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For California Salmon, Drought And Warm Water Mean Trouble
For California Salmon, Drought And Warm Water Mean Trouble With record drought and warming waters due to climate change, scientists are concerned that the future for Chinook salmon — a critical part of the state’s fishing industry — is in jeopardy in California. by alastair bland Gushing downpours finally arrived in California last month, when December […]
George Marshall’s DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
George Marshall’s DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change Reviewed by Frank Kaminski That this book is categorized as psychology rather than environmental science is significant. It’s a measure of how intent the author and publisher are on distinguishing it from other books about climate change. The way […]
Calls for detailed climate change plan for Torres Strait Islands amid projected sea level rises
Calls for detailed climate change plan for Torres Strait Islands amid projected sea level rises Rising seas around the Torres Strait Islands could leave part of the region uninhabitable within a few decades, a report warns. The Torres Strait Regional Authority created a climate change strategy to prepare for the possibility that some of the […]
Climate Change Increasing Stresses on Fragile States
Climate Change Increasing Stresses on Fragile States LONDON—A chilling account of how climate change is already adding to the problems of conflict and social breakdown in fragile states is contained in an advice document to the staff of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). “Topic Guides” on a variety of subjects are briefings to staff on […]
The Meaning of Your Life is Other People – The Automatic Earth
The Meaning of Your Life is Other People – The Automatic Earth. In his 1944 play Huis Clos (loosely yet officially translated as No Exit, or Closed Door), French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre said: “L’enfer, c’est les autres.” Or: Hell is (the) other people. Which can be very true. And Sartre makes his point in a […]
Scientist terrified of geoengineering technology being developed under guise of halting global warming – NaturalNews.com
Scientist terrified of geoengineering technology being developed under guise of halting global warming – NaturalNews.com. (NaturalNews) A prominent climate scientist who’s actively involved in developing technologies to thwart the natural weather patterns of the globe says he’s disturbed by the prospect of having to make such drastic changes to the common order of things in […]
What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? | Energy Matters
What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? | Energy Matters. What if the world can’t cut its carbon emissions? Posted on December 29, 2014 by Roger Andrews Many people, including more than a few prominent politicians, accept that global warming must be limited to no more than two degrees C above the pre-industrial mean, or a […]
Resource Insights: Five energy surprises for 2015: The possible and the improbable
Resource Insights: Five energy surprises for 2015: The possible and the improbable. The coming year is likely to be as full of surprises in the field of energy as 2014 was. We just don’t know which surprises! I am not predicting that any of the following will happen, and they will be surprises to most […]
Heft Notes: Naomi Klein’s “This Changes Everything”
Heft Notes: Naomi Klein’s “This Changes Everything”. Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything (2014) is an important contribution to the discussion of strategy and tactics for climate action. Klein has covered a lot of bases in her description of the importance of climate change as an issue demanding concerted action, the social forces which are contributing to the […]
From Bad to Worse: A Roadmap to Global Burning | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
From Bad to Worse: A Roadmap to Global Burning | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. The “Lima call for climate action” which came out of the recent UN climate talks, establishes a roadmap to a post-2020 agreement that will be weaker than the ongoing Cancun Agreement (for 2012-2020), and […]
Climax Denied As Climate Denial Group Hits Repeat At UN Climate Talks in Lima | DeSmogBlog
Climax Denied As Climate Denial Group Hits Repeat At UN Climate Talks in Lima | DeSmogBlog. You know that weird sensation when you experience something and you immediately get the feeling you’ve seen that very same thing before? No, I’m not talking about déjà vu. I’m talking about watching a press conference from climate science denialists at […]
What Climate Change Asks of Us: Moral Obligation, Mobilization and Crisis Communication | The Climate Psychologist
What Climate Change Asks of Us: Moral Obligation, Mobilization and Crisis Communication | The Climate Psychologist. Why are we morally obligated to fight climate change? Climate change is a crisis, and crises alter morality. Climate change is on track to cause the extinction of half the species on earth and, through a combination of droughts, famines, […]
Baker: New Fish Science Report Paints Dizzying Picture For Industry Future
Baker: New Fish Science Report Paints Dizzying Picture For Industry Future. It might be one of the most important fish science reports in years, but it was released with so little fanfare, you could forgive even the most hardcore of fisheries observers for missing it. The report was released online in late November and it’s […]
Climate: The Crisis and the Movement
Climate: The Crisis and the Movement. Wherein lie the roots of the climate crisis? Allen White, Senior Fellow at the Tellus Institute, talks with writer and activist Naomi Klein, author of the new book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, about how our economic system has driven us to the point of crisis and how we can […]
Climate Change Could Cause 18 Percent Drop In Food Production By 2050, Study Says
Climate Change Could Cause 18 Percent Drop In Food Production By 2050, Study Says. ROME, Dec 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global warming could cause an 18 percent drop in world food production by 2050, but investments in irrigation and infrastructure, and moving food output to different regions, could reduce the loss, a study published […]
