• Climate Change

Let’s Panic About Climate Change Like It’s Y2K

• 2020
• climate change
• Y2K

by Miro Korenha, co-founder and publisher of Our Daily Planet  I know I’m not the only one, but the thought that 2020 is just three weeks away truly astounds me. The other day as my nostalgia got the best of me, I clicked on an internet article about Y2K and the pandemonium that surrounded the […]

• Politics

For the Conservation Movement, It’s Almost Heaven, West Virginia

• #ResistRockwool
• AI
• coal
• fossil fuels
• satellite monitoring
• waste-to-energy

By Monica Medina, Founder and CEO of Our Daily Planet And now, for those of you who need a break from a long week of impeachmentpalooza, take a trip with us to Shepherdstown, West Virginia — a small town, nestled at the northeastern edge of the Shenandoah Valley, practically an exurb of Washington, D.C. It […]

• Climate Change

We Need To Expand the National Weather Service To Provide More Climate Services

• climate change
• National Weather Service
• severe weather

By Monica Medina, Founder and CEO of Our Daily Planet Earlier this year, I drafted a chapter for a book of “big” new environmental ideas entitled “A Better Planet: Forty Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future.”  In my essay, I propose that in order to brace ourselves for the impacts of climate change that we […]

• Water

The Clean Water Act Has Been Drained

• clean water
• Clean Water Act
• PFAS
• WOTUS

By Monica Medina, Founder and Publisher, Our Daily Planet The fall of 2019 will be remembered for the Ukrainian scandal and the impeachment investigation.  But for many Americans, this should be remembered as the time when our nation’s clean water crisis became crystal clear.  This is not just a Flint problem.  It is a national […]

• Animals

When Extinction is Simply Not an Option

• 30 by 30
• biodiversity
• extinction crisis
• IFAW
• North Atlantic Right Whale

by CT Harry, Marine Campaigner, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)   North Atlantic right whales once numbered tens of thousands in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean from the Labrador Sea to the coast of Florida. They were nearly driven extinct by whaling at the turn of the century and, tragically, once again, are […]

• Climate Change

Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change — One island, One Atoll, One Country at a Time

• climate change
• Federated States of Micronesia
• ocean
• sea level rise

By David W. Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia

This past week, world leaders gathered in Norway to focus on the health of our oceans at a critical time. For island nations such as the Federated States of Micronesia, threatened as never before by climate change, seriousness of purpose isn’t elective, it’s existential.

For me and for the country I am privileged to lead, the climate crisis is not abstract. It is not tomorrow’s far away challenge. We are just 1% dry land. Fly to Norway over the western Pacific and dotted below in the blue ocean are the more than 600 islands and islets that make up the Federated States of Micronesia.

For us, there is no climate and resilience plan without sustainable oceans at its heart.

• Politics

Remembering Elijah Cummings, Continuing His Fight for Environmental Justice

• Congress
• Elijah Cummings
• Environmental Justice

by Miro Korenha, co-founder and publisher, Our Daily Planet    These days the tone in Washington is ominous. For those of us who are unnerved by what we perceive to be the unraveling of our democratic institutions, some of our only comfort has come from the voices that remind us of what we’re fighting for. […]

• Climate Change

What’s the Matter with Florida?

• climate change
• Florida
• sea level rise

By Scott Nuzum Over the summer, I returned to my hometown of Venice, Florida for the first time in five years. As I prepared for my trip, I was excited by the prospect of revisiting old haunts, reconnecting with old friends, and reminiscing about my childhood spent exploring the area’s coastal waters. But I also […]

• People

In Memoriam: Cokie Roberts and Her Legacy of Pursuing the Truth

• #Sharpiegate
• climate change
• Cokie Roberts
• journalism
• Trump

Although the news of journalist Cokie Robert’s passing came about two weeks ago, we wanted to take the time to honor her memory and her legacy of hard-hitting, honest journalism. Cokie will be remembered as pithy, unrelenting, and as a woman who blazed a trail in the male-dominated media landscape. But more than anything, her […]

• Land

Conservation on a Local Level

• barrier islands
• conservation
• Forests
• St. Simon's Land Trust

    by Raleigh Kitchen, Membership and Outreach Manager, St. Simons Land Trust   The issue of conservation is a topical one. You hear about it on the news, read it in the paper, and sometimes feel overwhelmed by the amount of lands, waters, and wildlife in need of it. Conservation feels like a big […]

• Climate Change

Mayor Stephen Hagerty: Buttigieg Plan Is What Communities Need to Respond to Natural Disaster

• active shooter
• disaster
• emergency
• FEMA
• Fire
• flood
• hurricane
• tornado

  By Stephen H. Hagerty, Mayor of Evanston, Illinois Our nation is facing a heightened risk from natural and man-made disasters. Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, active shooters. We see it practically every time we turn on the television, pick up a newspaper, or glance at social media. Due to a changing climate, so-called 100-year flooding […]

• Politics

We surveyed countries around the world to better understand how much people value nature, here’s what we found.

• 30 by 30
• biodiversity
• Nat Geo

  by Dr. Jonathan Baillie, Executive Vice President & Chief Scientist, National Geographic Society   In the crystal-clear waters of the Coral Triangle, live coral species first developed millions of years ago. It is a remarkable evolutionary feat. Today, however, some of the same corals that survived the extinction of the dinosaurs could disappear by […]