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Coal versus climate in Australia – Features – Al Jazeera English
Coal versus climate in Australia – Features – Al Jazeera English. Australia continues to frustrate efforts by fellow G20 members to include climate change on the agenda at the upcoming leaders’ summit in the eastern city of Brisbane this weekend. As the host nation sets the G20 meeting’s agenda, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott – an avowed […]
2014 Could Be the Hottest Year on Record. What’s the Plan, Canada? | David Suzuki
2014 Could Be the Hottest Year on Record. What’s the Plan, Canada? | David Suzuki. It’s become a cliché to say that out of crisis comes opportunity. But there’s no denying that when faced with crises, we have choices. The opportunity depends on what we decide to do. What choices will we make when confronted with the […]
G20 to follow the long tradition of climate inaction – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
G20 to follow the long tradition of climate inaction – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Discussing future economic growth and not mentioning climate change is like staging Hamlet and forgetting to mention that his father recently died. Greg Jericho previews the G20. The G20 this week in Brisbane will discuss a number of topics. But […]
Protecting Seeds and Their Stories: The Sacred in Everyday Life – PermacultureNews.org
Protecting Seeds and Their Stories: The Sacred in Everyday Life – PermacultureNews.org. The recent UN Climate Change Summit, the marches in New York and around the world, once again brought into our collective consciousness the need for real change. As did the shocking news of the global loss of species. The vital need to protect […]
25th Anniversary: Thatcher Tells UN Markets Must Face Limits to Prevent Climate Change | DeSmog UK
25th Anniversary: Thatcher Tells UN Markets Must Face Limits to Prevent Climate Change | DeSmog UK. Margaret Thatcher was at the height of her premiership when she took to the podium at the United Nations general assembly on the global environment held at the UN building in New York on 8 November 1989. Margaret Thatcher took to […]
Why Warnings on Climate Spark Aggressive Denials – Truthdig
Why Warnings on Climate Spark Aggressive Denials – Truthdig. LONDON—If you don’t like the message on climate change, it seems that the answer is to shoot the messenger. According to a new book by veteran environmentalist George Marshall, thousands of abusive emails—including demands that he commit suicide or be “shot, quartered and fed to the pigs, […]
Who Stands To Benefit From Climate Change?
Who Stands To Benefit From Climate Change?. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their synthesis report Sunday, Nov. 2nd. The report combines the Panel’s past work and reiterates the near unanimity in the scientific community regarding the man-made role in global climate change. Still, public and political perception is very much divided and […]
The Great Change: What Rough Beast Is This?
The Great Change: What Rough Beast Is This?. We are recently returned from the Mother Earth News Fair in Kansas where we spoke of the promise of permaculture and carbon farming to reverse global weirding. We are always happier after attending these events because they are so grounded in real skills and vocations and full […]
Weathering the Storms, Planting the Seeds | World Shift Vision
Weathering the Storms, Planting the Seeds | World Shift Vision. The recent mass marches for climate justice in New York City and around the world were truly historic. It’s no small feat to inspire 400,0000+ Americans to take to the streets for anything these days, much less global climate change. Spearheaded by 350.org and an […]
UN Sees Irreversible Damage to Planet From Fossil Fuels – Bloomberg
UN Sees Irreversible Damage to Planet From Fossil Fuels – BloombergHumans are causing irreversible damage to the planet from burning fossil fuels, the biggest ever study of the available science concluded in a report designed to spur the fight against climate change. There’s a high risk of widespread harm from rising global temperatures, including floods, […]
IPCC report warns greenhouse gas levels at highest point in 800,000 years, identifies fossil fuels as cause of recent increases – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
IPCC report warns greenhouse gas levels at highest point in 800,000 years, identifies fossil fuels as cause of recent increases – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The world’s top scientists have given their clearest warning yet of the severe and irreversible impacts of climate change. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has […]
AmeriScan: October 29, 2014 | Environment News Service
AmeriScan: October 29, 2014 | Environment News Service. ‘Secret’ Decision to Hide Nuclear Plant Quake Risk Challenged … Concerts Aim to Turn Out Youth Vote for Climate … U.S. Enters the ‘Age of Renewable Energy’ … New California Homes Must Provide EV Charging … EPA Okays Pesticide Mix Hazardous to Butterflies … Keystone XL: TransCanada […]
Oil and Gas Industry’s “Endless War” on Fracking Critics Revealed by Rick Berman | DeSmogBlog
Oil and Gas Industry’s “Endless War” on Fracking Critics Revealed by Rick Berman | DeSmogBlog. Leave it to Washington’s top attack-dog lobbyist Richard Berman to verify what many always suspected: that the oil and gas industry uses dirty tricks to undermine science, vilify its critics and discredit journalists who cast doubt on the prudence of […]
Inner Transition: Commit to Staying Awake | Transition US
Inner Transition: Commit to Staying Awake | Transition US. Will cities and states along the Mid-Atlantic coastline wake up in time? One drowsy regional eye opened during the September 2014 People’s Climate March; a brief but powerful awakened moment. The visual of400,000 people in New York City streets screamed public recognition of the intensifying dysfunction that precipitates climate […]
The Five Worst Climate Villains Among World Leaders
The Five Worst Climate Villains Among World Leaders. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Canadian Premier Stephen have just landed near the bottom of a ranking of the world’s worst climate villains. The 2014 Climate Change Performance Index, published by Germanwatch and the Climate Action Network, called out Abbott and Harper for aggressively dismantling and […]
