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Piques and Valleys: 2025 Wrap-Up and a State of the Union
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! 2025: Our Best Year Yet By many metrics, this was Pique’s best year yet. We worked with and employed 56 people, sponsored seven events, grew our partners, told instrumental stories, and started producing our first feature documentary with climate leaders like Dr. Dana Fisher (check out her TED Talk) and Dr. Katharine Hayhoe.
Give Better, Waste Less: A Gifting Season You Can Feel Good About
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! Good Gifts Come in Small Packages, but the Best Ones Are Package-Free The excitement of holiday gifting often comes with an unfortunate side effect: a massive surge in trash. In fact, household waste in the U.S. generally increases 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, roughly one million extra tons.
Weathering the Cost: Our Best Bets Against the Climate Insurance Crisis 💵
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Roger Starnes Sr on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! Rates Are Going Through the Roof 💰 Home insurance rates in the U.S. are rising even faster than inflation. And for years, we've seen the link between rising costs and climate change become more and more clear.
Dam, That’s Good News: The Klamath Runs Free 🛶
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! The Great Dam Debate Dams have depleted fisheries and degraded river ecosystems on nearly all of our nation's rivers. They've destroyed aquatic habitats, disrupted natural river ecosystems, altered water flow, temperature and quality. They've also driven extinction for several species of fish.
COP, Drop, and Roll: Your Guide to COP 30 and Winning the Narrative š
ā Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Matthew TenBruggencate on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you donāt already subscribe you can do so here š subscribe here! Decoding The COP Jargon š£ļø COP is officially in full swing. And with abstract negotiations and political drama brewing in the background, it can be hard to get to the heart of the matter, and understand what to hope for as the week goes on.
COP-Out: Africa Shines, America Splits, Brazil Playing Both Sides
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Saj Shafique on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! America the No-Show ❌ The 30th UN Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, is just around the corner, and things are already tense on the global stage. Perhaps most notably this week, the Trump Administration announced that no senior U.S. officials will attend the summit.
The Root of the Matter: Mangrove-Planting Drones are Supercharging Restoration 🌱
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! Why are Mangroves so Important? Mangroves are coastal wetlands of salt-tolerant trees, with. They're also particularly good at storing carbon (and one of the world's most vital carbon sinks) which helps fight back against climate change.
California’s Fungi-Powered Wildfire Recovery: That’s What I’m Toxin About!
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Marina Esterlein on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! Bioremediation: What is it?🍄 Bioremediation is nature’s version of cleanup crew work. It’s the process of using living organisms (like plants, fungi, and microbes) to remove or neutralize pollutants from a contaminated site, such as soil, water, or air.
Rooting for Change: Empowering Women Farmers to Grow Global Food Security š½
ā Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Anindito Mukherjee, courtesy Project Dandelion Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you donāt already subscribe you can do so here š subscribe here! A Global Paradox š Smallholder farmers are the backbone of global food production, providing around one-third of the world's food and nearly 70% of Africa's supply.
Crude Awakening: The Last Straw
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! Plastic: Not Just Floating in the Ocean 🏭️ When most of us think about the environmental detriment of plastic, we picture ocean birds choked with bags, whales with bellies full of debris, or the garbage patch that’s twice the size of Texas. And yes, with a decomposition timeline in the hundreds of years, plastic is terrible wherever it is.
Your Imports Just Got Hotter: The Climate Impact of Tariffs
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! Supply Change: A Mixed Climate Bag 🚢 At first glance, Trump’s tariffs might seem disconnected from climate policy. But in reality, they create a massive ripple of impact on emissions, energy infrastructure, and manufacturing – all key pieces of our climate targets.
Climate Impacts Aren’t Colorblind
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo by Thomas Wilson on Pexels Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! A Long History of Disparities📚️ Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the US. Unfortunately, racism, racist practices and systems, and oppression of marginalized communities did not end on June 19,1865.
