As the U.S. approaches a political crossroads, president elect Donald Trump’s ambitions to dismantle environmental protections and climate policies have sparked widespread concern. But the question remains: Can Trump truly halt America’s transition to a renewable energy economy, or is the green momentum too strong to stop?

Tiger Sharks that Roam the Bahamas’ Seagrass Meadows on the Sea Floor  are Fitted with Video Cameras that Help Marine Scientists Evaluate the Extent and Health of the Meadows.  The Bahama Islands Have Some of the World’s Largest Seagrass Meadows an Important Biome for Rich and Abundant Marine Life and also for Undersea Storage of Vast Amounts of Carbon Dioxide.  

Leticia James, New York’s Attorney General filed suit in March of 2024 against JBS USA, the subsidiary of the JBS, the world’s largest producer of beef products alleging that the company misled the public about its environmental impacts including deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by its meat suppliers who are expanding pasture of cattle ranches at the expense of forests.

Wetlands are among the most important habitats in the world comparable to rainforests and coral reefs. Forty percent of the worlds species either live or breed in wetlands. The rich vegetation in wetlands provides food, shelter, spawning and a nursery area for fish and shellfish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.

“Traveling these seas, the fleets and merchant ships of the ancient Greeks disseminated civilization and increased human understanding; they fought the barbarians, hindered the incursion of Asia into the West, and spread Hellenism as far as the shores of Asia Minor and Egypt, of Italy and France, and through all the Mediterranean. It might be said that from the start, the sea was the spirit of Greece and the islands the embodiment of that spirit.”

The Amazon rainforest has been called the lungs of the planet. But in fact, it is the planet’s heart as it modulates the entire global climate system.  It provides the rainfall and feeds the river systems across the South American continent that supply the fresh water for its farms and cities.

Nemonte Nenquimo, an indigenous woman in her thirties, a leader of the Waorani tribe in the Ecuadorian Amazon, has led the fight to protect their tribal lands from sale by the Ecuadorian government to large petroleum companies. 

Healthy forests in the world play a critical role in maintaining a healthy climate and preventing the dangers of climate change and global warming.

The Living Planet Index (LPI) tracks almost 21,000 populations of vertebrates around the globe: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. From 1970 to 2016 there has been a decline of sixty-eight percent of the abundance of living vertebrate species on Earth.

Maryland became the first state to ban single use plastic containers.  Plastics, including polystyrene that many food containers are made of, are polluting the air, land and water with dangerous microscopic particles that persist in the environment without breaking down. 

Joe Biden, Democratic nominee, rolled out his climate action plan in July and environmental groups who have been sounding the alarm over the Climate Crisis were surprised at the planet’s bold, progressive stance. 

Virginia joined five other states, California, Hawaii, New Mexico, New York and Washington that have recently passed laws requiring a transition to 100 % carbon-free energy production by 2050. 

Since October, more than one hundred wildfires have consumed sixteen million acres across Australia, an area the size of Denmark.

The COP 25, Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, met in Madrid from December 2 through 15 to hammer out new agreements for compliance with the goals set forth in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. 

The journal, Science, just published an alarming study that there has been a decline of 29 percent, or 3 billion birds in the United States and Canada since 1970. Experts who have studied bird populations for years were astounded by the new study.  

The United Nations Climate Change Summit held in New York September 21 through 23 began with hopes for commitments by the world’s biggest polluters of dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, including China, the US and India, to announce sharp reductions in emissions to keep global warming below the dangerous threshold of 1.5 C.  But the Summit ended with disappointments.  

The UN Climate Action Summit took place in New York City from September 21^st to 23^rd against a backdrop of massive youth climate strikes around the world, a hoped-for announcement by large industrialized nations of further reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and a planet that is warming at an alarming rate, even exceeding the projections of recent climate studies. 

 In 156 countries, 4 million young climate activists walked out of school to tell the world that the Climate Crisis is destroying the planet and their future and its time to stop talking and start implementing real changes to avoid the worst disasters of a heating world. 

The UN Climate Action Summit is convening over  a three-day-period, September 21st – September 23rd.  

On September 1, 2019 Hurricane Dorian slammed the Bahamas with its devastating category five, 185 mph winds, 225 gusts and 23-foot storm surge.  Its first target was the chain of small Abaco Cays.