The Activist - Montgomery County, Maryland & Beyond

Restoring a Safe Climate Part III - Removing GHG & CO2 from the Atmosphere

Jul 20, 2022

To get back to a safe climate we must remove GHG from the atmosphere. Herb explores how we can get started.

Even if we miraculously get to a 100% clean energy economy tomorrow (no more burning of fossil fuels and releasing GHGs in the atmosphere), we will still have a "blanket" of GHG resulting in an unsafe climate....

Climate Change Workgroup Ignored in MoCo - What Can We Do Differently? - with Helga Luest and Jon Foreman

Jul 20, 2022

Helga Luest discusses:

how specific recommendations from the Montgomery County climate working groups were not included in the County's climate action plan,
how the brain trust of many civic climate leaders in the working groups was disbanded,
the dire state of the climate crisis,
how leadership (Montgomery County,...

Restoring a Safe Climate - Part II

Jul 7, 2022

Herb Simmens discusses a number of promising measures to quickly, cheaply and safely cool the planet, thus potentially saving millions of lives and reducing harm and suffering throughout the world. He urges that these techniques be urgently and objectively evaluated and deployed as appropriate to restore a safe climate...

Restoring a Safe Climate (It Is Actually Possible) - with Herb Simmens - Part I

Jun 23, 2022

To prevent climate Armageddon we need to cool the planet as soon as possible (in addition to eliminating GHG emissions and drawing down carbon dioxide (CO2)).

Simmens walks us through the horrific threat of climate chaos - potentially much sooner and terrifying than many realize, explains why emissions are important,...

I-270 and 495 Expansion - Through the Lense of the Climate Crisis

Feb 11, 2019

February 2019 - Ok, we agree, it is a CLIMATE CRISIS.

So what do we do about expanding the capital beltway and Interstate 270 in Maryland considering we need to get to work ASAP defending our lives from the climate breakdown?

In this episode of View from the Civic Fed, Jerry Garson, committee chair of the Montgomery...