#  CLIMATE

   ##  [ What Crisis? Californians Continue to Waste Water](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24099-what-crisis-californians-continue-to-waste-water "What Crisis? Californians Continue to Waste Water")

      Details    Rachel Becker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24099-what-crisis-californians-continue-to-waste-water)

CA DROUGHT - Californians used 2.6% more water in January compared to before the drought emergency was declared, a sign that urban residents are ignoring the state’s pleas to take the drought seriously and cut back.

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   ##  [ The Best Climate Policy You've Probably Never Heard Of](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24097-the-best-climate-policy-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of "The Best Climate Policy You've Probably Never Heard Of")

      Details    Richard Heinberg    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022z1.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24097-the-best-climate-policy-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of)

CLIMATE WATCH - Current strategies to combat climate change aren't working.

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   ##  [ Switching to Sustainable Energy Should Not Be Based On U.S. Foreign Policy](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24092-switching-to-sustainable-energy-can-put-autocrats-out-of-business "Switching to Sustainable Energy Should Not Be Based On U.S. Foreign Policy")

      Details    Dick Platkin    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24092-switching-to-sustainable-energy-can-put-autocrats-out-of-business)

PLANNING WATCH - Since February 24, 2022, when Russian troops moved on the Ukraine, there have been a flurry of articles calling for the reduced use of fossil fuels.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24092-switching-to-sustainable-energy-can-put-autocrats-out-of-business)

   ##  [ Climate Change Horror Story is Starting to Come True…and World Leaders Ignore](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24087-climate-change-horror-story-is-starting-to-come-true-and-world-leaders-ignore "Climate Change Horror Story is Starting to Come True…and World Leaders Ignore")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24087-climate-change-horror-story-is-starting-to-come-true-and-world-leaders-ignore)

CLIMATE WATCH - In the year 2021 methane (CH4) concentration in the atmosphere exceeded 1,900 ppb for the **first time in human history** recorded by Global Monitoring Laboratory, Earth System Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24087-climate-change-horror-story-is-starting-to-come-true-and-world-leaders-ignore)

   ##  [ Bees in the Anthropocene: Four Thoughts](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24082-bees-in-the-anthropocene-four-thoughts "Bees in the Anthropocene: Four Thoughts")

      Details    LEE HALL    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24082-bees-in-the-anthropocene-four-thoughts)

BEE BUSINESS - “Help our bees!” “Save our pollinators!” As long as we consider them ours, can we save them? Here are four thoughts about protecting bees for bees’ sake.

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   ##  [ Reimagining The Sepulveda Basin Into A Grand Park In Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24029-reimagining-the-sepulveda-basin-into-a-grand-park-in-los-angeles "Reimagining The Sepulveda Basin Into A Grand Park In Los Angeles")

      Details    Diana Waynand    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/020p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24029-reimagining-the-sepulveda-basin-into-a-grand-park-in-los-angeles)

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - California’s statewide water policy has evolved to better incorporate the realities of climate change in recent years, recognizing that natural processes are key drivers of sustainability.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/24029-reimagining-the-sepulveda-basin-into-a-grand-park-in-los-angeles)

   ##  [ Conflict and Climate Change: Is This the New Normal?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23960-conflict-and-climate-change-is-this-the-new-normal "Conflict and Climate Change: Is This the New Normal?")

      Details    Simon Whalley    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 03 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/018o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23960-conflict-and-climate-change-is-this-the-new-normal)

CLIMATE WATCH - The egregious situation that has been inflicted on the people of Ukraine by the kleptocratic egotist Vladimir Putin has provided yet another opportunity for humanity to change course.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23960-conflict-and-climate-change-is-this-the-new-normal)

   ##  [ Factory Farms Destroy Ecosystems](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23942-factory-farms-destroy-ecosystems "Factory Farms Destroy Ecosystems")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/017d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23942-factory-farms-destroy-ecosystems)

ENVIRONMENT - Factory farms are the Grim Reapers of civilization, inhumanely penning up and slaughtering cows, pigs, and chickens by the tens of millions, as well as unintentionally, but effectively, poisoning, maiming and/or killing birds, insects, amphibians, mammals, and crucial life-supporting ecosystems that are key to human life. And, it’s legal.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23942-factory-farms-destroy-ecosystems)

   ##  [ As Evidence of Cap and Trade Problems Mounts, California Air Regulators Remain Defiant](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23938-as-evidence-of-cap-and-trade-problems-mounts-california-air-regulators-remain-defiant "As Evidence of Cap and Trade Problems Mounts, California Air Regulators Remain Defiant")

