We hope you will note the next installment of the Bitches on Bikes parties: now they’re taking on Climate Change. They’ve joined the Wind Power Pedalers Climate Ride Team, and will be holding a Benefit Event at New York City Hot Spot The Eldridge on Thursday, August 20, from 9-11pm, featuring a silent auction of art, curated by Gitana Rosa Gallery. Climate Ride is a 300-mile bicycle ride from New York City to Washington, D.C. to raise money to address climate change and promote renewable energy.  For more information on the Brita Climate Ride, please visit www.climateride.org or the Wind (more...)

Jean Sideris Outreach Coordinator for the Climate Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists The timing of our ride couldn't be better--we are at a historical moment for climate policy. We have a president, a House and a Senate who are ready to take action. In fact, the House of Representatives passed a comprehensive climate bill this summer. Now, that bill is far from perfect and is the smallest of steps towards truly meeting the climate challenge. However, it does put a cap on carbon and sets the framework for moving to a clean energy economy. A year ago, even (more...)

Where do we draw the political and ecological lines on climate change? How much carbon will the atmosphere take? Policy Innovations Managing Editor Evan O'Neil talks with Phil Aroneanu, director of creative media for 350.org, an international campaign to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Phil and Evan met last year on the inaugural Climate Ride from New York to Washington.
 
EVAN O'NEIL: Phil, the number 350 is your campaign's rallying cry. Where does it come from?
 
PHIL ARONEANU: 350 is the safe level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in parts per million. It's a concentration, and it's been going up for . . .(more...)

Taking action is getting popular again. It was fringe for a while there. As a kid I used to go into Boston to “walk for the whales” with Greenpeace, and I organized a boycott of of the school lunch program in third-grade. Then I took a 28-year break. This spring . . .(more...)