The World’s Biggest Polluters

Who are the biggest polluters in the world? In 2006, China became the world’s largest greenhouse gas polluter. But a closer look at the numbers tells a more complicated story.

Against the Wind starring America Ferrera

All across the U.S., organizations like the Heartland Institute are sending out ambassadors armed with pro-fossil fuel propaganda to influence your local lawmakers. America Ferrera travels to Kansas to learn about how farmers are benefitting from wind power, but one man is standing in their way.

The Vogel Family Wind Farm in Lubbock, Texas

In Lubbock, Texas, Jordan and his grandfather Herb visit the family wind farm.

#ClimateFacts: Bipartisan Efforts

If we hope to tackle climate change head on, we need to do it together. Meet Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL), the amazing group of volunteers committed to uniting Republicans and Democrats in Congress. They’ve helped form the Climate Solutions Caucus to come up with bipartisan solutions.

Don Cheadle for #PutAPriceOnIt

In seasons 1 and 2 of Years of Living Dangerously, Don Cheadle saw how drought is hurting everyday Americans, from Texas to California. He’s seen how climate change is costing us right now.

He knows it’s time to #PutAPriceOnIt

Nikki Reed for #PutAPriceOnIt

Nikki Reed has an important message about one of the most powerful solutions in the fight against climate change: putting a price on carbon. She investigated it firsthand, meeting with economists, business leaders, and politicians.

Donald Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement

After President Donald J. Trump announced he was pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement, the governors of Washington, New York, and California announced they were forming the United States Climate Alliance, keeping their states on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

If you live in one of these states, call your governor and thank them. If you don’t live in one of these states, ask your governor to join the alliance.