California voters will decide in November whether to borrow $10 billion to fight climate change. Proposition 4, the bond measure formerly known as SB 867, missed the first deadline to get on the ballot, was granted a second life when the Secretary of State agreed to extend the deadline, and barely made it to the … Continue reading Climate Bond Heads to Ballot
Category: Climate change
Countdown to Destruction
This is the first of three videos in a series by Greenpeace called Countdown to Destruction. This episode, Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?, is about the environmental danger posed by commodity agriculture. Below the video are links to the remaining two episodes. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9TSpxd0y2YA Episode 2: Can we fix our broken food system? … Continue reading Countdown to Destruction
Climate Change and Food Production
We often think about agriculture as a cause of global warming (which it is) and as a possible solution (which it can be), but it is also a victim. However you view it, our food supply should be an important part of any discussion about climate change. Anthropogenic climate change has reduced agriculture productivity by … Continue reading Climate Change and Food Production
Acorns and Alligators 