#  CLIMATE

   ##  [ '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 "'A Slap in the Face': Biden Oil and Gas Lease Sale Ignites Outrage, Legal Challenges")

      Details    Julia Conley    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 18 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/092u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23085-a-slap-in-the-face-biden-oil-and-gas-lease-sale-ignites-outrage-legal-challenges)

CLIMATE CHANGE - As the Biden administration moved ahead Wednesday with [**an auction**](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/16/lighting-fuse-massive-carbon-bomb-biden-rebuked-eve-drilling-lease-sale) of more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas companies—the largest-ever sale of fossil fuel drilling leases in the Gulf—climate action groups and legal experts said the Interior Department's actions were legally dubious as well as being "[**dangerous" and "hypocritical."**](https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/11/17/despite-environmental-commitments-made-cop-biden-administration-offers-over-80-0)

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   ##  [ To Govern the Globe in a New World Order](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23069-to-govern-the-globe "To Govern the Globe in a New World Order")

      Details    Alfred McCoy    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 18 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/092z.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23069-to-govern-the-globe)

CLIMATE POLITICS - When the leaders of more than [**100 nations**](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-59118835) gathered in Glasgow for the U.N. climate conference last week, there was much discussion about the disastrous effect of climate change on the global environment.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23069-to-govern-the-globe)

   ##  [ The Woody Biomass Blunder](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23036-the-woody-biomass-blunder "The Woody Biomass Blunder")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 15 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/091z6.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23036-the-woody-biomass-blunder)

CLIMATE WATCH - One of the most controversial fixes for global warming is the use of woody biomass, cutting trees, burning trees to achieve “carbon neutral” status in the worldwide battle to conquer climate change/global warming.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23036-the-woody-biomass-blunder)

   ##  [ 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 "How the Wealthiest Countries Schemed to Avoid Economic Commitments at COP26")

      Details    Sonali Kolhatkar    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 11 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/090l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/23020-how-the-wealthiest-countries-schemed-to-avoid-economic-commitments-at-cop26)

CLIMATE POLITICS - Heads of state from the world’s wealthiest nations gathered for the first time in person since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic at the recent G20 summit meeting in Rome, Italy.

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   ##  [ A World Without Money](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22993-a-world-without-money "A World Without Money")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 08 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/089r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22993-a-world-without-money)

CLIMATE POLITICS - And climate change begins . . . “Three or four thousand years ago the gods began a migration from the lakes, forests, rivers, and mountains into the sky, becoming the imperial overlords of nature rather than its essence.”

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   ##  [ 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 "As UN Tackles Twin Climate Threats, California Struggles With Them, Too")

      Details    Rachel Becker and Julie Cart    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 08 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/089v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22988-as-un-tackles-twin-climate-threats-california-struggles-with-them-too)

CLIMATE POLITICS - Nations around the globe this week have pledged to tackle two thorny and critical threats to Earth’s climate: methane, which is the most potent planet-warming pollutant, and widespread destruction of forests.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22988-as-un-tackles-twin-climate-threats-california-struggles-with-them-too)

   ##  [ Mother Nature, Inc.](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22977-mother-nature-inc "Mother Nature, Inc.")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 08 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/089z2.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22977-mother-nature-inc)

CLIMATE POLITICS - Wall Street investors have hit the jackpot. Soon they’ll be able to buy, own, and dictate The Commons, public lands, the world of Mother Nature.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22977-mother-nature-inc)

   ##  [ Climate Change Strategies Will Destroy the Middle Class](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22956-climate-change-strategies-will-destroy-the-middle-class "Climate Change Strategies Will Destroy the Middle Class")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 04 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/088o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22956-climate-change-strategies-will-destroy-the-middle-class)

CLIMATE POLITICS - Like its global predecessors, the COP26 Glasgow conference will usher in a new wave of apocalyptic warnings about [climate change](https://www.spiked-online.com/tag/climate-change/).

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   ##  [ COP26: Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22953-cop26-can-a-singing-dancing-rebellion-save-the-world "COP26: Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?")

      Details    Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 04 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/088r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22953-cop26-can-a-singing-dancing-rebellion-save-the-world)

CLIMATE WATCH - COP Twenty-six! That is how many times the UN has assembled world leaders to try to tackle the climate crisis.

