DISEASE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Photo: Symbol for Covid More than 58% of human diseases caused by pathogens, like dengue, hepatitis, pneumonia, malaria, Zika and[…]
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Author: Gail McCormick
Gail McCormick has been a leader in climate change activism for over 40 years. Her relevant award-winning art has been shown in museums, university galleries, and at the landmark UN Rio Conference. As a board member of HealthLink, she helped eradicate antiquated Massachusetts coal power plants and has been chair of Sustainable Arlington, MA. She has a Master’s degree from Columbia University. Follow her on Twitter @GailMcCormick20.
PRODUCING YOUR OWN ENERGY
It’s now possible to engineer a biofilm that harvests the energy in evaporation, making energy from the moisture on your[…]
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DIRE DROUGHT
A brutal drought, made worse by climate change, is plaguing Northern Kenya. Over the past two years 85% of the[…]
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CLIMATE CHANGE LAWSUITS AND THE COURTS
In 2013 a group of Philippines organizations and individuals there and elsewhere petitioned the Philippines Commission on Human Rights to[…]
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COMING TO YOUR BACKYARD, SMOKE FROM FAR AWAY FIRES
Enhanced Western U.S. wildfire activity will likely correspond to increasingly frequent air quality degradation at local to continental scales. In[…]
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SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC LAWN MOWERS
The unit used by Solar Mow is the Rival, manufactured by Ohio’s Mean Green Mowers. Buyers can choose from a[…]
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HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?
In the past 30 days, 1,403 daily high-temperature records and 2,856 records for warmest overnight low temperature have been set[…]
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SOLAR ON VINYL TARP
New Use Energy Solutions has a new line of portable PV systems built with a module technology relying on Sunpower’s[…]
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ADVANCED AVIATION FUEL
The aviation sector is responsible for about 5% of problematic global carbon emissions. A new fuel production system uses water,[…]
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CENTRAL ASIA’S CLIMATE PROBLEM
Image: Tianshan Mountains, bordering China Rising annual temperatures and dwindling yearly precipitation across the mid-latitudes of Central Asia have extended[…]
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