OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #210, DECEMBER 23, 2024.

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #210, DECEMBER 23, 2024.  Compiled by Dick Bennett

 

THESE ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE CLIMATE ARE US
Inside Climate News
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
Yale Climate Connections
Climate Mobilization Project

Some other climate organizations reported on in CMM:  Planet Over Profit, Climate and Capitalism, UN Annual COP, Living on Earth (NPR), OMNI Anthologies (Temperature, Refugees, etc.), Greenpeace.

 

Inside Climate News Weekly, December 21, 2024.  Here’s a selection :

 

A Florida Commission Keeps Approving Utility Plans With Lots of Fossil Fuels. Now Young Adults Are Suing. BY AMY GREEN. The plaintiffs claim the Public Service Commission’s practice of approving utility plans based on fossil fuels violates their constitutional rights to life and health.

 

 

Maryland Uses Millions in Federal Grants to Ramp Up EV Charging Network and Keep Up with Demand BY AMAN AZHAR.
With $63 million available over next five years, the state’s Department of Transportation is rolling out an expansive network that supports a net-zero future.

 

How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels BY PHIL McKENNA. Underground pipes and wells tap geothermal energy to heat and cool a neighborhood. Next stop, the world.

 

 

US Forest Service Hiring Freeze Could Have Long-Term Impacts BY ZOË ROM.  Conservationists worry that the USFS’s inability to bring on more seasonal workers will hurt wildfire mitigation, watersheds, woodland species and climate resilience.

 

 

 

Hurricane Helene Killed 49 in South Carolina’s Upstate Region as Costs of Damage and Response Exceed $370 Million BY EMMY RIBERO.   High winds devastated trees and homes and, possibly, stirred some residents’ complacency about climate change.  [A hurricane hit SC?!  A hurricane hits AR—or flood, or drought??!  --D]

 

We hope you’ve enjoyed going behind the scenes of our work with the inaugural year of ICN’s Insider newsletter [12-23-24). As we head into the final days of 2024, we are filled with gratitude for your interest and engagement in our work. From our newsroom to your home, we wish you a warm and uplifting holiday season. Thank you for reading.

 

“12/3: The Climate Fight Ahead, online.”    

 

 

RSVP for The Climate Fight Ahead - Dec. 3rd 

Hear from leading climate champions on Capitol Hill 

We need to act boldly with regard to what is in store with a new administration

 [This arrived too late for the approp. CMM, but it was a significant rally by an important org. that should be reported.  Click on RSVP.   –D]

 

YALE CLIMATE CONNECTIONS I have some bad news: Only 28% of Americans regularly hear about climate change in the media.   The good news? 77% want those news stories. . . .       Here’s the plan: Yale Climate Connections is assembling a cadre of small-dollar donors like you to support our science-based stories and put them in front of new readers. Our team has strong evidence (from bona fide scientists!) that when people consume our stories, they better understand the reality that climate change is human-caused – and alarming.*. . . .  Our only limitation is the size of our budget. Unlike some outlets, we don’t have fossil-fuel backers, and we’re not funded directly by Yale University.     Donate   Climate Mobilization Project I received an introductory call from this group last week.  It sounded like it had useful plans.   228 Park |Ave. S, NY, NY, 10003.  Let me know what you hear about it.                 END OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #210, DECEMBER 23, 2024.