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2025-01-17

  Even Old Houses Can Learn New Elec-Tricks

If we include personal cars, along with appliances like water heaters, stoves and furnaces, more than 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from individuals at the home level. The good news: no matter where you live, there are steps you can ...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2025-01-10

  Leah Stokes: 2024 Schneider Award Winner

Every year we highlight the work of a scientist who excels in communicating their work to the world. Climate One is delighted to present the 2024 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication to political scientist and energy...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2025-01-03

  REWIND: Geothermal — So Hot Right Now

When most people hear the phrase renewable energy, they imagine fields full of solar panels or giant spinning wind turbines. But another source may be heating up: geothermal.  Twenty years ago, it was thought that geothermal could provide at most 10% o...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-12-27

  REFRESH — Big Plastic: The New Big Oil

Plastics are everywhere. And while we’ve known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren’t a good mix, it's becoming apparent that they’re massive climate polluters too. The production of plastics alone produces about 4% of global greenhou...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-12-20

  This Year in Climate: 2024

2024 set new records for extreme heat around the world in what is already the warmest decade on record. According to the World Meteorological Organization, sea-level rise and ocean heating are accelerating along with the loss of ice from glaciers. We c...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-12-13

  Transfer of Power: Life After Coal

For over a century, coal fueled much of the country and served as the economic backbone for many rural communities. But with the rise of more affordable wind and solar energy, coal is in decline, leaving these towns increasingly vulnerable. As jobs dis...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-12-06

  What Trump 2.0 Means for the Climate

On the surface, climate policy couldn’t face a worse future than under a second Trump administration. As a candidate, Trump said on his first day back in office: “I want to drill, drill, drill.” So, what are environmental organizations, including those...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-11-29

  REWND: You Gonna Finish That? Saving Good Food from Going Bad

Globally, one-third of food produced every year is wasted. That’s enough to feed about 2 billion people — twice the number of people who are undernourished. The global food system also accounts for a whopping one-third of the world’s greenhouse gas emi...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-11-22

  Heroic Lives of Climate Defenders

Climate advocacy is a dangerous business. According to Global Witness, every week, somewhere in the world, between three and four environmental activists are killed. And even when they don’t suffer bodily harm, they are routinely arrested and jailed fo...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author
2024-11-15

  Where Do We Go From Here? COP29 and the Path Ahead

For the third year in a row, the world’s most important climate conference is taking place in a country whose largest source of export revenue is fossil fuel. This year, over 190 countries are assembling in Baku, Azerbaijan. And despite nearly 30 years...
  Climate One from The Commonwealth Club author