The Paris Agreement, and What the Future Holds

Today is a historic day: as tens of thousands of people filled the streets of Paris, politicians finalized a major new global climate agreement. The deal in Paris includes an agreement to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, with an aim of 1.5 degrees, and achieve climate ‘neutrality’ that will require phasing out... (More...)

What The Paris Agreement Does, and Doesn’t Do

Some people are relaxing after organizing a really powerful redlines action Some people are still trying to figure out what this climate agreement will really get us. Some people are gearing up to keep on fighting. Because that’s what we need. Here’s a rough (unofficial) overview of some different parts of the agreement: – Temperature... (More...)

1.5° C is better for all of us, and here’s one key thing it means

1.5°C is better for all of us, but it means one thing: we have to keep more fossil fuels in the ground. One target has stormed back into contention at the Paris climate talks: 1.5 degrees Celsius. That number has been around for years, but in the past it was only pushed by a coalition... (More...)

Climate Leader? Don’t Auction Off Fossil Fuels

Yesterday, the Obama Administration canceled what had previously been a relatively obscure DC event: an auction selling off the drilling and mining rights to fossil fuels on government-owned lands. The Administration called off the auction after hundreds of people signed up to protest the scheduled Thursday event, and after the White House phones were clogged... (More...)