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Here’s Why Keystone XL Is the Wrong Choice for Our Nation
Here’s Why Keystone XL Is the Wrong Choice for Our Nation The new Republican majority in Congress wants to force approval of the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. President Obama announced he will veto bills that bypass the official review of Keystone XL. There are plenty of reasons to block these bills […]
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Perpetuating the Reign of Carbon
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Perpetuating the Reign of Carbon Think of it as the uncertainty principle. By the nature of things, doubt, the unknown, and uncertainty are naturally part of the big picture in science, especially when it comes to creating “models” of the future. As Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway showed in their blockbuster book, Merchants […]
Where Is the Political Leadership to Confront Climate Change?
Where Is the Political Leadership to Confront Climate Change? Abundant, cheap fossil fuels have driven explosive technological, industrial and economic expansion for more than a century. The pervasive infrastructure developed to accommodate this growth makes it difficult to contemplate rapidly shifting away from coal, oil and gas, which creates a psychological barrier to rational discourse […]
Wind Offers a Healthy Way to Generate Power | David Suzuki
Wind Offers a Healthy Way to Generate Power | David Suzuki. There’s no free ride when it comes to generating energy. Even the cleanest sources have environmental consequences. Materials for all power-generating facilities have to be obtained and transported, and infrastructure must be built, maintained and eventually decommissioned. Wind turbines take up space and can harm wildlife. Hydro […]
Debate heats up on risk of frozen fossil fuel assets
Debate heats up on risk of frozen fossil fuel assets. In a move that’s likely to cause consternation in some of the world’s most powerful corporate boardrooms, the Bank of England has disclosed that it is launching an inquiry into the risks fossil fuel companies pose to overall financial stability. Mark Carney, governor of the […]
Canada To Fall Way Short Of 2020 Climate Change Targets
Canada To Fall Way Short Of 2020 Climate Change Targets. Canada remains well short of meeting its international 2020 climate change commitment, Environment Canada reported Monday, even if the economy tanks and global oil and gas prices remain on the skids. Even under the worst-case scenario, the 2014 Emissions Report says Canada would still fail […]
Back-To-The-Future Agriculture: ‘Farming Like the Earth Matters’ | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
Back-To-The-Future Agriculture: ‘Farming Like the Earth Matters’ | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. It is easy to forget that once upon a time all agriculture was organic, grassfed, and regenerative. Seed saving, composting, fertilizing with manure, polycultures, no-till and raising livestock entirely on grass—all of which we associate today […]
Locals protest Santos Pillaga CSG expansion | Climate Citizen
Locals protest Santos Pillaga CSG expansion | Climate Citizen. Something is happening in the Pillaga in western NSW. Coal Seam Gas exploration and drilling by Santos is under concerted attack. While the protests are not new, the profiles of those locking on or taking a stand are no longer the regular sterotype. Yesterday a Coonabarabran […]
And Then There’s The Things You Couldn’t Even Make Up – The Automatic Earth
And Then There’s The Things You Couldn’t Even Make Up – The Automatic Earth. There are things in this world which simply look plain stupid, and then there are those that at closer examination prove to be way beyond stupid. How about this one: 1) G20 taxpayers (you, me) subsidize the fossil fuel industry. That […]
BBC News – Fossil fuel promises are being broken, report says
BBC News – Fossil fuel promises are being broken, report says. World governments have been breaking promises to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels, a report says. The Overseas Development Institute says G20 nations spent almost £56bn ($90bn) a year finding oil, gas and coal. It comes despite evidence that two thirds of existing reserves […]
RESOURCE CRISIS: The collapse of oil prices and energy security in Europe
RESOURCE CRISIS: The collapse of oil prices and energy security in Europe. This is a written version of the brief talk I gave at the hearing of the EU parliament on energy security in Brussels on Nov 5, 2014. It is not a transcription, but a shortened version that tries to maintain the substance of what I […]
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 […]
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 […]
About that Shale Oil ‘Miracle’… | Peak Prosperity
About that Shale Oil ‘Miracle’… | Peak Prosperity. Our work here at Peak Prosperity largely centers on trying to use facts and data to shift people’s actions towards the more positive and sustainable things that we not only can do, but should do. There’s nothing preventing us from behaving in ways that increase the Earth’s abundance rather […]