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   ##  [ Dim Prospects for Climate Mitigation](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22923-dim-prospects-for-climate-mitigation "Dim Prospects for Climate Mitigation")

      Details    Mel Gurtov    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 01 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/087u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22923-dim-prospects-for-climate-mitigation)

CLIMATE WATCH - Just in time for the COP26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the Biden administration has released the [***National Intelligence Estimate: Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040***](https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/NIE_Climate_Change_and_National_Security.pdf).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22923-dim-prospects-for-climate-mitigation)

   ##  [ Farmers Lose Two Skirmishes in California Water War](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22920-farmers-lose-two-skirmishes-in-california-water-war "Farmers Lose Two Skirmishes in California Water War")

      Details    Dan Walters    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     November 01 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/087r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22920-farmers-lose-two-skirmishes-in-california-water-war)

THE ENVIRONMENT - The most important battleground in California’s perpetual war over water is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

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   ##  [ From Paris to Glasgow: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Blocking Climate Action](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22897-from-paris-to-glasgow-fossil-fuel-industry-is-blocking-climate-action "From Paris to Glasgow: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Blocking Climate Action")

      Details    B.Balanya/L.Hakuma Dadci/M.Douo    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     October 28 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/086x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22897-from-paris-to-glasgow-fossil-fuel-industry-is-blocking-climate-action)

CLIMATE POLITICS - COP26 will kick off next Sunday 31 October, following a one-year delay due to the pandemic.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22897-from-paris-to-glasgow-fossil-fuel-industry-is-blocking-climate-action)

   ##  [ Unionists and Climate Activists in a Fight Over Job Protection](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22894-in-protecting-good-oil-and-gas-jobs-some-california-trade-unions-clash-with-climate-activists "Unionists and Climate Activists in a Fight Over Job Protection")

      Details    Aaron Cantu    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     October 28 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/086r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22894-in-protecting-good-oil-and-gas-jobs-some-california-trade-unions-clash-with-climate-activists)

THE ENVIRONMENT - It’s been more than six years since lax safety management led to an explosion at ExxonMobil’s oil refinery in Torrance, California.

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   ##  [ Why We Must Turn Food Waste Into a Renewable Fuel](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22893-why-we-must-turn-food-waste-into-a-renewable-fuel "Why We Must Turn Food Waste Into a Renewable Fuel")

      Details    Andrew Benedek    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     October 28 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/086q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22893-why-we-must-turn-food-waste-into-a-renewable-fuel)

CLIMATE WATCH - As the fight against climate change becomes more urgent, focus has increased on methane emissions, with U.S. climate envoy John Kerry tweeting that [cutting methane](https://twitter.com/ClimateEnvoy/status/1439018010686246914?s=20) is “the single most effective strategy we have to reduce global warming in the near term” to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22893-why-we-must-turn-food-waste-into-a-renewable-fuel)

   ##  [ Climate Change Viewed from the Attic of the World](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22838-climate-change-viewed-from-the-attic-of-the-world "Climate Change Viewed from the Attic of the World")

      Details    William Debuys    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     October 21 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/084p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22838-climate-change-viewed-from-the-attic-of-the-world)

CLIMATE WATCH - Thirteen thousand feet high on the far side of the Himalaya mountains, we have entered the past and the future at the same time.

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   ##  [ 'Keep Oil and Gas in the Ground,' Say Fossil Fuel Foes as Spill Ravages California Coast](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22715-keep-oil-and-gas-in-the-ground-say-fossil-fuel-foes-as-spill-ravages-california-coast "'Keep Oil and Gas in the Ground,' Say Fossil Fuel Foes as Spill Ravages California Coast")

      Details    Brett Wilkins    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     October 04 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/079n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22715-keep-oil-and-gas-in-the-ground-say-fossil-fuel-foes-as-spill-ravages-california-coast)

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD - As cleanup crews on Sunday rushed to contain the damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent Southern California history, environmentalists stressed the necessity of ending offshore drilling—and ultimately, of keeping all fossil fuels in the ground.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22715-keep-oil-and-gas-in-the-ground-say-fossil-fuel-foes-as-spill-ravages-california-coast)

   ##  [ Insuring Heaven or Hell on Earth?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22683-insuring-heaven-or-hell-on-earth "Insuring Heaven or Hell on Earth?")

