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Swiss Reject Climate Change With Zoomers and Millennials Leading the Way
Swiss Reject Climate Change With Zoomers and Millennials Leading the Way A climate change referendum in Switzerland just went down in flames led by 18-34 year old voters. Swiss Reject Climate Change Eurointelligence reports Swiss Reject Climate Change After Switzerland dropped its negotiations with the EU, the country has now rejected a climate-protection law in a […]
More Bright Green Lies
More Bright Green Lies We are now all familiar with the strategy of most of the industries surrounding the topic of climate change (or any other environmental predicament which can be utilized as a force to provide an income stream through slick PR work, propaganda, marketing, and advertising). Find what is called a “problem” (halitosis, […]
BC’s Axed Climate Action Fund Worries Municipalities
BC’s Axed Climate Action Fund Worries Municipalities Government promises replacement for program that helped towns and cities reduce emissions. Municipalities used funds from the climate program for everything from bike lanes to planting trees to electric vehicle charging stations. Photo by Paul Krueger, Creative Commons licensed. After abruptly cancelling a program that helped local governments fund projects […]
Four Scenarios for the Future (part one)
Four Scenarios for the Future (part one) Ten years ago, David Holmgren brought out a thesis he titled ‘future scenarios,’ wherein he laid out some reasoning for two main axes along which the next few decades could be characterized and developed four main scenarios which corresponded to the four general quadrants laid out by his axes of […]
Is a “Climate Lockdown” on the horizon?
Is a “Climate Lockdown” on the horizon? If and when the powers-that-be decide to move on from their pandemic narrative, lockdowns won’t be going anywhere. Instead it looks like they’ll be rebranded as “climate lockdowns”, and either enforced or simply held threateningly over the public’s head. At least, according to an article written by an […]
Vancouver Council Votes Against Delay for Climate Emergency Plan
Vancouver Council Votes Against Delay for Climate Emergency Plan City bylaw will require new homes built after Jan. 1 to use zero-emissions heat and hot water systems, effectively banning natural gas hookups. ‘What’s clear to me after years of doing climate work is that climate delay is the same as climate denial,’ said Coun. Christine […]
Net Zero: a failure for climate change mitigation
Net Zero: a failure for climate change mitigation
Fantasies, Myths, and Fairy Tales, Part Two
Fantasies, Myths, and Fairy Tales, Part Two This facade of the main street in Thurmond, West Virginia, looks impressive but hides the fact that this is a ghost town. No businesses actually exist in these buildings today and the entire town only has 4 or 5 residents today. More info can be obtained here and here. * […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XX
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XX Pompeii, Italy (1993) Photo by author Today’s contemplation is once again generated by way of an article from the online media site The Tyee. It’s topic is the city of Vancouver’s (British Columbia, Canada) attempts to require ‘electrification’ of all new buildings as part of their Climate Emergency Action Plan and the […]
By Neil Halloran: A Skeptical Look at Climate Science
By Neil Halloran: A Skeptical Look at Climate Science I haven’t had time to write a new essay, and I wanted a new post so newcomers don’t assume un-Denial.com has shifted its focus to Covid, which is a confusing space populated by crazy people speculating about the intentions of our incompetent leaders. Thank you to reader […]
Vancouver Council Pushed to Weaken Climate Emergency Plan
Vancouver Council Pushed to Weaken Climate Emergency Plan An industry group wants the city to delay a deadline for shifting from natural gas in new homes. At least one councillor says no. Photo by Mark Bonica, Creative Commons license CC BY 2.0. A natural gas lobby group could delay action on a pillar of the City of […]
Climate Justice and Movement Building: An Interview with Brian Tokar
Climate Justice and Movement Building: An Interview with Brian Tokar Photograph Source: Fibonacci Blue – CC BY 2.0 Adam Aron: What was your personal journey to focus on the ecological and climate crisis? Brian Tokar: I was lucky enough to go to a high school in New York City that kids from all around the city […]
Fact Checking Patrick Moore, Climate Skeptic
Fact Checking Patrick Moore, Climate Skeptic The ex-Greenpeacer claims his new book is science-based. It’s gaining traction. But when contacted, researchers he cites said he got their work wrong. Moore wrongly claims that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn’t conclude the climate is changing faster than in the past. Actually, it did. Photo: Shutterstock. Five […]
Pentagon report: collapse within 20 years from climate change
Pentagon report: collapse within 20 years from climate change Preface. The report that the article by Ahmed below is based on is: Brosig, M., et al. 2019. Implications of climate change for the U.S. Army. United States Army War College. It was written in 2019, before covid-19 and so quite prescient: The two most prominent […]
No new oil, gas or coal development if world is to reach net zero by 2050, says world energy body
No new oil, gas or coal development if world is to reach net zero by 2050, says world energy body Governments must close gap between net zero rhetoric and reality, says International Energy Agency head The UK is licensing new oil and gas fields in the North Sea. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images Exploitation and development of […]
