Elevate Energy in Chicago makes
low-income housing more efficient (Climate Connections)
Study finds low birthweight children associated with fracked
oil/gas wells (Public News Service)
Indigenous leaders prepare communities for climate change
(btlonline.org)
For centuries, Native Americans have relied on natural resources to
sustain their families, communities, traditional ways of life, and
cultural identities. This relationship with both land and water
makes indigenous people and cultures particularly vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change.
April Taylor is a sustainability scientist with the Chickasaw
nation, who works at the South Central Climate Science Center in
Norman, Oklahoma. Taylor assists 68 tribes across New Mexico,
Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana to manage and plan for the many
environmental impacts of climate change, including issues such as
tribal water rights, sea level rise, flooding, droughts and
wildfires. She was interviewed by Melinda Tuhus for Between the
Lines radio newsmagazine.
Climate Justice in Canada (Keith Rozendal)
One of the scientists leading efforts to redirect Canadian national
policy on climate change is Irena Creed, a Professor in the School
of Environment and Sustainability at the University of
Saskatchewan. Here, she describes the social justice roots of the
policy recommendation process, and some of the specifics about how
Canada could address some of the inequalities created or worsened
by climate change, especially for indigenous communities of the far
north.
Blessing of the Waters service at Rio Del Mar Beach (Keith
Rozendal)
The sixth and final pan-Orthodox service led by Father Meultin
Janic of the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Santa Cruz. A
service reflecting on the meaning of the Epiphany/Theophany and the
baptism of Jesus of Nazareth in the River Jordan.
U.S. Media Ignores Climate Change Impacts of Meat Eating
(btlonline.org)
Roni Neff directs the program on food systems sustainability and
public health at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future. She
was involved in a research study that looked at the coverage – or
almost total lack thereof in U.S. newspapers – of agricultural
impacts on climate change, especially animal agriculture. She spoke
to Melinda Tuhus of Between the lines radio newsmagazine.