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Global heatwave is symptom of early stage cycle of civilisational collapse
Global heatwave is symptom of early stage cycle of civilisational collapse Welcome to a 1C planet: the precursor of an 8C catastrophe in 82 years if we keep burning up fossil fuels like there’s no tomorrow Greek Red Cross workers discovered 26 bodies in the devastated resort village of Mati near Athens after horrendous wildfires Published […]
Crime of the 21st Century
Crime of the 21st Century Perpetrators of Apocalypse, or, The Seven Circles of Hell Gustave Doré Time to have a talk / it will not be fun / buckle up. Feel free to skip to the end at any point for pleasant pictures of adorable animals. You and I are witnessing the twenty-first century’s great […]
Canada Global Warming Tax up to $1,000 per Household?
Canada Global Warming Tax up to $1,000 per Household? I have been warning that Global Warming is profitable for governments. They paid these academics $1 billion to come up with dire forecasts that ignore nature, cycles, and history, all to justify taxing people that will never actually impact anything nor balance their budgets. Canadian households […]
Big Meat and Dairy are Heating up our Planet
Big Meat and Dairy are Heating up our Planet What do Smithfield, Tyson and Cargill have in common? Besides being three of the largest meat producers in the United States and the world, each of them has committed to reducing its climate footprint. But are they? Who is monitoring these companies to hold them accountable? […]
What Reporting Looks Like at the End of the World
What Reporting Looks Like at the End of the World Photo source Neville Wootton | CC BY 2.0 This summer has seen another spate of deadly wildfires, from Oregon to Sweden to Greece. The Greek fires encapsulated a popular beach resort killing scores of trapped tourists and pensioners on holiday. Many were forced into the […]
The Burning Planet
The Burning Planet Photo source NOAA Photo Library | CC BY 2.0 A recent UK newspaper headline read “The World’s On Fire,” which is literally true as extraordinary continent-wide wildfires consume the planet, accompanied by unbearable, insufferable, oppressive heat. Europe, North America, Japan, and North Africa are all experiencing unprecedented scorching heat. All of which […]
Global Warming Hysteria: Record Heat, Vanishing Sunspots, Co2, and Lawsuits
Global Warming Hysteria: Record Heat, Vanishing Sunspots, Co2, and Lawsuits There’s record heat, but why? How do we measure it? What’s going on with sunspots? Blame the US? Answers below. Record Heat Yes, there’s “record heat” thanks to the nonsensical way we measure temperatures. Mann-Made Warming Watts Up With That provides a humorous, but accurate, […]
Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C
Clean energy investment ‘must be 50% higher’ to limit warming to 1.5C An extra $460bn per year needs to be invested on the low-carbon economy globally over the next 12 years to limit global warming to 1.5C, a new paper says. This is 50% higher than the additional investment needed to meet a 2C limit, […]
Time for politicians to get real about the anthropocene
Time for politicians to get real about the anthropocene Hurricane Maria wreaks havoc in Puerto Rico. We are currently living through an era of global environmental collapse. Resources are being consumed at around 1.5 times the Earth’s ability to regenerate them. The continued reliance on carbon to power our economies means that we are highly […]
Analysis: ‘Global’ warming varies greatly depending where you live
A woman quenches her thirst in Jaipur, India, during a severe heatwave in May 2016. Credit: PACIFIC PRESS / Alamy Stock Photo. Analysis: ‘Global’ warming varies greatly depending where you live As part of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the international community committed in 2015 to limit rising global temperatures to “well below” 2C […]
Leaked U.N. climate change report shows inverted thinking on growth
Leaked U.N. climate change report shows inverted thinking on growth The Reuters news service managed a genuine journalistic coup by getting an advance copy of a U.N. climate change report not due out until October. Given what the report says—it’s dire—and the fact that the climate isn’t going to stop changing while the report gets […]
Jerry Brown: 3 Billion Will Die from Global Warming
Jerry Brown: 3 Billion Will Die from Global Warming On April 17, 2018, California Governor Jerry Brown delivered a speech at the National Press Club in Washington DC. A day later the headline that forms the title of this post appeared in Google News. I’ve been unable to find out exactly how many views Google […]
World can limit global warming to 1.5C by ‘improving energy efficiency’
World can limit global warming to 1.5C by ‘improving energy efficiency’ It is possible to limit global warming to 1.5C and achieve many of the sustainable development goals without “negative emissions technologies”, a new study finds. The research suggests that improving energy efficiency – chiefly by saving on everyday energy use – could play a major […]
What goes up must come down: It’s time for a carbon drawdown budget
What goes up must come down: It’s time for a carbon drawdown budget There is no carbon budget left for 1.5°C climate warming target, which means that to achieve this outcome every tonne of emissions must be matched by a tonne of drawdown of atmospheric carbon from now on. For that reason, carbon budgets and […]
Only ‘collective intelligence’ can help us stave off an uninhabitable planet
Only ‘collective intelligence’ can help us stave off an uninhabitable planet Humanity needs new tools to overcome the global crisis of collective insanity Published by INSURGE intelligence, a crowdfundedinvestigative journalism platform for people and planet. Support us to report where others fear to tread. The world faces an unprecedented convergence of crises. The ecological crisis, which […]
