Hi friends, Just a quick reminder that “YOUTH v GOV” – the independent feature-length, award-winning documentary by acclaimed Director Christi Cooper, Barrelmaker Productions, and Vulcan Productions about our federal children’s climate case, Juliana v. United States – will begin streaming globally on Netflix starting at 12:01am PDT tomorrow, April 29th!Please add this extraordinary film to your Netflix List NOW and make plans […]
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New Netflix Climate Film: “YOUTH v GOV”
Hello to everyone. As I think many of you know, I am a co-founder of Our Childrens Trust, committed to giving youth a voice in our climate crisis struggle. One of our now long-standing commitments has been to represent 21 young people in Juliana v. US, suing the US over actions which deprive young people and future […]
Read MoreBook, “They Knew”, US Government’s 50 year role in Causing the Climate Crises
A damning expose from James Gustave Speth – former Chair of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality and co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. By James Gustave SpethIntroduction by Julia Olson & Philip Gregory In 2018, Gus Speth was tapped by the plaintiffs of Juliana v. United States as one of twenty-one preeminent experts […]
Read MoreCalifornia Climate Policy Summit 2022
Scientists have repeatedly warned that California must act quickly and at scale to address the climate crisis or face more devastating fires, floods, heat waves, and drought. If we act now, we can secure clean air, abundant water, food security, and social equity. California has an opportunity to lead the world toward a climate-safe future […]
Read MoreDespite California groundwater law, aquifers keep dropping in a ‘race to the bottom’
Dec. 16, 2021 Harder and other lawyers in the group said they expect to face resistance but hope the unrelenting drought may help build support for changing California’s water laws. The group said in a 43-page report detailing their recommendations that they’re suggesting a “focused approach to updating existing laws, regulations, and funding.” They recently presented their recommendations during a webinar organized by the Planning […]
Read MoreClimate Crimes Against Humanity
You registered for Global Climate Crimes Project – The Talk but were unable to attend. No problem; we will be offering additional workshops, including opportunities to discuss your feelings concerning the threat of climate annihilation, as well as discussions about what we can do to remedy the harmdone to us and our planet. New programs will be […]
Read MoreClimate crisis and systemic inequities drive push to reform California water laws
By Ian James, Staff Writer Feb. 13, 2022 California’s mountain snowpack is shrinking, and climate change is intensifying the severe drought. Streams have dwindled and reservoirs have declined as vast quantities of water are diverted for farms and cities. Endangered fish are struggling to survive. And in farming areas in the Central Valley, hundreds of families are […]
Read MoreClimate Justice Continues
Hi friends, Yesterday, we filed a petition for rehearing with the Alaska Supreme Court on behalf of the young Alaskans we represent in Sagoonick v. State of Alaska, the youth-led constitutional climate case challenging Alaska’s statutory policy of promoting fossil fuels. The petition requests that the Alaska Supreme Court reconsider their January 28th split 3-2 decision and allow the […]
Read MoreLoss in Case for Alaskan Youth in Climate Justice
Dear Friends, 3 to 2. Or 2 to 1? Today, one sitting Justice and two retired Justices of the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in favor of Alaska’s state government and its fossil fuel interests, and against our youth clients. However, and more importantly, the dissents keep growing. Two of the active sitting Alaska Justices strongly […]
Read MoreWebinar: The Human and Economic Costs of Climate Inaction
November 18, 2021 This webinar is the first in The Climate Center’s Investing in Climate Action for Jobs, Health, and Equity webinar series. Achieving a climate-safe future for California will require massive investments, both public and private, in all sectors of the economy. But people across the state are already paying a heavy price for […]
Read MoreClimate change, logging collide — and a forest shrinks
Blaine Cook, a retired U.S. Forest Service forest management scientist, is seen walking through a logging site in the Black Hills National Forest, on July 14, 2021, near Custer City, S.D. Cook said his monitoring work last decade showed too many trees were being cut from the forest. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) By MATTHEW BROWN September […]
Read MoreClimate “Inactivists” at Work
I recently steeled myself to take a good look at the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. Prepared by hundreds of volunteer scientists from around the world, its findings are dire. Our world is on track to exceed Paris Agreement limits, ensuring a rising toll on human life and wildlife. We still have time […]
Read MoreThey Knew!
Friends and Supporters, In a damning new expose, James Gustave Speth – former Chair of the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality during the Carter Administration and an expert witness in Juliana v. U.S. – proves that presidential administrations from Carter to Trump possessed conclusive data on the apocalyptic approach of a climate crisis caused by […]
Read MoreThe Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Is a Return to the Old Way of Politics. That’s A Problem for the Climate
BY MICHAEL E. MANN AUGUST 6, 2021 9:15 AM EDTMichael E. Mann is distinguished professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University. He is author of the recently released book, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back our Planet. The bipartisan infrastructure package being negotiated […]
Read MoreMontana Judge Rules for Youth on Climate
A Montana judge ruled that the constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 16 Montana youth must proceed to trial on the young people’s claims that the Montana government is unconstitutionally contributing to the climate crisis! This historic decision by District Court Judge Kathy Seeley means that the youth plaintiffs in Held v. State of Montana will […]
Read MoreHow did a small town in Canada become one of the hottest places on Earth?
