The Trump administration has been terrible for climate protection. We can stop some of what the administration is trying to do, and we can slow down some more. Our...
Last month, a reader asked what China is doing about climate change. I’m grateful for the question. China is one of the two largest countries in the world. China...
These last couple of weeks, there were flash floods in new places in Texas, more wildfires in California and Europe, and worse heatwaves in Europe, China, and the Eastern...
You might wonder why some people want to boycott fossil fuels: Gasoline, natural gas and coal. Here’s what is going on.
The greenhouse gases that drive our manufactured global warming...
Our transition from fossil fuels continues. Every three months, I report here how the transition is going. With recent events at the federal level, I was reluctant to look...
Electric vehicles will be a big part of stopping global warming, but you don’t have to buy an EV. We will stop global warming by stopping burning fossil fuels:...
During summers in college, I worked as an orderly in psychiatric hospitals. One day, a group of teenage patients wanted to play hearts. I had never played the game...
In November, the Duwamish Longhouse held what is called a “climate café,” a get-together to talk about climate change. The Duwamish Longhouse climate café aimed to inspire action.
Another kind...
If you were around at the end of 1995, you were here when U.S. gas stations sold their last gallon of leaded gas.
From the 1920s to the 1970s, almost...
This election, Washington state chose to keep our Climate Commitment Act. That keeps us on track to stop most of our greenhouse gas pollution by 2050. I’m grateful. Countries...
I teach continuing-ed classes about global warming. It seems like everyone in my classes wants to know, “What can I do about it?”
It’s a good question. On your own,...
Phoenix Arizona has had temperatures over 100°F for 106 straight days. The Alaskan snow crab fishery collapsed in 2022. It has gotten too hot for Koreans to farm the...
Coastal tribes in the Northwest are on the front lines of the changing climate but face barriers to responding to its effects.
A new report collected testimony directly from tribal members to...
The weekend before last, I was at the Edmonds Museum Summer Market talking about EV charging stations. Almost everyone who wants to talk about charging stations at the market...
Map courtesy Clean and Prosperous Institute.
This fall, when you get your ballot in October, you will get to vote on who will be the President of the United States....
I recently spoke at a meeting about burning fossil fuels and how they release greenhouse gases that overheat the planet. When we got to audience questions, the last question...
In January through March this year, Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace residents bought a little over 200 new electric vehicles. EVs were 19% of the new cars and trucks...
