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The Extinction Rebellion’s Direct-Action Climate Activism Comes to New York
THE EXTINCTION REBELLION’S DIRECT-ACTION CLIMATE ACTIVISM COMES TO NEW YORK THE NEW YORK CHAPTER of Extinction Rebellion held its first planning meeting on Thursday. Incensed and terrified by the accelerating climate crisis, activists gathered in Manhattan to discuss how they might replicate some of the successes the direct-action group has had in the United Kingdom. […]
Brexit: stage one in Europe’s slow-burn energy collapse
Brexit: stage one in Europe’s slow-burn energy collapse The Brexit fiasco and French riots are accelerating symptoms of Europe’s earth system crisis Riots in Paris (source: Irish Times) Everyone’s talking about Brexit. Some about the French riots. But no one’s talking about why they are happening, and what they really mean. They might think they are, but they […]
Major Health Study Shows Benefits of Combating Climate Change
Major Health Study Shows Benefits of Combating Climate Change During the holiday season, people often drink toasts to health. There’s something more we can do to ensure that we and others will enjoy good health now and into the future: combat climate change. “Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, and […]
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future Once is the defining image of the good life under capitalism, commonly held up as a model to which all humanity should aspire. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities. Yet with the global […]
Disappearing Acts
Disappearing Acts We are living in an age of loss: the sixth mass extinction. Following this year’s shocking report that the planet has lost half its wildlife in the past 40 years, and the 2018 Remembrance Day for Lost Species, I wrote this piece on art and disappearance for Dark Mountain’s ‘The Vanishing’ section. Here we look […]
Climate Change and the Limits of Reason
Climate Change and the Limits of Reason Modern urban-industrial man is given to the raping of anything and everything natural on which he can fasten his talons. He rapes the sea; he rapes the soil; the natural resources of the earth. He rapes the atmosphere. He rapes the future of his own civilization. Instead of […]
Climate Scientist: World’s Richest Must Radically Change Lifestyles to Prevent Global Catastrophe
Climate Scientist: World’s Richest Must Radically Change Lifestyles to Prevent Global Catastrophe Watch Full Show LINKS Kevin Anderson on Twitter Greta Thunberg on Twitter The 24th United Nations climate summit comes amid growing warnings about the catastrophic danger climate change poses to the world. In October, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that […]
Countries that Blocked ‘Welcoming’ of Major Climate Science Report at UN Talks have Dozens of Delegates with Ties to Oil, Gas, and Mining
Countries that Blocked ‘Welcoming’ of Major Climate Science Report at UN Talks have Dozens of Delegates with Ties to Oil, Gas, and Mining Dozens of delegates from four countries that forced the UN climate negotiations to weaken language around the acceptance of a major climate science report have ties to the oil, gas and mining industries. […]
What World Do We Seek?
What World Do We Seek? If David Attenborough (the British Natural Historian, narrator of the video series, Planet Earth and a national treasure in the U.K.), gives a speech to the UN proclaiming the end of civilization and few hear it, does our world still collapse? If the President releases the Congressional report on climate […]
Biological Annihilation: a Planet in Loss Mode
Biological Annihilation: a Planet in Loss Mode If you’ve been paying attention to what’s happening to the nonhuman life forms with which we share this planet, you’ve likely heard the term “the Sixth Extinction.” If not, look it up. After all, a superb environmental reporter, Elizabeth Kolbert, has already gotten a Pulitzer Prize for writing […]
Sport, Fashion, and Tourism: Corporate Greenwash’s New Frontiers at the UN Climate Talks
Sport, Fashion, and Tourism: Corporate Greenwash’s New Frontiers at the UN Climate Talks What do Adidas, Hilton hotels, and the World Surfing League all have in common? They’re all climate champions, apparently. They also have a lot of customers and fans. Much more than most climate activists – just take a look at their Twitter followings – […]
Ghost Empires
Ghost Empires As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information Drought is a normal recurring feature of the climate in most parts of the world. It doesn’t get the attention of a tornado, hurricane or flood. Instead, it’s a slower and less obvious, a much […]
Attenborough and the deluded elites of Katowice
Attenborough and the deluded elites of Katowice Transcript of the speech by Sir David Attenborough COP24, Katowice, Poland 3rd December 2018. Your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. ‘We the peoples of the United Nations’. These are the opening words of the UN Charter. A charter that puts people at the centre. A pledge to give every person in the […]
Weather Channel Declares November Coldest in 50 years
Weather Channel Declares November Coldest in 50 years The Weather Channel just declared that North America just had its most extensive November snow cover in at least a Half-Century. We really face Global Cooling as this is now the third winter which this is becoming the colder with each passing year. It is serious that the […]
