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The day the Earth’s climate went berserk
The day the Earth’s climate went berserk The caldera (collapsed crater) of Mt Tambora. Image: By Jialiang Gao (peace-on-earth.org), via Wikimedia Commons. The day in 1815 when the world’s climate went berserk was only the start of months and years of global climate disruption and social unrest. LONDON, 19 March, 2019 − If you had been in […]
Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, A Mother Swept Away by Climate Change
Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, A Mother Swept Away by Climate Change Yes, it’s happening. It really is. And I’m not just thinking about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal and the support it’s getting from Democratic presidential candidates or the controversy it’s generating. I’m also thinking about Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s entry into the 2020 presidential race on a […]
Aurora Borealis Warning the Climate May Turn Sharply Colder into 2032
Aurora Borealis Warning the Climate May Turn Sharply Colder into 2032 There may actually be a confirmation that we are heading into a much colder climate. The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, can now be seen in the UK. Normally, the Northern Lights can be seen only extremely north as in Alaska. Sir Edmund […]
Icebergs and bankers
Icebergs and bankers On Saturday March 16, tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Paris demanding action on climate change. At the same time and not far away, a group of gilets jaunes protestors were demonstrating, sometimes violently, against the economic policies of President Macron—one of which increased the tax on gasoline and diesel […]
Green New Physics
Green New Physics You could probably say I’m sympathetic to the schoolchildren protesting against climate change, and I’m sympathetic to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her call for a Green New Deal. Young people are the future, and they deserve a voice about that future. At the same time, I’m also deeply skeptical about their understanding of […]
U.S. Government Knew Climate Risks in 1970s, Energy Advisory Group Documents Show
U.S. Government Knew Climate Risks in 1970s, Energy Advisory Group Documents Show The National Petroleum Council, once chaired by former Exxon chief Lee Raymond, has long advised the U.S. government on energy issues. Documents show it downplayed fossil fuels’ role in climate change. Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A series of newly discovered documents clarify […]
Failing Students on Climate Change
Failing Students on Climate Change Photograph Source Leonhard Lenz Last Friday hundreds of thousands of students around the globe walked out of classrooms to demand that our political leaders take concrete steps to address the deadly threat of climate change. They are right, of course, that the generations of their elders, from millennials to baby […]
Why and how Jellyfish are taking over the world
Why and how Jellyfish are taking over the world Preface. The more climate change kicks in, the more we over-fish, pollute, acidify and warm the ocean, create vast dead zones, and trawl ocean bottoms, the better the jellyfish do. It is quite possible that the ocean ecosystem will shift to favor jellyfish over other sea life. […]
Why We Should Not Be Surprised That Murdoch Tabloid’s Favorite Sydney School Pupil Didn’t Join Climate Strike
Why We Should Not Be Surprised That Murdoch Tabloid’s Favorite Sydney School Pupil Didn’t Join Climate Strike Somewhere in the order of 150,000 students went absent from classes in Australia on Friday afternoon for the global “School Strike 4 Climate” marches. In what might be seen as an afternoon practical lesson in democracy, free speech, and civic engagement, students […]
To Clean Up the Planet, Clean Up DC First
To Clean Up the Planet, Clean Up DC First Raw log export docks, Astoria, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. For decades, majorities of Americans have favored swift, meaningful action on climate change. They understand that we must transition away from dirty fuels and toward clean, renewable energy. Yet despite this overwhelming support, Congress has repeatedly […]
Climate Change: Real – Fake – Exaggerated?
Climate Change: Real – Fake – Exaggerated? QUESTION: I find it interesting that you are against human-induced global warming yet you confirm that climate change is natural. You seem to be in the middle of these arguments. You warned that solar activity was declining and there was a risk of going into a mini ice-age, but you […]
The Oil Industry Faces A ‘Crisis Of Confidence’
The Oil Industry Faces A ‘Crisis Of Confidence’ The oil industry is starting to feel the pressure of climate change. Oil executives, by and large, have not been swayed to change their business practices despite years of warnings about the climate crisis. However, they are beginning to listen to shareholders who are demanding change, while […]
The methane menace
The methane menace The concentration of methane in the atmosphere has been increasing for more than a decade and now appears to be accelerating. The rising concentration is worldwide, but is more pronounced in the tropics and northern mid-latitudes. What has caused this increase is not yet well understood. It is almost certainly due to […]
The Revolution Has No Hollywood Ending
The Revolution Has No Hollywood Ending After struggling against our own self-destructive tendencies throughout the entirety of recorded history, humanity is now at a point where that struggle is probably going to be resolved, one way or another, within the lifetime of most people reading this. The movie about this struggle has been written with […]
Who will Displace the Omniciders?
Who will Displace the Omniciders? Citizens challenging the towering threat of climate crisis should never underestimate the consequences of our dependence on fossil fuel corporations. Real engagement with the worsening climate disruption means spending more of our leisure hours on civic action. The fate of future generations and our planet depends on the intensity of […]