Eric Holthaus The unprecedented heatwave in the Pacific north-west risks becoming the new normal if we don’t act now Jul 8, 2021 On Sunday, the small mountain town of Lytton, British Columbia, became one of the hottest places in the world. Then, on Monday, Lytton got even hotter – 47.9C (118F) – hotter than it’s […]
Read MoreTrans-boundary Emissions should be included in Air Resources Board Climate Models
Scoping Study 2022 should update GHG inventory methods to include all significant sources of statewide emissions, including emissions from international aviation, international water borne navigation and interstate aviation. Here are the comments
Read MoreClimate change tipping points are upon us, draft U.N. report warns: ‘The worst is yet to come’
David Knowles·Senior EditorJune 23, 2021 A draft report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that unless drastic and immediate action is taken to limit greenhouse gas emissions and keep global temperatures from rising further, life on earth is poised for a catastrophic reckoning. The 4,000-page draft, a copy of which was […]
Read MoreWorld Renowned Polar Climate Scientist
Hello Everyone! Reminder: register now to hear world renowned polar climate scientist, Dr. Peter Wadhams at noon PDT on June 23 Dr. Wadhams, Emeritus Professor at Cambridge University, is an internationally recognized expert on polar ice and climate change and author of A Farewell to Ice. He will speak about “Arctic ice, global change and […]
Read MoreImpacts of the Biomass Industry
Here is a video that will inform you about the huge impact that biomass extraction from forests and the actual burning is reversing the direction we need to take for meeting Climate Change goals. Click on the link below: What is wrong with creating and perpetuating biomass industry.
Read MoreA 266-Mile Walk: Youth Climate Activists March From Paradise to San Francisco
Ezra David RomeroMay 28 Madeline Ruddell, 16, says she has long lived with the effects of climate change as a resident of Sonoma County, where wildfires have ripped across the landscape in recent years. Ruddell, communications lead for the Sonoma County hub of the Sunrise Movement, a national youth-led climate activist group, can’t remember a […]
Read MoreGreat News for Climate Justice, Juliana v. U.S.
Dear Friends, Yesterday, Our Children’s Trust attorneys met with with U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken and Department of Justice attorneys for the U.S. government at a status conference in Juliana v. U.S. Today, we are excited to share with you what we learned, what happens next, and why we are so encouraged by what […]
Read MoreLocal Climate Scientist Explains CAL FIRE’s Mismanagement of JDSF
By Matthew Simmons Monday, May 17th, 2021 Trees marked for logging in Jackson Demonstration State Forest. Photo by Matt Simmons. John P. O’Brien, PhD (JP to his friends) loves Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF). The forest is practically in his backyard so he regularly gets to enjoy taking long hikes and mountain bike rides through […]
Read MoreOur Children’s Trust Update
Dear Friends, The majority of Americans (excluding the millions of children who were unable to vote) went to the polls last November to elect a new administration and today our new Executive Branch’s political verdict on climate is in. And it is not good news. The Biden administration has just released the United States’ Nationally […]
Read MorePetaluma CA Leads on Climate
According to the national Climate Mobilization organization: Petaluma, CA has become the first city in the U.S. to ban the construction of new gas stations. The city has also prohibited the expansion of the number of gas pumps at existing stations and is encouraging stations to transition to electric charging or hydrogen refueling. This is […]
Read MoreUpdate to Our Children’s Trust for Climate Justice: Juliana v. United States
Hi friends, As we continue to advance our U.S.-based state and federal youth climate cases, including Juliana v. United States, we wanted to share with you some exciting developments in three of the global cases we support! MexicoWe have been working with Defensa Ambiental del Noroeste (a Mexican non-profit legal organization) since early 2019 in […]
Read MoreMichael Klare, Heating the Planet Through a New Cold War
It began with fire. It ended with ice. In between, there were the storms and floods. And the extremity of it all should have caught anyone’s attention. First, of course, there was that burning season that set staggering records across California — four million acres incinerated, double the previous high — Oregon, and Washington. Those […]
Read MoreDr. James Hansen calls on PM Boris Johnson to Lead on Climate
Dr. James Hansen has been a leading scientific voice on the urgency of climate action at least since June 1988, when he testified before the United States Congress that global heating threatened to destabilize Earth’s climate and create havoc for societies around the world. Three decades later, we are now seeing the projected impacts unfold […]
Read MoreWith Dire Assessment, Scientists Warn Humanity in Denial of Looming ‘Collapse of Civilization as We Know It’
“We aim to provide leaders with a realistic ‘cold shower’ of the state of the planet that is essential for planning to avoid a ghastly future.”Jessica Corbett, staff writer In an example to the rest of the scientific community and an effort to wake up people—particularly policymakers—worldwide, 17 scientists penned a comprehensive assessment of the […]
Read MoreAs World Teeters on Brink, Over 250 Scientists and Scholars Warn of Full-Fledged ‘Societal Collapse’
More than 250 scientists and scholars from 30 countries have issued an open letter calling on policymakers to “engage more with the growing risk of societal disruption and collapse due to damage to the climate and environment,” arguing that only then “might communities and nations begin to prepare and so reduce its likelihood, speed, severity, harm to the most vulnerable, and to nature.” […]
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