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Posted by: Michael D. Austin | November 14, 2012

The Dirty Weather Report

For an update on how anthropogenic climate change is affecting you and your family, you could tune in to Climate Reality Project’s “24 Hours of Climate Reality” global broadcast this evening at 5 PM Pacific time. You could also find out what you can do to solve things.

Here are some vids, starting with a funny, gallows humor reel:

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Renewable energy isn’t just cutting costs, it’s saving lives.
A new study shows that renewables, particularly solar and wind energy, have significantly improved air quality in the United States from 2007 to 2015. The increased use of solar and wind resulted in thousands of lives saved.
Groups around the city pitch in to keep your kitchen waste out of landfills.
City-backed projects and grassroots gardens are collaborating on the city’s Zero Waste composting goal.
Baja California’s recipe for saving fishing communities.
As fish populations crash elsewhere, towns limit catches to stabilize harvests, boost tourism, and preserve a way of life.
VIDEO: See the moment Bruno Mars announced his surprise $1 million Flint donation.
The crowd erupted with elation as Bruno Mars made a surprise announcement he will donate $1 million to help the victims of the Flint water crisis.
Arctic waters get long-sought protection after Ottawa, Inuit group reach agreement.
An Inuit group and the federal government are creating a national marine conservation area in Lancaster Sound that will be – by far – Canada’s largest.
The first smog-filtering bicycles will roll out in China by the end of the year.
A bike-share startup has developed a bike that can collect polluted air, purify it, and release the clean air around the cyclist.
Paper or plastic? Chicago bag tax is encouraging shoppers to say 'neither.'
Chicago's ban on disposable plastic bags wound up on the trash heap. But the bag tax that replaced it is nudging Chicagoans to kick, or at least curtail, their use of the plastic sacks.
VIDEO: Decade long push for new law finally pays off.
Health advocates and firefighters have been fighting for a proposed law to ban toxic flame retardants in household furniture for years. Wednesday, their dedication paid off as Maine lawmakers overrode a veto from the Governor to enact the first law in the nation to phase out toxic flame retardants.
These artists are trying to make climate change visceral.
Recognizing that people often act by heart rather than logic, these ten artists aim to help viewers understand the data while developing an emotional attachment that convinces them to do something about it - now.
Wal-Mart puts chemicals in spotlight by joining new program.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined a new program that rates companies on their use of chemicals, a move that puts fresh pressure on the consumer-products industry to police its ingredients.
Wal-Mart puts chemicals in spotlight by joining new program.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined a new program that rates companies on their use of chemicals, a move that puts fresh pressure on the consumer-products industry to police its ingredients.
BPA breakthrough: New treatment takes controversial chemical out of water.
Researchers report rapid removal of BPA from water using green chemistry.
BPA breakthrough: New treatment takes controversial chemical out of water.
Researchers report rapid removal of BPA from water using green chemistry.
Bees are bouncing back from colony collapse disorder.
With pesticides and other factors still stressing bees, the overall increase is largely the result of constant replenishment of losses, the study showed.
The ick factor: Dutch project making bike lanes and bottles from used loo roll.
A pilot scheme in the Netherlands is sifting sewage for cellulose, which it says can be recycled into valuable products.
Electric cars win? Britain to ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2040.
Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.
A fresh idea to improve food access.
Fresh Truck’s mobile market in Boston fills prescriptions for fresh foods.
Cambodian school made of rubbish.
The amount of trash dumped by residents of Phnom Penh troubled one man so much that he decided to put it to good use, and turn it into a school.
Programs filling growing number of jobs created by stormwater rules.
Good career opportunity, plus a chance to do good, attracts trainees.
An African architect’s profound message about climate change, built under a tree in London.
For the first time, an African architect has designed London’s prestigious Serpentine Pavilion.

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