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Co-operatives Need to Confront Climate Chaos
Co-operatives Need to Confront Climate Chaos The challenges for 2015 are the same ones we’ve failed as a movement to find solutions to, or even act on, for a very long time: climate change and the neoliberal politics of austerity. The co-operative movement needs to work internationally to stop oil companies extracting, and governments and […]
Peabody Energy ‘Experts’ Sow Doubt About Reality of Climate Change
Peabody Energy ‘Experts’ Sow Doubt About Reality of Climate Change According to publicly available court records, US coal company Peabody Energyrecently submitted expert testimony to the Minnesota Public Utilities commission arguing that, ”CO2 is not harmful and is actually good for the planet” and that “there is no empirical scientific evidence for significant climate effects of rising CO2 levels, […]
The Latest Science on Global Warming
The Latest Science on Global Warming Because of the prejudiced coverage of the global warming issue that’s common in much of the press, I have decided to present highlights from one of the most comprehensive articles that’s now being considered by one of the world’s top scientific journals on the topic: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. This […]
Islamic Leaders Join Growing Chorus Of Religious Voices Making Moral Case For Climate Action
Islamic Leaders Join Growing Chorus Of Religious Voices Making Moral Case For Climate Action A symposium of Islamic leaders from 20 different countries meeting in Istanbul today released a Climate Change Declaration that presents the moral case for the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to “tackle habits, mindsets, and the root causes of climate change, environmental degradation and […]
When the next crisis comes, which movements will seize the opportunity?
When the next crisis comes, which movements will seize the opportunity? You, too, could be caught in a situation where people are ready for an alternative, yet your group has none to offer. It’s understandable. We who work for change seem years away from convincing a critical mass of people that it is both stupid […]
California Distributed Energy Incentive Program Disproportionately Benefiting Fossil Fuels, Regulators OK With
California Distributed Energy Incentive Program Disproportionately Benefiting Fossil Fuels, Regulators OK With A California program designed to spur innovation in technologies for distributed generation of low-emission energy is disproportionately benefiting fossil fuels projects, primarily natural gas — and a new proposal to update the emissions threshold that determines which projects are eligible will not change […]
Emissions reduction target: Julie Bishop disputes Climate Change Authority’s figures
Emissions reduction target: Julie Bishop disputes Climate Change Authority’s figures Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has responded to the Climate Change Authority’s criticism of the Government’s emission reduction targets, saying its estimates are incorrect. On Tuesday, the Federal Government announced plans to cut emissions by 26-28 per cent by 2030 based on emissions from the year 2005. […]
Alberta climate-change panel to consult before taking action
Alberta climate-change panel to consult before taking action Environment Minister Shannon Phillips takes step toward ‘made in Alberta’ plan Alberta’s NDP government took a first step toward a new climate change strategy Friday, but made it clear that new emissions targets and the policies to implement them will have to wait until the end of a […]
Renewable Energy: Why Emissions and the Economy Don’t Tell the Whole Story
Renewable Energy: Why Emissions and the Economy Don’t Tell the Whole Story Last week, President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan, the United States’ strongest climate policy to date. The plan aims to reduce coal-fired power plant emissions by allowing states to devise their own plans to reach federally-mandated emissions reduction targets. This choose-your-own-adventure policy could […]
Australian Psychological Society “Disturbed” By Climate Denialist Group’s “Misleading” Newspaper Advert
Australian Psychological Society “Disturbed” By Climate Denialist Group’s “Misleading” Newspaper Advert Australia’s peak body representing psychologists has attacked a climate science denial group for a prominent advert taken out in a major national newspaper. The Australian Psychological Society (APS) says the advert from a little-known group “misuses psychology-based arguments” to “mislead the public” on the science of climate change. In a […]
The Price Of ‘C’ In China
The Price Of ‘C’ In China Source: U.S. Department of Energy As the chart above indicates, since the end of World War II, the amount of carbon being leaked into the atmosphere has increased almost parabolically, with a brief pause around 1980 after the price of oil had come unhinged from its single digit moorings […]
Is Natural Gas As Clean As We Think?
Is Natural Gas As Clean As We Think? This week U.S. President Barack Obama took aim at the American coal industry as part of a comprehensive climate change plan to limit air emissions from what many consider the country’s worst polluter. Under the plan, states will have until 2030 to cut CO2 levels by a third from […]
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Tougher Than Expected
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Tougher Than Expected The Obama administration unveiled a much-anticipated, controversial rule on the regulation of greenhouse gases from power plants on August 3. The first-of-their-kind limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants will actually require slightly tougher cuts than the original proposal. The EPA is calling for a 32 percent reduction in […]
The Perfectly Nasty Ocean Storm
The Perfectly Nasty Ocean Storm The oceans of the world are currently experiencing a “perfect storm” that is nasty, real nasty with too much warming, too much acidification, too much CO2, too much fishing, too many chemicals, too much Ag runoff, too much radiation (Fukushima), and too little ice (Arctic Ocean) bringing on too much […]
