Nina Turner 
By Tracy Rucinski, Reuters Highlights: Delta Airlines aims to become the first carbon-neutral airline and plans to invest $1 billion over the next ten years to limit its environmental impact. The aviation industry accounts for roughly 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions Airlines have made small scale changes such as plastic waste reduction due to … Read more
By Sophie Bethune, American Psychological Association Highlights: Washington State considers banning internal combustion engine (“ICE”) vehicles by 2030. The concept has been introduced in various countries such as Norway, the UK, and Denmark in efforts to lessen transportation emissions The Washington bill, HB 2515, would ban the sale of new ICE cars by 2030, including … Read more
By Sophie Bethune, American Psychological Association Highlights: A new study shows more than half of American adults worry about climate change. Adults who are concerned about the climate crisis are making lifestyle changes that address waste reduction, energy efficiency, flying less, and using more renewable energy The climate crisis is considered important enough to cause … Read more
By Karen Weiss, The New York Times Highlights: Jeff Bezos announced a new initiative titled the Bezos Climate Fund that aims to fund scientists, activists and non-governmental organizations– after being pushed by employees to address the climate crisis Amazon recently committed to a climate pledge, aiming to become carbon neutral by 2040– ten years ahead … Read more
By Matt Mace, edie.net Highlights: 121 nations with a collective $39 trillion in GDP have created net-zero emissions (carbon neutrality) targets in response to the 2018 IPCC 1.5C report. These nations are mobilizing to address the climate crisis 18 months after the IPCC 1.5C report was released Analysis found that only 16% of GDP was … Read more
By David Herbling and Samuel Gebre, Bloomberg Highlights: Swarms of desert locusts are devastating farms throughout East Africa. The outbreak is due to an increased amount of cyclones and sudden rainfall after a long dry spell, resulting in the perfect breeding conditions for locusts Further increases in climate change effects will cause more cyclones and … Read more
By Jonathan Watts, The Guardian Highlights: Seymore Island along the Antarctic Peninsula reached an all-time high temperature of nearly 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The high temperature was recorded by Terrantar, a Brazilian government project monitoring climate change impacts throughout Antarctica The increasing temperatures may be due to El Niño weather events and shifts in ocean currents … Read more
By Heesu Lee, Bloomberg Highlights: The world is throwing away double the amount of food than previously estimated, according to a new report by Wageningen University & Research. The worlds richest are wasting more food at home compared to their less affluent counterparts Analysis by Wageningen Economic Research suggests that people are wasting over 300 calories … Read more
by Kylie MacLellan, Reuters Highlights: Following a growing trend in Europe, Britain is the next country to announce the phase-out of internal combustion engine cars within the next 15 years. This includes all diesel, petrol, and hybrid vehicles. Though traditional cars make up 90% of new vehicle sales in Britain, the government is investing over … Read more
by University College London, Phys.org Highlights: The carbon tax legislation, known as the Carbon Price Support, has resulted in a 93% decrease of electricity generated by coal in the UK. The tax was introduced in 2013 but the energy sector saw a vast decrease in coal dependency once the tax was increased in 2015 Coal … Read more
