After a couple of weeks of posting current headlines about what is happening around the country and globe relating to climate change, I was thinking that this week I’d tackle just one topic, one article, and get into it in more depth. But as I reviewed the articles that I had read and saved for this publication I was once again left breathless by the breadthand number of items that hit the public media just his week. It is astounding, really mind boggling, how fast, and increasingly so, the urgency and call for speed and drastic action from multiple influential sources is occurring. Don’t blink or you’ll miss an incredible amount of fast breaking news.
Pressure is growing and becoming exponentially greater on governmentand private institutions to take dramatic action to mitigate the increasingly obvious physical aspects of climate change and and what already is and increasingly will be its devastating financial impact (and opportunity as well).
I’ve always believed and predicted here that there was a tipping point coming and when it hit it would be dramatic. It certainly appears that we are finally at the beginning of it now. I’ve also always believed that the biggest driving factor of meteoric and historic change would be social change and pressure. Once public perception and pressure changed everything else will follow at supersonic speed.
So buckle up as I simply reveal this week’s headlines. If you care to read the whole article Goggle it and if you have trouble finding it let me know and I’ll get it to you.
74% of Economists Favor ‘Drastic Action’ on Climate — Survey
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Governors to Biden: Stop Sales of Gas-Powered Cars by 2035
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
A bipartisan group of governors 12 governors today urged the Biden administration to hasten the transition to electric vehicles by phasing out new sales of gas- and diesel-powered cars and light trucks by 2035.
Ad Agencies Step Away From Oil and Gas in Echo of Cigarette Exodus
March 25, 2021
Banks Face Growing Pressure to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Lending
April 19, 2021
Students Target Law Firm Over Fossil Fuel Work
April 7, 2021
U.S. Insurers Face More Pressure, Scrutiny on Role in Climate Change
March 1, 2021
Climate Change Could Cut World Economy by $23 Trillion in 2050, Insurance Giant (Swiss Re) Warns
April 22, 2021
Global Financiers Worth $70T Launch Climate Campaign
April 22, 2021
The Financial Industry’s Broadest Effort in History on Climate Change
The Finance Sector Links Arms on Climate
April 21, 2021
Oil and Gas Companies Release 5-year Plan to Slash CO2
April 22, 2021
BMW Joins Volkswagen in Race for Next-Level Batteries
April 20, 2021
Mississippi Power Plans to Shutter Coal, Gas Plants
April 19, 2021
Drought Turns Klamath Basin into a Political Tinderbox
