First Takes

Climate Action: Santa Marta — Vision Hope & Action Hope

First Take: The First Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels

May 4 • Jim Ball

New Effort by 57 Countries to Push Climate Action Forward

In The News: Columbia and The Netherlands Co-host Talks at Santa Marta on Transition Away From Fossil Fuels

Apr 28 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: Are Hope and Fear Compatible? Yes.

Our Moral & People Power Must Make Our Foes Afraid of Us

Apr 6 • Jim Ball

Clean Energy: MAGA Conservatives See The Light

First Take: Common Ground on Solar and Enhance Geothermal

Mar 16 • Jim Ball

No Climate Change in Trump’s State of the Union? I Beg to Differ! I’m Seeing Trump in a Whole New Light

First Take: Alternative Facts Are So Liberating, But Be Warned — Satire Ahead

Mar 9 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: Demise of Oil & Gas Will Be a Boon for Freedom

First Take: Trump’s War With Iran Reminds Us How Toxic Oil Is to Politics, Economics, and Wellbeing

Mar 2 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: Avoiding Irreversible Consequences By Making Our Vision a Reality

First Take: A Hothouse Earth Trajectory Must Push Us Towards Realistic Hope

Feb 23 • Jim Ball

Climate Movement: It’s Phoenix Time

First Take: From Trump’s Climate Policy Destruction We Will Rise to Triumph

Feb 16 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: Silence is Deadly

First Take: “Climate Hushing” is Climate Silencing

Feb 10 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: We Don’t Know How Strong We Already Are, And It’s Hurting Us

First Take: The Climate Movement — Stalled, Skewed, But Not Screwed

Feb 2 • Jim Ball

Democracy, the Rule of Law, and The Climate Movement: A Deep Connection

First Take: A Personal Reflection On Why Growing The Climate Movement Simultaneously Supports Democracy and the Rule of Law

Jan 27 • Jim Ball

Climate Hope From China at Davos? And From Trump’s Lies Too? You Bet.

First Take: Trump Lies, China Leads on Clean Energy and Climate Action

Jan 26 • Jim Ball

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