circular economy, clean energy, Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment, resilience

System Change NOT Climate Change | Leaders in Energy

Washington (CAR) Analysis | September 29, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

Can you feel it in the air all around you? The sensory clues that we pick up on just before the season changes. A shift in temperature. A new scent wafting through the air. Displays of seasonal delights appearing in the produce section of the grocery store. We recognize these subtle clues, make a mental note, and slowly begin to shift gears. 

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Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment, Health, heat

The Mysterious Deaths of a Young California Family on California Trail Near Toxic Algal Blooms | Who Has the Answers?

Washington (CAR) Analysis | September 23, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

The mysterious deaths of the young California family and their dog while out hiking along the remote Savage Lundy Trail in Devil’s Gulch in Sierra National Forest in Mariposa, California on August 15, 2021, should have us all on high alert as we enter this new high heat era that scientists know very little about. 

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Albedo, Climate Change, Environment

School Buses with White Roofs Lower the Heat | Albedo Effect

Washington (CAR) Analysis | September 22, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

Many decision makers in our towns, local businesses and corporate office parks are aware of the albedo effect and apply the principles. We can see this with our own eyes as we drive through our communities. Large sports arenas and convention centers glow in the sun with their white exteriors, walls and roofs.

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Albedo, Climate Action, Climate Change, Environment, heat

Top 10 High Albedo Sports Arenas | Lowering the Heat

Washington (CAR) Analysis | September 21, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

High albedo is a vitally important climate solution, that will not only lower indoor temperatures and curb carbon emissions, but will also help reflect the sun’s energy, making up for the decreased sun reflection of our shrinking icecaps. 

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Albedo, Climate Action, Climate Change, heat

Boosting Albedo Everywhere Is a Climate Solution

Washington (CAR) Analysis | September 19, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

After a summer of unprecedented weather events, with hundreds of deaths and many billions of dollars in damages, the IPCC Report released on August 8, 2021, fell on open ears. We all seemed to stop what we were doing and process what scientists were fervently attempting to express.

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Climate Action, Climate Change, Health, heat

Top Tips for Staying Alive While Working In the Heat

Washington (CAR) Analysis | August 19, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

Heat can hurt, warned UCLA Assistant Professor of Public Policy Dr. R. Jisung Park in a Twitter thread last month. “In unexpected ways, even indoors,” Park emphasized along with images highlighting the data that supported his assertions. Millions of Americans suffered through a scorching heat wave that punished the Pacific Northwest from late June to mid July, 2021. The staggering temperature highs jolted mayors and governors across five states. “Hotter temperature increases workplace injuries significantly,” Park stated point blank in one tweet.

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Climate Action, Climate Change, heat

Top 9 Immediate Concerns with Extreme Heat

Washington (CAR) Analysis | August 18, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

Human civilization evolved during the most stable climate conditions in the history of the Earth. Scientists refer to this era as The Holocene Epoch, a period of global temperature variations rising and falling between +/-1ºC, but never exceeding the +1ºC. This stability provided more than ten thousand years of reliable four seasons and predictable weather patterns. 

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Climate Action, Climate Change, National Security

Climate Change’s Impact on America’s Favorite Pastime | Sports

Washington CAR) Analysis | July 17, 2021, by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

America’s passion for professional sports, particularly baseball, is under severe threat from climate change. With our favorite pastime now in peril, it becomes a powerful wake up call that should motivate us into quick action.

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Climate Action, Climate Change, Eco, Environment, soil

Gordon Plaza EPA Failures | Environmental & Climate Injustice

Washington (CAR) Analysis | June 29, 2021 by Climate Journalist Noreen Wise; Image Credit: AdobeStock

“Responsibility is accepting that you are the cause and the solution of the matter.”
—Anonymous

Following an article written on June 7, 2021 outlining the many decades of suffering that the families of the New Orleans subdivision, Gordon Plaza, have endured as a result of the galling indifference of federal, state and local leaders, and their refusal to take responsibility for the traumatic plight of the Gordon Plaza residents, I sent an email to EPA’s Environmental Justice Division, requesting answers to a few questions: 

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Climate Change, Eco, Environment, Ethics

Concrete Kills: Burdens Outweigh the Benefits

Washington (CAR) Analysis | June 25, 2021 by Michael Wells

After water, concrete is the most widely used substance in the world. But this does not mean it is safe. Concrete is responsible for 5-7% of global CO2 emissions. It outweighs the combined mass of every tree, bush, and shrub on Earth, and it hardens and degrades slowly. Joni Mitchell once wrote a song about paving paradise to put up a parking lot, and that has already happened. 

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