      Details    Aaron Cantu    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/017n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23938-as-evidence-of-cap-and-trade-problems-mounts-california-air-regulators-remain-defiant)

 ENVIRONMENT - At a state Senate hearing on Wednesday, top regulators dismissed concerns about the ability of California’s cap and trade program to help the state meet its climate goals.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23938-as-evidence-of-cap-and-trade-problems-mounts-california-air-regulators-remain-defiant)

   ##  [ Can California Be Trusted to Clean Up Vulnerable Communities?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23922-can-the-california-be-trusted-to-clean-up-vulnerable-communities "Can California Be Trusted to Clean Up Vulnerable Communities?")

      Details    Dan Ross    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 24 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/016y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23922-can-the-california-be-trusted-to-clean-up-vulnerable-communities)

ENVIRONMENTAL REFORMS - As Gov. Gavin Newsom described it, a set of legislative reforms and financial plugs to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) — the agency responsible for the state’s most dangerous materials and wastes — would prove a huge boon for the state, vulnerable communities in particular.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23922-can-the-california-be-trusted-to-clean-up-vulnerable-communities)

   ##  [ Averting Climate Catastrophe: Can We Get Here From There?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23912-averting-climate-catastrophe-can-we-get-here-from-there "Averting Climate Catastrophe: Can We Get Here From There?")

      Details    PATRICK MAZZA    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/016m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23912-averting-climate-catastrophe-can-we-get-here-from-there)

CLIMATE POLITICS - I’ve been in the climate fight for decades. When NASA scientist James Hansen went before the Senate on June 23, 1988 to say global warming is here, it only confirmed what was becoming obvious.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23912-averting-climate-catastrophe-can-we-get-here-from-there)

   ##  [ Dangerously Awash in Chemicals](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23880-dangerously-awash-in-chemicals "Dangerously Awash in Chemicals")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 20 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/015g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23880-dangerously-awash-in-chemicals)

CLIMATE WATCH - Man-made chemicals have exceeded the limits of safety for the planet.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23880-dangerously-awash-in-chemicals)

   ##  [ Ocean Heat Killing Spree](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23826-ocean-heat-killing-spree "Ocean Heat Killing Spree")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 14 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/013i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23826-ocean-heat-killing-spree)

CLIMATE POLITICS - The oceans of the world are undergoing a dangerous and damaging upheaval that manifests throughout scientific studies of late.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23826-ocean-heat-killing-spree)

   ##  [ Scientists Fear Soaring Methane Levels Show Climate Feedback Loop Has Arrived](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23812-scientists-fear-soaring-methane-levels-show-climate-feedback-loop-has-arrived "Scientists Fear Soaring Methane Levels Show Climate Feedback Loop Has Arrived")

      Details    JAKE JOHNSON    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 10 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/012x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23812-scientists-fear-soaring-methane-levels-show-climate-feedback-loop-has-arrived)

CLIMATE WATCH - Fresh U.S. government data spotlighting the rapid growth of atmospheric methane concentrations in recent years has scientists increasingly concerned that the human-caused climate crisis has triggered a vicious feedback loop, potentially resulting in unstoppable planetary warming.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23812-scientists-fear-soaring-methane-levels-show-climate-feedback-loop-has-arrived)

   ##  [ A Wall Street Veteran Speaks Out: Inflation, Over Valued Stocks, Labor Shortages, & Serious Climate Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23739-a-wall-street-veteran-speaks-out-inflation-over-valued-stocks-labor-shortages-serious-climate-change "A Wall Street Veteran Speaks Out: Inflation, Over Valued Stocks, Labor Shortages, & Serious Climate Change")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     February 02 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/010i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23739-a-wall-street-veteran-speaks-out-inflation-over-valued-stocks-labor-shortages-serious-climate-change)

CLIMATE POLITICS - Some time ago Jeremy Grantham (83), a renowned value investor who runs the $65 billion asset fund GMO, called the stock market a “super bubble.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23739-a-wall-street-veteran-speaks-out-inflation-over-valued-stocks-labor-shortages-serious-climate-change)

   ##  [ N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestlés makes the very best…](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23696-n-e-s-t-l-e-s-nestles-makes-the-very-best "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestlés makes the very best…")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 28 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/008z6.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23696-n-e-s-t-l-e-s-nestles-makes-the-very-best)

