Can we protect our essential workers from intensifying heat? Plus, is driving electric truly making us greener?
Welcome to EARTHDAY.ORG’s Climate Curiosities, your semimonthly updates to the year-round Earth Day movement. Backed by research, our articles work to inform and illuminate on the issues you care about.
This week, we drive electric — but are we really sustainable? The answer is complex. How protected are our essential workers in this extreme heat? Also, education is the key to climate communication.
Is going electric really driving us green?
Are electric vehicles truly eco-friendly? Explore their impact on emissions, fossil fuel dependence, and the challenges of battery production and tire wear. And what does the future hold?
Workers in the Inferno
Outdoor workers are increasingly at risk from extreme heat, UV radiation, and other climate-related threats. Despite recommendations, legal protections are insufficient, leading to severe health and economic impacts.
Sticks and Stones and the Impact of Rhetoric
There’s a long history of anti-environmentalism, from industry resistance to political polarization. We can empower youth to combat this trend with education.
Other stories we care about
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Seidenmalerin Ute Kammerer, Poesie in Seide Heidelberg, Germany
1moCongrats on your additional engagement for improvement in every field of misuse.
A rebel with a cause, making you feel nature’s soul. Artist, Poet, Herbivore, Food forest gardener - Quad Right, Holding Together, Changer.
1moI do find it a missed opportunity that in the article Driving Electric, no attempt has been made to portray the total ecological footprint of electric cars, including the aspect that is not highlighted: the working conditions of the people who extract earth metals to produce supposedly sustainable devices like wind turbines, solar cells and batteries. In the end, the conclusion should be that there is only one way of sustainable transport: no transport.
A rebel with a cause, making you feel nature’s soul. Artist, Poet, Herbivore, Food forest gardener - Quad Right, Holding Together, Changer.
1moThis is an important addition to climate education, great initiative !