• Health

Corona Watch: What Should Be on Your Radar

• #COVID19
• coronavirus
• public health

The headlines and mass event cancellations this past week have been unsettling to say the least. And often, it’s difficult to discern news from noise. That’s why we’re going to make a commitment to include accurate coverage throughout the crisis along with stories that should be on your radar. We’re all in this together, if […]

• People

Interview of the Week: Juliette Kayyem on What To Expect Now With Coronavirus

• climate change
• climate crisis
• coronavirus
• crises
• crisis management
• homeland security

Juliette Kayyem is a Friend of the Planet and a former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. She is also an analyst for CNN and chair of Homeland Security Department of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and she is the author of the book “Security Mom.”  We caught up with her for […]

• Climate Change

Coronavirus Setting Back Global Efforts to Fight Climate Change

• 30 by 30
• CBD
• climate change
• coronavirus
• UN

We wrote last week that we wished the mainstream media would cover the devastating health effects of climate change in much the same way that they’ve been covering the COVID-19 outbreak. And now that shutdowns, work-from-home protocols, canceled flights, and shuttered factories are driving down global emissions, the question is, will coronavirus wake us up […]

• Sustainability

Starbucks Cups: Testing a New One But Don’t Bring Your Own

• #COVID19
• coffee
• compostable
• coronavirus
• cups
• recycle
• Starbucks
• sustainability

As a result of what they learned in China, Starbucks will not allow people to bring in their own “vessels” to get their cup of joe as a result of the coronavirus outbreak — the “temporary” measure went into effect last week and will remain so for the foreseeable future. 

Why This Matters:  There are times when — particularly with respect to health and safety — single-use plastic items are a necessity.  This coronavirus outbreak is one of those times.

• Health

One Health Thing: Let’s Worry More About Climate Change

• coronavirus

Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the scariest dragon of them all? If we’re assessing scary monsters, air pollution that’s being caused by our addiction to fossil fuels is claiming far more lives each year that the coronavirus. Yesterday we suggested that we should all take the climate threat a little more seriously and channel […]

• Health

What if the Public Panicked About Climate Change Like They’re Doing Over Coronavirus?

• climate change
• coronavirus
• mainstream media
• public health

For those of us who work in the climate world the fact that most Americans don’t view the climate crisis as an urgent threat is a big frustration. While there’s a 97% consensus among scientists that anthropogenic climate change is occurring and the fact that no part of the United States will come out unaffected, […]