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American Climate Perspectives Survey 2024, Vol. II
ecoAmerica’s latest survey reveals that Americans are ready and eager for health professionals to advance climate action. The survey findings offer a clear call for the health sector and health professionals to lead in educating and guiding all Americans to understand and care for health in a changing climate.
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Dismantling Voter Suppression: Exercising Our Rights for a Sustainable Future
Exercising your right to vote is fundamental to democracy. Yet, voter suppression tactics continue to threaten this essential democratic process, particularly impacting marginalized communities. Through our votes, we have the power to support policies that protect our environment…
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Climate Ambassadors: Inspiring Action
As we reflect on the first quarter of 2024, our Climate Ambassadors have once again showcased their unwavering dedication and effectiveness in fostering meaningful climate action…
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In Memoriam: Paul Junger Witt, 1943-2018
It is with great sadness that we report that Paul Junger Witt has passed. He has been a member of the ecoAmerica board since 2012, and has supported the organization with his vision, skills, friendship and graciousness. He had profound impact on all of us at ecoAmerica, and greatly informed our efforts to connect with…
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April 2018 Talking Points
A clean energy future is within our grasp. We can have locally-made energy from the wind and the sun that ensures our air is clean and our water is healthy. Communities across America are learning that smart investments in clean energy protect our health, attract new business, create jobs, and build stronger communities for our families. Hundreds…
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Climate Change is a Rising Policy Priority, Particularly for Millennials
Over the past decade, Americans have placed climate change at the bottom of the list of public policy priorities. But, according to Pew’s January 2018 Public Policy Priorities survey, climate change is on the rise. Pew found that close to half, 46% of Americans, believe that dealing with climate change should be a top policy…
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February 2018 Talking Points
While climate concern grows, and progress on solutions both waxes (increases in clean energy generation) and wanes (dozens of federal policy rollbacks), Americans are left with some confusion on who to trust for climate guidance. Traditional climate messengers, such as scientists, talk most about the concerning trajectories of our changing climate, and this can lead…
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A Path to Positive on Climate in 2018
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope….– A…
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1 Year In: Poll Finds Trump Stirring Climate Attitudes, Action
Most of what Americans heard from the Trump Administration in its first year focused on dismissing climate change as a man-made problem, undermining the legitimacy of news organizations covering the issue, announcements about regulation rollbacks, and exiting the Paris Agreement. Eschewing support for climate solutions, the rhetoric centered on jobs, the economy, reviving the coal…
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Welcome to Climate Talking Points! Your New Tools
Opening Up the Conversation It can be hard to have a positive discussion on climate change. It is a complex issue. Many of us are in our ideological information bubbles or struck by seemingly conflicting information. As we enter 2018, passions are high on both sides, and the stakes even higher. If you want to…
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Let’s Lead On Climate
How are leaders across the country stepping up to take action on climate change? Let’s Lead On Climate, features nine success stories of initiatives by local organizations who are inspiring and engaging communities around them to make climate solutions a priority. In the guide, you’ll hear from local health, faith, and community leaders who are…
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December Poll Finds Climate Action, Concern on the Rise
Anyone paying attention to the news on climate change in 2017 has learned about record-setting climate impacts, dire predictions, and over 30 rollbacks of important protections at the federal level. The abundance of negative news has the potential to deflate aspiration into resignation, and motivation into fatalism. Despite all of the bad news, however, there…
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Speaking Through Your Spending: Divesting from Fossil Fuels
Last week, in response to the threats posed by climate change, The World Bank made a blockbuster announcement: After 2019, it will no longer finance oil and gas extraction. It shared its decision at the One Planet Summit, convened by bank president Yim Yong Kim, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres, and French President Emmanuel Macron to further…
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Let’s Lead Case Study: Sacramento Combines Equity Plus Livability
How are leaders across the country stepping up to take action on climate change? ecoAmerica has released Let’s Lead On Climate, a brand-new guide that features nine success stories of initiatives by local organizations who are inspiring and engaging communities around them to make climate solutions a priority. In the guide, you’ll hear from local health, faith,…