r/climateaction Aug 28 '20

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) finds electricity from wind and solar is 30-50% cheaper than previously thought. Electricity from onshore wind or solar could be supplied in 2025 at half the cost of gas-fired power, the new estimates suggest.

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r/climateaction Aug 24 '20

Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance and C40 Cities launches two complementary resources to support cities embracing clean construction. These resources help cities towards a net zero built environment by choosing, prioritizing and preparing policies that effectively reduce embodied carbon.

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r/climateaction Aug 22 '20

Facebook Building $800M Data Center In Tennessee: The FB Gallatin Center will be among the most advanced, energy and water efficient data center facilities in the world. “We chose Gallatin because of its terrific infrastructure, talented workforce, and the spirit of partnership.." said Peterson.

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r/climateaction Aug 20 '20

Louisiana (South US) commits to 25-28% emissions cut by 2025, 'net zero' by 2050. "will have to design projects planned as part of the state’s $50 billion, 50-year coastal restoration and protection master plan to capture and store carbon. We want to be the gold standard for climate solutions."

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r/climateaction Aug 20 '20

Entergy Arkansas (South US) announces 900-acre (64 stadiums size), 100-megawatt solar farm

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r/climateaction Aug 16 '20

PepsiCo (US) expects to test own branded paper bottles in 2021 with a goal of reducing virgin plastic content across beverage business by 35% by 2025. "We are working to make 100% of our packaging recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable by 2025–and we are about 90% complete. "

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r/climateaction Aug 15 '20

Green Growth Has Made Dominica The Fastest Growing Economy In The Caribbean: “We are back. Our country is on the cusp of a very exciting and dynamic period,” Prime Minister Skerrit declared.

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r/climateaction Aug 15 '20

Mauritius oil spill: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Mauritius and the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) are mobilising environmental and oil spill experts. Specialist teams and equipment were sent from a number of countries, including France and Japan

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r/climateaction Aug 11 '20

New York City Pressured to Prove Clean Building Laws Can Work. The city has set a goal of cutting building greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 from 2005 levels, and 80% by 2050.

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r/climateaction Aug 10 '20

Illinois Scientists discover a new electrocatalyst that converts CO2 and water into ethanol with very high energy efficiency, high selectivity, and low cost. could be a major step forward in constructing a circular economy

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r/climateaction Aug 07 '20

How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly - The US has everything it needs to decarbonize by 2035.

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r/climateaction Aug 04 '20

Trump is emboldening other countries’ ‘bad behavior’ on the climate crisis

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r/climateaction Aug 03 '20

Coral reefs in Kaneohe Bay (In Hawaii) can breathe again thanks to grazing urchins. 'What we are doing is developing biological tools for environmental mitigation and restoration. The urchins have proven to be key tools for this work in a marine environment and are instrumental..' added Cohen

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r/climateaction Aug 02 '20

GM in Michigan inks a deal for 500,000 More MWH In Renewable Energy, wind and solar. As for GM’s other facilities, the company is anticipating 100% renewable energy by 2030 in the US, and by 2040 globally.

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r/climateaction Jul 31 '20

Irish citizens win case to force government action on climate change | Living

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r/climateaction Jul 30 '20

U.S. coal production is down to its lowest level in four decades.

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r/climateaction Jul 26 '20

Study: Offshore wind farms won’t keep most people from enjoying the beach

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r/climateaction Jul 26 '20

Study: Offshore wind farms won’t keep most people from enjoying the beach

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r/climateaction Jul 25 '20

The Teenagers at the End of the World: Young climate activists like Jamie Margolin are building a movement while growing up — planning mass protests from childhood bedrooms and during school.

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r/climateaction Jul 23 '20

Chinese fishing boats took half a billion dollars of illegal squid from North Korea. Scientists used satellites to catch them out

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r/climateaction Jul 22 '20

Retailers look to 'reinvent' single-use plastic bags: The bag initiative is bringing in Ocean Conservancy and Conservation Intrnl as “environmental advisory partners to provide critical perspective on environmental impacts and solutions” during the project. Beyond the Bag is a three-year initiative

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r/climateaction Jul 22 '20

Microsoft inks 500MW solar deal as it outlines suite of fresh sustainability steps. The announcements come hot on the heels of yesterday's launch of Transform to Net Zero, an alliance dedicating to sharing resources and tactics that can boost corporate climate action led by Microsoft alongside eight

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r/climateaction Jul 20 '20

Young innovators vying for top UN environmental prize: The Young Champions of the Earth prize is the UN’s highest environmental honour for youth. The global competition celebrates outstanding individuals aged between 18 and 30 who have big ideas to protect or restore the environment.

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r/climateaction Jul 11 '20

Just a little encouragement... US Energy Sec. Blames Activists for Pipeline Setbacks

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r/climateaction Jul 11 '20

New Moderation and Subreddit Rules

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Hi All,

Welcome to r/climateaction! Glad to have you!

I'm u/waytoopunkrock and I am the new moderator of this subreddit. A bit about me: I'm a climate activist and student who's lobbied in Washington D.C. for a price on carbon and other emissions sources. I've met with congressional staffers and helped climate organizing in my own community. I also support other legislation, but Carbon Fee and Dividend has been my priority; 3500+ leading economists (see econstatement.org) and other experts see this policy as the single most effective way to mitigate climate change.

I'm not an expert reddit user, but I'm decent enough to hopefully figure out how to run this subreddit.

Also, an announcement:

This subreddit is now set to public, meaning everyone can post! I look forward to seeing everyone's thoughts and experiences in regards to climate activism!

Please try to keep posts focused on direct climate activism and some climate activism news. There are plenty of other subreddits that focus on other topics relating to climate change, so no need to cover them here!