GaiaGram #178 Environmental Headlines from around a planet in crisis.

-130 companies, signed a letter calling on governments phase out fossil fuels -The Gulf Stream is almost certainly weakening -The melting of West Antarctica's ice shelves to substantially accelerate -Bloomberg has a $50 million initiative to help cities with climate change, -A colossal aspen stand in Utah appears to be fragmenting as a result of overgrazing. -Flaring, or burning off, natural gas in Texas continues despite restrictions -Department of Energy to funnel 3.5 billion dollars toward upgrading the country’s aging electric grid