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Ben & Jerry’s New Flavor Sends a Powerful Climate Change Message
With something as abstract as climate change, metaphors can be a powerful communication tool. One great example is the campaign for Ben & Jerry’s new ice cream flavor, “Save Our Swirled,” which...
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Have Oil Producers Finally Come Around on Climate Change?
A few weeks ago, we mentioned a recent survey that showed a high degree of concern about climate change among oil and gas industry insiders. It seems that concern is now turning into action – eight of...
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Majority of Global Citizens Want Urgent Action on Climate Change
We’ve seen many studies that have helped illuminate American opinions and beliefs about climate change – but a new global survey offers an insightful look at attitudes around the world. This survey,...
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The Important Role of Cities in the Fight Against Climate Change
Climate change is a global issue, but it’s also a local issue, impacting communities, families, and individuals. That means city and local governments have a major opportunity to lead on climate...
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How to Send World Leaders a Powerful Message About Climate Action
The climate negotiations happening in Paris this December must succeed – the health of our planet depends on it. But what can we, as individuals, do to help ensure world leaders take meaningful...
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Christiana Figueres and the Importance of the Paris Climate Summit
The upcoming U.N. climate conference in Paris will decide the fate of our planet – and its success depends greatly on the efforts of U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres. As this New Yorker article...
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Citibank Says Investing in Climate Solutions Could Save $30 Trillion or More
The argument that climate solutions are good for the economy just got a major boost. Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions, a division of Citibank, put out a new report last week comparing the cost...
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TV Stars Broadcast a Powerful Climate Message at the Emmys
To build a strong consensus for climate action, we need to bring climate issues into the mainstream. Sunday night’s Emmys broadcast helped accomplish just that by bringing a climate message into...
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Climate Action Has Already Saved the U.S. $200 Billion
A strong global climate agreement at the Paris conference will be a huge boon for the U.S. economy, according to a new report by the New York University School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity....
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What Does the Rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline Mean for the Climate...
Last Friday, after a seven-year battle between fossil fuel interests and climate activists, President Obama formally denied permission for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have...
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How Moral Conviction Could Make the Difference at the Paris Climate Talks
Today, the UN Climate Conference begins in Paris. Stakes are high, as are the hopes of everyone who believes this is our best chance to protect our future. But will these talks be able to succeed...
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Day 1: ecoAmerica in Paris – Health and Climate
ecoAmerica’s Vice President of Development, Peggy Knudson, is in Paris for the climate talks (COP21). She will be sending dispatches from Paris all week, sharing firsthand observations and analysis,...
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Will the Paris Climate Accord Put an End to Climate Denial?
Climate denial has been tough to overcome. Despite a mountain of scientific evidence and the belief of most Americans that climate change is real and serious, many prominent political leaders (and all...
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From Polar Bears to People: How the Climate Movement Changed in 2015
A few weeks ago, as world leaders were gathered in Paris for the climate conference, I was traveling around India with my husband. We spent the last night of our trip in the holy city of Varanasi,...
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ecoAmerica’s 11 Biggest Milestones of 2015
2015 was an incredible year for the climate movement, with leaders in every sector speaking out and demanding climate action. ecoAmerica continued to empower those leaders through summits, programs,...
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The Clean Energy Economy: Not If, But When
The Paris Climate Agreement has set the world on an inevitable path towards a low-carbon economy. The question is no longer whether this transformation will take place, but how quickly – and who will...
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What Climate Communicators Can Learn From Christiana Figueres
Last December, U.N. Climate Chief Christiana Figueres helped bring about what she herself once said was impossible – a global agreement to fight climate change. On February 19, Figueres announced...
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New Report: Clean Energy Can Save the U.S. Billions of Dollars and Save...
The argument that climate solutions offer economic benefits just got even stronger. Researchers at Duke University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies examined what would happen if the...
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What Does the New Era of Climate Leadership Look Like?
Why did the Paris climate talks succeed while the 2009 Copenhagen talks did not? The tone and style of leadership had a lot to do with it – optimism instead of fatalism, a sense of opportunity rather...
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Christiana Figueres: Achieving the Promise of Paris
When the Paris climate agreement was signed last December, climate advocates everywhere were euphoric. For the first time, the world was united in the climate fight and the commitment to a low-carbon...
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