Over the next couple of weeks, the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) has several pitstops around the state scheduled to collect public input on a state-level Climate Action Plan. On January 31st, we made our way to North Platte for the first of these meetings and see just how things might play out.… Continue reading Hello Omaha: The Dirty ‘C’ Word (Climate)
Category: Local Issues
Hello Omaha: The Benefits of a Streetcar
The United States is infamous for its lack of public transportation options, despite its ability to cut commute times, traffic congestion, and of course, carbon emissions. Americans love their cars, but in metropolitan areas, the growing calls for better public transportation are getting too big to ignore. In our home city of Omaha, a feeble… Continue reading Hello Omaha: The Benefits of a Streetcar
Flooding in Nebraska: A Case of Climate Change
Climate change is a vast issue, with consequences fanning out to every corner of our world. Yes, rising sea levels will be a massive problem to tackle, but as will changing bird migrations, decreases in glacier accumulation, and extinctions of whole ecosystems. Huge issues like the amount of plankton that are able to survive in… Continue reading Flooding in Nebraska: A Case of Climate Change