      Details    Peter Bosshard, Rev. Fletcher Harper    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 30 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2021/078g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22683-insuring-heaven-or-hell-on-earth)

CLIMATE CHANGE - For almost 75 years, GuideOne has been an insurance firm whose primary business has been insuring places of worship, faith organizations, and religious schools.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22683-insuring-heaven-or-hell-on-earth)

   ##  [ What’s Up With COP26?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22601-what-s-up-with-cop26 "What’s Up With COP26?")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 20 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2021/075d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22601-what-s-up-with-cop26)

CLIMATE CHANGE - The UK (in partnership with Italy) will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, COP26 in Glasgow on October 31- November 12, 2021.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22601-what-s-up-with-cop26)

   ##  [ LA County Will Shut Down Miles of Urban Oil Fields](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22592-la-county-will-shut-down-miles-of-urban-oil-fields "LA County Will Shut Down Miles of Urban Oil Fields")

      Details    Aaron Cantu    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 20 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2021/075s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22592-la-county-will-shut-down-miles-of-urban-oil-fields)

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE-Los Angeles County took a step toward a complete ban on oil and gas production within its borders after the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved on Wednesday a motion to phase it out on unincorporated land. It’s the largest urban area in the country to declare such a ban, which will impact over a thousand active wells.

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   ##  [ We are being out-evolved ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22580-we-are-being-out-evolved "We are being out-evolved ")

      Details    Tom H. Hastings    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 16 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2021/074e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22580-we-are-being-out-evolved)

PEACEVOICE - I vividly recall reading Bill McKibben’s prophetic work, [The End Of Nature](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1989/09/11/the-end-of-nature), serialized in The New Yorker beginning 11 September 1989.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22580-we-are-being-out-evolved)

   ##  [ Climate Groups to Dems: Leave Fossil Fuels Out of U.S. Clean Energy Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22523-climate-groups-to-dems-leave-fossil-fuels-out-of-us-clean-energy-plan "Climate Groups to Dems: Leave Fossil Fuels Out of U.S. Clean Energy Plan")

      Details    Jessica Corbett    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 09 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2021/072y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22523-climate-groups-to-dems-leave-fossil-fuels-out-of-us-clean-energy-plan)

CLIMATE CHANGE - As Democrats work to rapidly finalize the details of their $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, climate campaigners on Wednesday urged them to exclude fossil fuels and "false solutions" from a new clean energy program intended to cut down planet-heating emissions.

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   ##  [ Brazil’s Fierce Drought Affects the Entire Planet](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22490-brazil-s-fierce-drought "Brazil’s Fierce Drought Affects the Entire Planet")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     September 06 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2021/071g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22490-brazil-s-fierce-drought)

CLIMATE POLITICS-The Amazon rainforest is arguably the world’s premier asset. Indeed, it’s the world’s most crucial asset in a myriad of ways, nothing on Earth compares.

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   ##  [ New Mexico Drilling Permits Skyrocketed Under Trump, State’s Climate Future at Risk](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22371-new-mexico-drilling-permits-skyrocketed-under-trump-state-s-climate-future-at-risk "New Mexico Drilling Permits Skyrocketed Under Trump, State’s Climate Future at Risk")

      Details    Jerry Redfern    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 23 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2021/067p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22371-new-mexico-drilling-permits-skyrocketed-under-trump-state-s-climate-future-at-risk)

CLIMATE WATCH - Over the past four years, oil and gas producers have applied for more than 10,000 permits to drill for oil and gas on federal land in New Mexico.

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   ##  [ GPI vs. GDP: Does Size Matter More Than Substance?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22327-gpi-vs-gdp-does-size-matter-more-than-substance "GPI vs. GDP: Does Size Matter More Than Substance?")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 16 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2021/065w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22327-gpi-vs-gdp-does-size-matter-more-than-substance)

CLIMATE POLITICS-U.S. House Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) recently introduced a bill in Congress to overhaul GDP, the nation’s most watched economic indicator.

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   ##  [ For First Time on Record, US Renewables Generated More Electricity Than Either Coal or Nuclear in 2020](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22207-for-first-time-on-record-us-renewables-generated-more-electricity-than-either-coal-or-nuclear-in-2020 "For First Time on Record, US Renewables Generated More Electricity Than Either Coal or Nuclear in 2020")

      Details    Juan Cole    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     August 01 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2021/061l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/22207-for-first-time-on-record-us-renewables-generated-more-electricity-than-either-coal-or-nuclear-in-2020)

THE GRID - The Energy Information Administration, the primary authority in the federal government on energy numbers, concludes that renewables, primarily hydro, wind and solar, rose to become 21% of electricity generation in the U.S. in 2020.