COMMENTARY - That was the slogan I grew up with in the early 60s but, these days, Nestlé makes neither a good neighbor nor a good corporate citizen.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23696-n-e-s-t-l-e-s-nestles-makes-the-very-best)

   ##  [ A First Step To A Sustainable Water Policy For California](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23682-a-first-step-to-a-sustainable-water-policy-for-california "A First Step To A Sustainable Water Policy For California")

      Details    Guest Commentator    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/008x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23682-a-first-step-to-a-sustainable-water-policy-for-california)

ENVIRONMENT WATCH - Water that is promised in a contract but can’t be delivered is called “paper water” – shorthand for water that does not exist except in legal documents.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23682-a-first-step-to-a-sustainable-water-policy-for-california)

   ##  [ Dangerous Heat Across the Globe](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23627-dangerous-heat-across-the-globe "Dangerous Heat Across the Globe")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 24 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/007x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23627-dangerous-heat-across-the-globe)

CLIMATE WATCH - The planet is heating up like never before, as “ground temperatures” hit all-time records in the Northern Hemisphere as well as the Southern Hemisphere, and ocean temperatures threaten the world’s major fisheries of the Far North, which are imperiled beyond any known historical precedent. (See- *The Oceans Are Overheating*, January 14, 2022)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23627-dangerous-heat-across-the-globe)

   ##  [ Tonga's Volcanic Tsunami Foreshadows Effects of Glacier Melt From CO2](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23579-tonga-s-volcanic-tsunami-foreshadows-effects-of-glacier-melt-from-co2 "Tonga's Volcanic Tsunami Foreshadows Effects of Glacier Melt From CO2")

      Details    JUAN COLE    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/005s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23579-tonga-s-volcanic-tsunami-foreshadows-effects-of-glacier-melt-from-co2)

CLIMATE WATCH - A massive eruption in an undersea volcano, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai, 40 miles north of the South Pacific island of Tongatapu on Saturday caused a low-level tsunami and flooding on the island, the most populous in the Tonga archipelago.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23579-tonga-s-volcanic-tsunami-foreshadows-effects-of-glacier-melt-from-co2)

   ##  [ The Oceans Are Overheating](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23568-the-oceans-are-overheating "The Oceans Are Overheating")

      Details    ROBERT HUNZIKER    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 16 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/005i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23568-the-oceans-are-overheating)

CLIMATE WATCH - According to the Ocean Conservancy: “**From the beginning of industrialization until today, the ocean has absorbed more than 90 percent of the heat from human-caused global warming and about one-third of our carbon emissions.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23568-the-oceans-are-overheating)

   ##  [ When to Build Sea Walls](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23507-when-to-build-sea-walls "When to Build Sea Walls")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/003h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23507-when-to-build-sea-walls)

CLIMATE WATCH - During the month of December 2021 two warnings of impending sea level rise were issued by highly respected groups of climate scientists.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23507-when-to-build-sea-walls)

   ##  [ California's Cap-and-Trade System Proves Limits of Market-Based Climate Action](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23478-california-s-cap-and-trade-system-proves-limits-of-market-based-climate-action "California's Cap-and-Trade System Proves Limits of Market-Based Climate Action")

      Details    C.J. POLYCHRONIOU    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/002t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23478-california-s-cap-and-trade-system-proves-limits-of-market-based-climate-action)

CLIMATE POLITICS - California has cast itself as a leader in the fight against climate change and global warming.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23478-california-s-cap-and-trade-system-proves-limits-of-market-based-climate-action)

   ##  [ Bright Green Lies Torpedoes Greens](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23461-bright-green-lies-torpedoes-greens "Bright Green Lies Torpedoes Greens")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 03 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/001e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23461-bright-green-lies-torpedoes-greens)

ENVIRONMENT WATCH - Bright Green Lies (Monkfish Book Publishing, 2021) grumbles and growls like a rambunctious thunderstorm on an early spring day opening up darkened clouds of acid rain across the world of environmentalism, including celebrated personalities.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23461-bright-green-lies-torpedoes-greens)

   ##  [ Warnings from the Far North](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23396-warnings-from-the-far-north "Warnings from the Far North")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     December 27 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2021/103q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23396-warnings-from-the-far-north)

CLIMATE WATCH - “Forces profound and alarming are reshaping the upper reaches of the North Pacific and Arctic oceans, breaking the food chain that supports billions of creatures and one of the world’s most important fisheries.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23396-warnings-from-the-far-north)

   ##  [ What if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23348-what-if-the-doomsday-glacier-collapses "What if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     December 19 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2021/101f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23348-what-if-the-doomsday-glacier-collapses)

CLIMATE WATCH - The Thwaites “Doomsday Glacier” in West Antarctica is spooking scientists.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23348-what-if-the-doomsday-glacier-collapses)

   ##  [ Where Does Climate Change Data Come From?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23295-where-does-climate-change-data-come-from "Where Does Climate Change Data Come From?")

