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How the World Passed a Carbon Threshold and Why It Matters
How the World Passed a Carbon Threshold and Why It Matters Last year marked the first time in several million years that atmospheric concentrations of CO2 passed 400 parts per million. By looking at what Earth’s climate was like in previous eras of high CO2 levels, scientists are getting a sobering picture of where we […]
The causes of the recent decrease in US greenhouse gas emissions
The causes of the recent decrease in US greenhouse gas emissions Since their peak in 2007 GHG emissions in the USA have decreased more in absolute terms than in any other country. The results of this review suggest that approximately 40% of this decrease was caused by the replacement of coal with gas in generating […]
Explosion At French Nuclear Power Plant, No Risk Of Nuclear Contamination
Explosion At French Nuclear Power Plant, No Risk Of Nuclear Contamination French authorities said an explosion occurred at the EDF-operated Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in France’s north-west, in the power plant’s machine room, but added that there is no leak of radiation. The incident occurred at 10:00 local time (09:00 GMT) in an engine room, […]
TEPCO Admits Fukushima Radiation Levels Reach Record Highs As Hole In Reactor Discovered
TEPCO Admits Fukushima Radiation Levels Reach Record Highs As Hole In Reactor Discovered With just 3 years left until the 2020 Olympics, Japan is likely desperate to reassure the world’s athletes that all is well, but an admission from TEPCO – the Fukushima nuclear plant operator – that they discovered a hole at least one square meter in […]
Canada’s Trudeau is Under Fire For His Record on Green Issues
Canada’s Trudeau is Under Fire For His Record on Green Issues After 10 years of a fossil-fuel friendly Conservative government, many Canadians welcomed the election of Justin Trudeau as prime minister. But Trudeau’s decisions to approve two oil pipelines and a major gas facility have left some questioning just how green the new leader really […]
Furious Environmentalists Vow Trump Will See “Wall Of Resistance Like He Never Imagined”
Furious Environmentalists Vow Trump Will See “Wall Of Resistance Like He Never Imagined” After Trump’s executive order to accelerate the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, angry environmental groups reacted quickly by denouncing Trump’s actions, and promising legal action and White House protests. “Donald Trump has been in office for four days, and he’s already […]
New Look at Rivers Reveals The Toll of Human Activity
New Look at Rivers Reveals The Toll of Human Activity Bob Matcuk/Flickr The Yellowstone River as it flows through Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. A recent outbreak of a deadly fish parasite on the Yellowstone River may have seemed unremarkable. But a new wave of research shows the episode was likely linked to the cumulative impact […]
What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster?
What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster? Brian Stevens first learned about the Lac-Megantic disaster — in which an unattended oil train caught fire and exploded, killing 47 people in the Quebec town — when he saw the news reports on TV. Stevens is currently National Rail Director for Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, but […]
Yes, the Arctic’s Freakishly Warm Winter is Due to Humans’ Climate Influence
Yes, the Arctic’s Freakishly Warm Winter is Due to Humans’ Climate Influence For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of the year, Arctic temperatures have been much higher than normal, and sea ice concentrations have been at record low levels. The Arctic’s seasonal cycle means that the lowest […]
Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate
Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate The historic announcement by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau that both countries would ban oil and gas development in Arctic and Atlantic waters was a major victory to protect our oceans and the people who depend on them, and a real victory for our climate. But […]
Forget Monte Paschi, Italy May Have A Far Bigger Problem
Forget Monte Paschi, Italy May Have A Far Bigger Problem While the metaphorical ‘earthquake’ of a systemic banking crisis is coming to a head, it appears Italy may have a far more existential problem on its hands. As The Independent reports, one of the world’s most dangerous supervolcanoes is showing signs of reawakening under the Italian city […]
Heal the Planet for Profit
Heal the Planet for Profit Parisians duck down to evade German sniper fire following Nazi surrender of Paris, 1945If you ever wondered what the odds are of mankind surviving, let alone ‘defeating’, climate change, look no further than the essay the Guardian published this week, written by Michael Bloomberg and Mark Carney. It proves beyond a […]
Mass Extinction and Mass Insanity
Mass Extinction and Mass Insanity Caters Extremely rare albino elephant, Kruger National Park in South AfricaEverything dies, baby, that’s a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back … Springsteen, Atlantic City “Erwin Schrodinger (1945) has described life as a system in steady-state thermodynamic disequilibrium that maintains its constant distance from equilibrium (death) by feeding […]
Trudeau Approves Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline As Part of Canada’s ‘Climate Plan’
Trudeau Approves Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline As Part of Canada’s ‘Climate Plan’ Justin Trudeau announced the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Tuesday, saying the project is integral to meeting Canada’s climate commitments. “Today’s decision is an integral part of our plan to uphold the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions while creating jobs and […]
Radical Realism About Climate Change
Radical Realism About Climate Change BERLIN – Mainstream politics, by definition, is ill equipped to imagine fundamental change. But last December in Paris, 196 governments agreed on the need to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels – an objective that holds the promise of delivering precisely such a transformation. Achieving it will require overcoming […]
