Pioneers John Elkington, Bjorn Stigson, Doug Miller, and David Suzuki fear that things may get worse before they get better on climate change issues. Only when our daily lives are disrupted and we

Pioneers John Elkington, Bjorn Stigson, Doug Miller, and David Suzuki fear that things may get worse before they get better on climate change issues. Only when our daily lives are disrupted and we have realized the connection between our actions and their consequences, will we finally unite on the issue.

Between the Ukrainian crisis and the resulting fossil fuel shortages and price surges in Europe, compounded by the intensification of climate change terrifyingly visible all around us, the U.S.

Between the Ukrainian crisis and the resulting fossil fuel shortages and price surges in Europe, compounded by the intensification of climate change terrifyingly visible all around us, the U.S. seems stuck in an impossible conundrum: More domestically produced oil and gas is needed in the short term, but the science couldn’t be clearer that production needs to rapidly wind down in order to avoid catastrophe. Drillers claim that over time new technology will allow them to decarbonize hydrocarbons, but there’s absolutely no reason or evidence to believe them. Fossil fuel companies have long sought to confuse and mislead the public and have intensely lobbied against any meaningful climate action. They need to be stopped, but business-as-usual climate policy offers few good options.

As one of the nation’s greatest investigative journalists and experts on climate politics, Kate Aronoff explores how policymakers’ toolbox will have to be expanded so that we can carry out a managed, orderly decline and ultimate end of the fossil fuel era, while giving us all a stake in our energy future.

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Asa Miller has taken a simple yet revolutionary step to contributing to solving the climate crisis, one that doesn’t involve convincing others with data or investing billions in new

Asa Miller has taken a simple yet revolutionary step to contributing to solving the climate crisis, one that doesn’t involve convincing others with data or investing billions in new technologies: he decided to reconnect with his roots and help restore a part of his ancestral homeland.

A multi-award-winning marine conservationist and his town’s Youth Poet Laureate, Asa returned to his native Cuba in an effort to help restore the country’s coral reefs, and found there communities not paralyzed by the injustices of climate change but catalyzed by their love of their land and its living things. Asa shares his challenges and rewards working with our under-resourced neighbor, and the lessons he brings back to our own over-resourced world.