      Details    James Gallimore    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     December 13 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2021/099q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23295-where-does-climate-change-data-come-from)

CLIMATE WATCH - It’s starting to feel as though scientists and governments announce new policies and predictions for our warming planet every week.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23295-where-does-climate-change-data-come-from)

   ##  [ Redistricting Will Help Determine How California Deals With Climate Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23256-redistricting-will-help-determine-how-california-deals-with-climate-crisis "Redistricting Will Help Determine How California Deals With Climate Crisis")

      Details    Mary Creasman    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     December 09 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2021/098v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23256-redistricting-will-help-determine-how-california-deals-with-climate-crisis)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Decisions in the next month will shape California’s future for the next decade. Our state is undergoing a [process](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxGyeL5QQxI) to redraw the lines of our congressional, state Senate and Assembly districts.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23256-redistricting-will-help-determine-how-california-deals-with-climate-crisis)

   ##  [ Burned-out Forests Are Not Re-Growing](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23228-burned-out-forests-are-not-re-growing "Burned-out Forests Are Not Re-Growing")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     December 06 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2021/097c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23228-burned-out-forests-are-not-re-growing)

CLIMATE POLITICS - Trees are not re-growing in burned-out forests. This strange occurrence is becoming more frequent as global warming turns verdant flora into flammable tinder, causing more and bigger wild forests fires.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23228-burned-out-forests-are-not-re-growing)

   ##  [ This Is How Amazon Is Fueling the Climate Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23166-this-is-how-amazon-is-fueling-the-climate-crisis "This Is How Amazon Is Fueling the Climate Crisis")

      Details    Simon Whalley    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 29 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/095x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23166-this-is-how-amazon-is-fueling-the-climate-crisis)

CLIMATE PLEDGE - One benefit that Amazon has provided society with is a reduction in shopping-related violence.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23166-this-is-how-amazon-is-fueling-the-climate-crisis)

   ##  [ Big Oil’s Big Lie About Who Caused the Climate Collapse](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23159-big-oil-s-big-lie-about-who-caused-the-climate-collapse "Big Oil’s Big Lie About Who Caused the Climate Collapse")

      Details    Eve Ottenberg    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 29 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/095r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23159-big-oil-s-big-lie-about-who-caused-the-climate-collapse)

CLIMATE POLITICS - Veganism isn’t the answer to climate change, nor is eschewing air travel.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23159-big-oil-s-big-lie-about-who-caused-the-climate-collapse)

   ##  [ The Dreaded Rainforest Shift](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23140-the-dreaded-rainforest-shift "The Dreaded Rainforest Shift")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 24 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/094q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23140-the-dreaded-rainforest-shift)

CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS - Major portions of the Amazon rainforest have shifted from a carbon sink to a carbon source. This shift has severe planet-wide negative implications.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23140-the-dreaded-rainforest-shift)

1. [ 'A Slap in the Face': Biden Oil and Gas Lease Sale Ignites Outrage, Legal Challenges](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23085-a-slap-in-the-face-biden-oil-and-gas-lease-sale-ignites-outrage-legal-challenges)
2. [ To Govern the Globe in a New World Order](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23069-to-govern-the-globe)
3. [ The Woody Biomass Blunder](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23036-the-woody-biomass-blunder)
4. [ How the Wealthiest Countries Schemed to Avoid Economic Commitments at COP26](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23020-how-the-wealthiest-countries-schemed-to-avoid-economic-commitments-at-cop26)
5. [ A World Without Money](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22993-a-world-without-money)
6. [ As UN Tackles Twin Climate Threats, California Struggles With Them, Too](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22988-as-un-tackles-twin-climate-threats-california-struggles-with-them-too)
7. [ Mother Nature, Inc.](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22977-mother-nature-inc)
8. [ Climate Change Strategies Will Destroy the Middle Class](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22956-climate-change-strategies-will-destroy-the-middle-class)
9. [ COP26: Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22953-cop26-can-a-singing-dancing-rebellion-save-the-world)
10. [ Dim Prospects for Climate Mitigation](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22923-dim-prospects-for-climate-mitigation)

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