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Here’s a Simple Solution to the Growth/De-Growth Debate
HERE’S A SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE GROWTH/DE-GROWTH DEBATE A number of high-profile economists – people like Carlota Perez and Michael Liebreich – have recently come out swinging in favor of “green growth” theory, trying to assuage mounting public concerns about the fact that climate change and ecological breakdown are being driven by capitalist growth. What’s […]
Is The Evidence of Global Warming Too Scary For Humans To Cope With?
Is The Evidence of Global Warming Too Scary For Humans To Cope With? I appreciate the numerous emails thanking me for providing an understandable explanation of the global warming scenario. The book, Unprecedented Crime, about which I reported, caused me to start thinking more seriously about man-made global warming. I already was thinking about it, […]
After Florence, Carolinians Know the Climate is Changing; Now we Must Act
After Florence, Carolinians Know the Climate is Changing; Now we Must Act Across the Carolinas, the floodwaters have receded and rebuilding is under way. But the epic 2018 hurricane season has left a mark, like a ghostly high-water stain on the wall of a flooded building. Today, Carolina residents increasingly accept the reality of climate […]
IEA: Clean energy transition makes reforms ‘inescapable’ for oil states
IEA: Clean energy transition makes reforms ‘inescapable’ for oil states A changing energy system is posing “critical questions” for many of the world’s largest oil and gas producing countries, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. The rise of shale gas and oil in the US, global improvements in energy efficiency, and the response to climate […]
Rebellious Scientists Issue Urgent Appeal
Rebellious Scientists Issue Urgent Appeal Photo Source NASA ICE | CC BY 2.0 On October 31st a select group of UK scientists launched a Declaration of Rebellion against the UK government at the Houses of Parliament: “For criminal inaction in the face of climate change catastrophe and ecological collapse.” According to the scientists, now is […]
Record High Temperatures: Toxic Slime Spreads Across Oceans as Climate Disruption Continues
Record High Temperatures: Toxic Slime Spreads Across Oceans as Climate Disruption Continues It is August 30. I’m in Anchorage, Alaska, and it’s hot. Very hot. In fact, it’s the fourth straight day of record high temperatures, amidst a year that has seen record high temperatures becoming normalized across the entire state. Two days ago, this city (the most […]
UK scientists risk prison to urge action
UK scientists risk prison to urge action Orangutans are among the most endangered ape species. Image by Erik-Jan Leusink on Unsplash A group of British scientists and their supporters is willing to risk a prison term to press governments to tackle climate change and environmental crisis. LONDON, 31 October, 2018 − A growing number of […]
The Difference Between Climate Change Caused By Humans and Those of Milankovitch Cycles
The Difference Between Climate Change Caused By Humans and Those of Milankovitch Cycles As I knew would happen, my review of the very serious and heavily documented book, Unprecedented Crime (https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/10/26/global-warming-is-real-the-threat-is-real-ecocide-is-on-the-horizon/ ) resulted in condemnations from the fossil fuel industry’s trolls and from libertarians who think that global warming is a scheme for government to […]
Climate Change – Warming is Good – Cold is Bad
Climate Change – Warming is Good – Cold is Bad QUESTION: Do you think that a pole shift will be devastating to society? SK ANSWER: No. I think many turn such events into a looming existential threat destined to destroy us. That is probably up there with the Yellowstone Supervolcano. These treasured theories of our impending […]
Weather Disasters: Climate Change and the Potential for Conflict
Weather Disasters: Climate Change and the Potential for Conflict Photo Source U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | CC BY 2.0 East Island was an uninhabited remote island in the Hawaiian chain, but it was an important refuge for wildlife: Many of the endangered Hawaiian monk seals numbering about 1400 raised their young on that island; […]
Petro-Hegemony and the Carbon Rebellion
Petro-Hegemony and the Carbon Rebellion Part 1: An introduction to a theory of change for the climate justice movement The following post is the first in a four part series that I am hoping will help translate what I’ve learned throughout my PhD dissertation research into accessible and useful tools that can be shared and […]
The Climate Crisis is Back in the News
The Climate Crisis is Back in the News Photo Source Peter Prokosch | CC BY 2.0 The prospect of drastic climate change is back in the news. But, for all too many people it is just that, a news item. It is like other eye-grabbing stories: a bit scary, but also happening somewhere else and […]
A Field Guide to the Petrochemical and Plastics Industry
A Field Guide to the Petrochemical and Plastics Industry The shale gas industry has been trying to build demand for fossil fuels from its fracked oil and gas wells by promoting the construction of a new petrochemical corridor in America’s Rust Belt and expanding the corridor on the Gulf Coast. To help demystify terms like “natural […]
World wakes up to scale of climate challenge, so what should a Labor government do?
World wakes up to scale of climate challenge, so what should a Labor government do? Quite suddenly, in the wake of the recent IPCC report, it’s become commonplace to talk about a global climate emergency. Al Gore told PBS on 12 October: “We have a global emergency. You use a phrase like that and some […]
We need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty – and we need it now
We need a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty – and we need it now Climate breakdown is an imminent threat to humanity. But an international treaty could avert calamity Brown coal power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia. ‘Currently global demand for coal, oil and gas are all growing, with fossil fuels accounting for 81% of energy use.’ […]
