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Wildly Underestimated Oilsands Emissions Latest Blow to Alberta’s Dubious Climate Claims
Wildly Underestimated Oilsands Emissions Latest Blow to Alberta’s Dubious Climate Claims As disaster looms, petro province lets industry call the shots. Trust us. That has long been the message from the oil sector to the Alberta public, which seems to have little choice in the matter. In a bizarre arrangement, the Alberta oil patch pays […]
45 Million Indians In Path Of Dangerous Cyclone Fani, Landfall Friday
45 Million Indians In Path Of Dangerous Cyclone Fani, Landfall Friday Cyclone Fani is crossing over the Indian Ocean with speeds above 200 km/h (127 mph), is expected to make landfall on Friday in the state of Orissa, an eastern Indian state on the Bay of Bengal that has a population of roughly 45 million, reported […]
In Some Pennsylvania Pro-Fracking Corners, Name-calling, False Claims, and Swastika-Laden Images Circulate
In Some Pennsylvania Pro-Fracking Corners, Name-calling, False Claims, and Swastika-Laden Images Circulate Cabot Oil and Gas is a shale drilling company that, according to state regulators, botched its shale gas extraction operations in an area around Carter Road in Dimock, Pennsylvania, about a decade ago. Cabot has for years fought liability for locals’ contaminated water supplies and has […]
The climate change story is half true
The climate change story is half true The climate change story is true is some respects: The climate is indeed changing. And CO2 emissions do seem to affect climate. Burning fossil fuels does indeed make a difference in CO2 levels. The problem I have with the climate change story is that it paints a totally inaccurate […]
US Fracked Gas Imports to EU Could ‘Take World Far Beyond Safe Climate Limits’, Campaigners Warn
US Fracked Gas Imports to EU Could ‘Take World Far Beyond Safe Climate Limits’, Campaigners Warn Environmental activists representing more than 200 organisations have called on the EU and the US to put an end to a booming transatlantic trade in fracked gas or face “taking the world far beyond safe climate limits”. In an open letter to the EU Climate Commissioner […]
Bavarians Vote to Stop Extinction
Bavarians Vote to Stop Extinction The world is in the throes of an extinction crisis unlike any throughout paleoclimate history, aka: the Sixth Mass Extinction, keeping in mind that the normal “background rate” for extinction is 1-to-5 species gone per year. But, what if it is five (5) every 24 hours? Answer: It’s a lot […]
The Beginning Of The End For British Shale Gas
The Beginning Of The End For British Shale Gas Amid the ruckus of Great Britain’s reckless Brexit saga, one might not have noticed the ongoing environmental battle that could put a sudden end to shale gas development in the UK. While Britain’s energy security does not have any direct links to Brexit – its hydrocarbon […]
Duterte Exposes The Difference Between Homegrown Environmentalism And a Neo-Colonial Green Movement
Duterte Exposes The Difference Between Homegrown Environmentalism And a Neo-Colonial Green Movement President Duterte’s record on the domestic environment is arguably the best of any modern Filipino leader. His project to clean up Manila Bay has seen a once heavily polluted body of water return to a place of beauty whilst just over a year […]
Toronto Will Explore Suing Big Oil for Climate Costs
Toronto Will Explore Suing Big Oil for Climate Costs Toronto could be the next major city to file a climate liability suit to recoup climate costs from the fossil fuel industry. Photo credit: City of Toronto Toronto became the latest city to explore possible litigation to make fossil fuel companies pay for the costs of […]
Nitrogen Crisis: A neglected threat to Earth’s life support systems
Nitrogen Crisis: A neglected threat to Earth’s life support systems Planetary Boundaries. Nitrogen and biodiversity are farther out of safe limits than any others (Rockstrom et. al, Nature, 2009) Part One of a discussion of the disruption of the global nitrogen cycle by an economic system that values profits more than life itself. Continuing our series […]
The Declare a ‘Climate Emergency’ Movement Grows as Scotland Joins
The Declare a ‘Climate Emergency’ Movement Grows as Scotland Joins Also, UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn launched a bid to declare a climate emergency in the United Kingdom. A banner is hung across a roadway while people participate in direct action with Extinction Rebellion on April 17, 2019 in New York City. The activists are […]
Fast Arctic melt could cost $70 trillion
Fast Arctic melt could cost $70 trillion The rapid pace of the Arctic thaw may exact a very high price. Image: By Roxanne Desgagnés on Unsplash Polar change, notably the fast Arctic melt, could impose huge costs on world economies. New evidence shows how rapidly the frozen north is changing. LONDON, 26 April, 2019 – The northern reaches of the […]
Across the U.S., Flood Survivors are Growing in Number–And They Aren’t Just Seeking Restitution, But Answers
ACROSS THE U.S., FLOOD SURVIVORS ARE GROWING IN NUMBER — AND THEY AREN’T JUST SEEKING RESTITUTION, BUT ANSWERS As risk of floods increases, so does awareness and determination among flood survivors, who are no longer simply victims, but an ever-growing constituency for change. Photo courtesy of Floodlothian Midlothian April 23, 2019 — Susan Liley didn’t set […]
Report: Big Oil Is Spending ‘’Too Much’’ On New Oil Production
Report: Big Oil Is Spending ‘’Too Much’’ On New Oil Production Big Oil plans to spend nearly US$5 trillion in capital expenditure over the next decade, much of which would go into adding new production. Yet this money will also bring the world farther from the Paris Agreement climate targets, a report from energy industry-focused […]