Judgement Day for Big Polluters: A Landmark Win for Climate Litigation ⚖️
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Markus Krisetya on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! The Case for Accountability 📖 On July 23rd, the International Court of Justice ruled that countries have a legal responsibility, under international law, for their carbon emissions and contributions to climate change.
Built to Last: The Demand for Climate-Smart Infrastructure 🏗️
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! The Age of Extremes ⛈️ Climate change is no longer a distant threat, it’s happening now. Fires are burning faster and more frequently, floods are swelling higher, and hurricanes are striking harder, leaving a lasting toll on our infrastructure and communities.
Climate Artivism: Paint the Picture, Power the Movement
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! Art Imitates Life 🖼️ Having spent the week celebrating film as a powerful tool for optimism in the climate movement, we were reminded just how important art is to our mission (and all missions, for that matter).
Feeling The Heat? Read This Summer Survival Guide 📖
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo by Andrew George on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! This Summer’s Heat is No Fluke 🌇 Extreme heat is on the rise, and this summer is proof. Cities across the U.S. are breaking records and sweating through dangerous, prolonged heat waves.
Roam Sweet Roam: The Promise of Wildlife Corridors đ
â Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you donât already subscribe you can do so here đ subscribe here! The Worldâs Largest Wildlife Corridor đïž The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing has been more than a decade in the making. In the 2010s, evidence began to pile up that California's mountain lions and other species were suffering from genetic isolation, and experts began making more and more pleas to find a solution.
Exit Your Echo Chamber at Climate Week 🤝
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Product School on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! New York Climate Week is Back 🗽 Despite the growing buzz around the U.S. becoming less and less of a climate leader on the world stage, NYCW is well-primed to be a catalyst for change this year.
Guest Post: Building on the Momentum of No Kings Day - Dr. Dana Fisher
— Written by Lyle Jarvis & Dana Fisher Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash (linked) Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! 📚 Saving Ourselves, Now Available in Paperback! We’re thrilled to welcome Dana Fisher to this week’s edition of Pique Behind The Curtain.
Nature Lives Here: Urban Biodiversity and Climate Resilience 🌱
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo by Luca Gandini on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! A Quiet Revolution Taking Root 🪴 Over half the world’s population lives in urban areas, and counting. In fact, urban dwellers are expected to reach 70% by 2050. Cities may be , but they’re also increasingly seen as frontlines for conservation.
Energy from Heaven, Not Hell ☀️
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Andreas Gücklhorn on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! The Solar Surge 🔋 Over the past several years, solar has become not just a green alternative, but the cheapest form of energy globally. In fact, even since 2020, the data has spoken for itself.
Summer Concert Series: The Show Goes Green šļø
ā Written by Lyle Jarvis Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you donāt already subscribe you can do so here š subscribe here! It's no secret that live music has long carried a substantial environmental burden (check out this list to see the biggest carbon footprints by genre). Summer concert season, with its surge of festivals and stadium tours is particularly costly, as millions travel and venues operate at peak capacity.
Fear, Fact and Fiction: Why Climate Conspiracies Stick Around đź“°
— Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo: Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you don’t already subscribe you can do so here 👉 subscribe here! The Climate Conspiracy More than a hundred years ago, scientists began to raise questions around the human influence on global temperatures. Decades later, in 1965, climate scientists summarized the risks of carbon pollution to President Lyndon B.
Climate Visas & Migration: A Global Warning ğªª
â Written by Lyle Jarvis Photo by Henry Thong for Kit on Unsplash Do you enjoy our weekly newsletter? Please forward to a friend! If you donât already subscribe you can do so here ğ subscribe here! A Life-Changing Lottery Ticket ğï¸ Over the past few months, Australia unveiled a first-of-its-kind "climate visa." Under the Falepili Union, this visa allows Tuvaluan citizens to enter a lottery for a chance to win one of 280 slots.
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