Pew Research Fact Tank
For Earth Day, how Americans see climate change and the environment in 7 charts
7 min · · For Earth Day 2020, we take stock of public opinion in the United States about global climate change and the environment. · Shared by 13
POLITICO
Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
Summary · 20+ min · · The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis changed how Americans perceive their country and the world. The coronavirus pandemic has quarantined people in their homes, and altered their relationships and how they view the institutions that govern them. As with earlier crises, the coronavirus crisis may change people and US society as a whole in fundamental and lasting ways. No one can predict how this will play out. Politico Magazine asked experts and thinkers for their visions of the future. · Shared by 1348, including Jamie Burke ⛺️, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Ward Plunet, Richard Joerges, Gerd Leonhard, Kate Nasser, Susannah Fox, Mark Kaigwa, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Stowe Boyd, Nilofer Merchant, William Gibson, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Sherry Turkle, Alexandra Lange, hardmaru, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Oliver Bussmann
grist
10 years after Deepwater Horizon, the U.S. is even more at risk of a major oil spill
5 min · · “Deepwater Horizon is not the worst-case scenario,” one oceanographer warned. · Shared by 7
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These air pollution standards kept people out of the hospital. Trump just rolled them back.
3 min · · A new study reveals a link between Obama-era air quality standards and public health improvements in Louisville, Kentucky. · Shared by 6
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How quickly do we need to ramp up renewables? Look to the narwhal.
· Professor (and 2020 Grist 50 Fixer) Leah Stokes breaks down how the U.S. can meet ambitious clean-energy goals in the fastest way possible — with the help of the humble narwhal. Adapted from Stokes… · Shared by 8
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Joe Biden has a podcast, and there’s an episode on climate change
2 min · · There is a way to get access to the inner workings of Uncle Joe’s brain, and it doesn’t require sneaking past the Secret Service. · Shared by 8
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Coronavirus has these retirees sheltering in place — by a frack site
4 min · · For this Colorado retirement community, living near a fracking site has been a nightmare. Now they can’t even leave. · Shared by 8, including publici
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Coronavirus is not just a health crisis — it’s an environmental justice crisis
7 min · · The pandemic is exposing a long history of environmental inequality. · Shared by 44, including The Real Prof. Katharine Hayhoe, Yvette Cabrera, Mary Annaïse Heglar
The Atlantic
You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Summary · 12+ min · · You’re washing your hands, practicing social distancing and coughing into your arm like a good citizen, but will this stop the spread of COVID-19? Your efforts may slow the spread, which offers social benefits, but the ship probably already sailed when it comes to actually stopping the virus. So will the world be able to pull it together and limit impending global disaster? James Hamblin, MD explains the barriers to a happy COVID-19 resolution in this article from The Atlantic, and describes what would be necessary for effective global responses to future pandemics. · Shared by 1127, including Matthew Green, anildash.com, zeynep tufekci, Pete Skomoroch, Martin Varsavsky, Christopher Mims 🤌, Jeffrey Flier, Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Mathew Ingram, Renee DiResta, George J Huba PhD, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, davidcowan, Balaji, Nate Silver, Klaus Eck, Brian Lovin, Carla Gentry 🎶, Alexis C. Madrigal, Tom Raftery
The Guardian
Half a century of dither and denial
· Fossil fuel companies have been aware of their impact on the planet since at least the 1950s · Shared by 82, including pkashwan.bsky.social, Cristina “Mitty” Mittermeier, Jochen Burkhard, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Dr. Cara Augustenborg, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Mary Annaïse Heglar