Category: Climate Action & Science

Stories from the GreenTV newsroom with full coverage and featured images.

December 8, 2021

Climate Activists Fight Highway Projects

Outside the Chinese capital of Beijing in August 2010, this 100-kilometer-long epic traffic jam (seen in part in this photo) lasted for 12 days.Photo courtesy urban planner Gil Meslin via TwitterThe 14 lanes of Toronto’s Highway 401 in Canada’s largest city fill up in rush hour circa 2018.By Alfred Robert Hogan In the 1989 classic film “Field of Dreams,” a mystical dream voice repeatedly tells an Iowa farmer, “If you build it, they will come.” The farmer indeed does build the baseball diamond, a

December 7, 2021

Irish Vegan Baron Near Dublin ‘Rewilds’ Much of His Estate to Aid Climate Crisis

Photo courtesy Randal PlunkettRandall Plunckett poses in front of his home, Dunsany Castle, near Dublin.By Alfred Robert Hogan Lord Randal Plunkett, the 21st Baron of Dunsany, is not your stereotypical noble. The Irish former steak-eating, heavy metal music-loving bodybuilder inherited his 11th-century, 650-hectare estate in County Meath, some 30 kilometers northwest of Dublin, just before turning 30, upon the 2011 death of his father. In the intervening decade, Plunkett became a strict vegan in

December 5, 2021

Melissa Jiménez Gómez-Tagle: Climate Scientist-Activist-Journalist

Photos Courtesy Melissa Jimenez Gomez-Tagle At the UN COP 26 “Action Hub,” Melissa Jimenez Gomez-Tagle displayed a yellow-and-black banner reading “WITHOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, THERE IS NO SOCIAL JUSTICE,” on Friday 5 November, in solidarity with the FFF outdoors protest in Glasgow that day, which was led by Greta Thunberg. “Ms. Mel” placed the XR protest banner on the carpet in front of a UN sign, but it was soon removed.By Alfred Robert Hogan Melissa “Mel” Jimenez Gomez-Tagle has learned to

December 4, 2021

College in Vermont Sets Green Pace

Sterling College in “Green Mountain State” Provided Example/By Declaring Climate Emergency, Taking Other Steps/But Most Other Higher Education Institutions Still Lag Far BehindPhoto courtesy Sterling College (VT)Each Wednesday, Sterling College students and faculty gather for a Community Meeting circle, as they did outside on this early-autumn day.By Alfred Robert Hogan Fourteen young climate activists asked in writing for United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to declare a planet-wid

December 1, 2021

It’s a Bird, a Plane, it’s an E-Renault!

The aircraft is the first product from TheArsenale’s Road to Air division, where the company’s CEO and founder Patrice Meignan envisions the future transport network to be in the sky. Buy one or choose from many here https://greentv.com/shop
“I have dedicated my life to the passion for mobility, and I continually explore all aspects of the moving world,” Meignan said. “After 25 years of forward-looking research, we believe that the icons of car culture are eternal, whether on earth or in th

December 1, 2021

15 million EV’s in 8-Years G-Time

German automakers were breathing a collective sigh of relief Friday. It seems COP charged electric vibes with Green transportation yet still more work to go as shown in this hopeful video.We could not verify the source yet E-environmentalists didn’t like the failure to finally end Germany’s lack of a speed limit on some highways and wanted higher taxes on ICE cars. The industry feared a commitment to end the sale of new ICE cars by 2030. The new government wants to bring forward this end date fr

November 24, 2021

Giving Thanks for our GreenTV Team!

Climate Scientist, Michael Mann, as seen on CNN, MSNBC/NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, GreenTV and many more being brought to you by Betsy Rosenberg and Team!In this encore appearance by Michael Mann, we discuss Build Back Better as well as what’s still missing from the mainstream news mix. Luckily, Green TV has you covered when it comes to climate and environmental news and interviews!” ~ Betsy RosenbergAnd on this upcoming Thanksgiving day, so many thanks to our growing team from CFA Weiss to Margaret Po

November 23, 2021

SHE (They) Change Climate!

And Bianca Pitt shows that every She can change the climate now! “Where are the women in climate leadership roles beyond activism? Bianca Pitt, a British lawyer and mother, asked as she became more concerned about the state of our planet. Be thankful for Bianca and Betsy Rosenberg! With COP 26 on the horizon she saw a gender gap and set out to fill it. The result is SHE Changes Climate, an organization with a vision for 50/50 representation at the top levels of decision making. www.SHEchangescl

November 18, 2021

Help Our Planet By Going Vegan

Screen-shot image of Greta Thunberg courtesy Mercy For Animals 2021 video documentary Greta Thunberg has stated she is vegan for ethical reasons and environmental and climate reasons.By Alfred Robert Hogan One key, easy, simple way to help our imperiled climate is to go vegan—following the sterling example set by Fridays For Future founder Greta Thunberg, among others. What we all choose to eat has myriad effects on such varied environmental criteria as emissions, deforestation and land misusage

November 16, 2021

Betting Farm on Saving Planet!

Alex Carlin holds the Guinness Record for Longest Solo Concert and has a documented tech that can restore the climate. Alex is willing to bet his assets and I am wagering mine. The families 1941 Cadillac.If you do the research and can prove Alex wrong, you will win the title to the most beloved car in my humble collection. It is a 1941 Cadillac Series 62, 2-door convertible. I am doing this because Alex and his team are the only ones who have come up with a viable, cost-effective and scientific

November 8, 2021

Green Rock Star on GreenTV from COP!

Alex Carlin is a true “solutionary,” using music, investigative journalism, and activism to bring attention to the climate crisis. From COP26 to a Guinness World Record playing the “Longest Solo Concert and exclusive video with Betsy Rosenberg!Carlin has been in a rock band for decades, currently living and touring regularly in Russia. He’s also a serious journalist, writing about science and promoting a promising new method to restore ocean fish populations using…dust! He joined Betsy from Gl

November 3, 2021

Biking at COP26 & Video Interview

Greta and Arnold were only “cautiously optimistic” change would come when only two-thirds of global economy agree to push green energy and cars. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the climate crisis was “like a soccer match in which the world was losing by 5 goals to 1.”And now, the interview followed by wise words and quotes.”And yes, it really is this simple. We have the technology required to replace fossil fuels. There’s plenty of money, which is currently being squandered on the dest