Last week, President Donald Trump signed what is likely the most regressive U.S. tax-and-spending bill in U.S. history, giving the top one percent of families more than $1 trillion in tax cuts while slashing Medicaid health coverage and food assistance for the poor. It is also one of the worst …
Read More »Activating the 'Silent Majority' to Fight Climate Change
How much of a $450 pot would you give to a charity that cuts carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy, and how much would you keep for yourself? That was the question posed in a recent academic experiment. The answers mattered: real money was handed out as a result …
Read More »What Now for Climate Under Trump? Act Locally
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is co-founder of the non-profit think tank Urban Ocean Lab, distinguished scholar at Bowdoin College, and author of New York Times bestseller What If We Get it Right?: Visions of Climate Futures. By the end of Donald Trump’s second presidential term, sea levels will be higher, …
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