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   ##  [ Politics needs green innovators too](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21976-politics-needs-green-innovators-too "Politics needs green innovators too")

      Details    Phil De Luna    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     July 01 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/052i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21976-politics-needs-green-innovators-too)

CLIMATE POLITICS-Like many, the pandemic gave me an opportunity to self-reflect on my life and my role in the world.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21976-politics-needs-green-innovators-too)

   ##  [ Greening Earth and Creating Jobs](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21540-greening-earth-and-creating-jobs "Greening Earth and Creating Jobs")

      Details    Juan Cole    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 12 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2021/029f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21540-greening-earth-and-creating-jobs)

**GREEN ENERGY**-[Reuters reports](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-treasury-tax-energy/biden-tax-plan-replaces-fossil-fuel-subsidies-with-incentives-for-clean-energy-u-s-treasury-idUSKBN2BU2HL) that President Biden intends to slash tax subsidies for fossil fuels like coal and petroleum and to use taxes instead to encourage renewable energy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21540-greening-earth-and-creating-jobs)

   ##  [ Growing Up Ecologically](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21393-growing-up-ecologically "Growing Up Ecologically")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 18 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2021/022m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21393-growing-up-ecologically)

**CLIMATE POLITICS**--Is it possible that the country is truly rebuilding itself . . . from the soul up?

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   ##  [ As Los Angeles Goes Green, Who Will Benefit?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21391-as-los-angeles-goes-green-who-will-benefit "As Los Angeles Goes Green, Who Will Benefit?")

      Details    Judith Taylor & Garrett Rapsilber    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     March 18 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2021/022g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21391-as-los-angeles-goes-green-who-will-benefit)

**THE FUTURE OF GREEN**-At the moment, signs point to a green economic recovery from COVID.

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   ##  [ Real Change on a Living Planet](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21026-real-change-on-a-living-planet "Real Change on a Living Planet")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     January 11 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2021/003k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21026-real-change-on-a-living-planet)

**CLIMATE POLITICS**-As the New Year asserts itself -- a year that begins in global lockdown and political shock-and-awe -- an extraordinary question emerges: Are we on the brink of real change?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/21026-real-change-on-a-living-planet)

   ##  [ First, We Went Green, Now We’re Turning Blue](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/19601-first-we-went-green-now-we-re-turning-blue "First, We Went Green, Now We’re Turning Blue")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [CLIMATE](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate)     April 13 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2020/031l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/19601-first-we-went-green-now-we-re-turning-blue)

**DEEGAN ON LA**-Blueish may be how we’re feeling, now that we’re shut in and uncertain of what to expect in a future that could be tinted with grey.

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1. [ How Much Do Cows Really Hasten Climate Change?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18803-how-much-do-cows-really-hasten-climate-change)
2. [ California: Selling Credits for Forest Protection Didn’t Work Before … Why Does Air Board Think It will Now?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18471-california-selling-credits-for-forest-protection-didn-t-work-before-why-does-air-board-think-it-will-now)
3. [ The Green New Deal Must Be Global](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18208-the-green-new-deal-must-be-global)
4. [ Nowhere to Hide from The Terrible Truth of Climate Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18186-nowhere-to-hide-from-the-terrible-truth-of-climate-change)
5. [ Deadly Heat Waves Sweep Globe, Planet Warming at Rate Not Seen in 2,000 Years](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/18131-deadly-heat-waves-sweep-globe-planet-warming-at-rate-not-seen-in-2-000-years)
6. [ Will Republican Climate Change Proposals Work?](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17665-will-republican-climate-change-proposals-work)
7. [ Biodiversity at Risk! Bavarians Vote to Stop Extinction](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17587-biodiversity-at-risk-bavarians-vote-to-stop-extinction)
8. [ Why Is Going Green So Hard? Because Our System Isn’t!](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17502-why-is-going-green-so-hard-because-our-system-isn-t)
9. [ To Clean Up the Planet, Clean Up Washington](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17283-to-clean-up-the-planet-clean-up-washington)
10. [ Re-Inhabiting Planet Earth](https://www.citywatchla.com/climate/17239-re-inhabiting-planet-earth)

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