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A world without mining: a necessary goal we must dare to imagine
A world without mining: a necessary goal we must dare to imagine (Translation: Iolanda Mato.) In recent years, news keeps popping up on the decarbonization of the economy but always leaving out any questioning of the model of constant growth that currently directs the destiny of our societies. Some go even further and use the […]
365 Days of Climate Awareness 88 – Peak Oil
365 Days of Climate Awareness 88 – Peak Oil Too much demand causes oil prices to rise to an unsustainable level, leading to the oil market’s collapse. This is another topic, like eutrophication, which is not specifically part of the global warming problem, but it is of direct importance to society and to our use […]
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth Rick Nease / The Detroit Free Press / MCT Expectations for the COP26 climate summit were always low. They had dimmed even further by the time the prominent climate activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spoke from the main stage […]
Bright Green Lies
Bright Green Lies
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth Rick Nease / The Detroit Free Press / MCT Expectations for the COP26 climate summit were always low. They had dimmed even further by the time the prominent climate activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spoke from the main stage […]
Cop-26–Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
Degrowth–the promising climate change strategy no politician wants to handle
Degrowth – the promising climate change strategy no politician wants to handle?
UK will ‘pause’ publication of data showing biodiversity in decline
UK will ‘pause’ publication of data showing biodiversity in decline Next year will see an important meeting to agree global biodiversity targets, but the UK says it won’t be publishing key data on wildlife and habitats A male Lulworth skipper (Thymelicus acteon) in Dorset, UK. Oliver Smart/Alamy Conservationists and politicians have criticised the UK government […]
Plant lists that shouldn’t exist
Plant lists that shouldn’t exist Nothing drives me crazier than simplistic solutions to complex problems. Given our changing climate, there has been an explosion of “drought tolerant” and “firewise” plant lists in the gardening world. Most of these lists are devoid of science and all of them are removed from reality. The fact is that […]
When Surging Floods Meet Expanding Pipelines
When Surging Floods Meet Expanding Pipelines The impact of last week’s deluge sends a sobering message, say engineers and activists. Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline near Hope, BC, in October. The pipeline is currently shut down due to massive floods and landslides that hit the province last week. Photo by Jonathan Hayward, the Canadian Press. […]
CopOut26, B Grade Cabaret Not Science
CopOut26, B Grade Cabaret Not Science Mercifully, the charade known as Cop 26 has drawn to it’s ignominious end. Almost all commentators are describing this latest Cop as a near total failure. As I have mentioned previously in this space it’s a near total success. The USA created the IPCC to prevent activists scientists from holding […]
Rising flood waters surround aid camp in South Sudan putting tens of thousands at risk
Rising flood waters surround aid camp in South Sudan putting tens of thousands at risk Aid workers fear that protective mud dikes could soon break, leaving thousands of children in 1.5m deep murky water A displaced persons camp with the same population as Oxford is surrounded on all sides by rising flood waters. Aid workers […]
To Keep Fossil Carbon Out of the Air, Just Stop Pulling It Out of the Earth
To Keep Fossil Carbon Out of the Air, Just Stop Pulling It Out of the Earth Expectations for the 2021 COP26 climate summit were always low. They had dimmed even further by the time the prominent climate activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spoke from the main stage on the Glasgow conference’s next-to-last day. Nakate chided her audience […]
COP26: Uberizing Farms to Save the Climate
COP26: Uberizing Farms to Save the Climate At COP26, there was a notable silence around the distorted food system that pollutes the Earth and our bodies, writes Vijay Prashad. Mining Cryptocurrency, 2021. (Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research) As the last private plane took off from the Glasgow airport and the dust settled, the detritus of the 26th […]
