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2017 crushed a major temperature record and scientists are sounding the alarm
2017 crushed a major temperature record and scientists are sounding the alarm “All the natural influences should have made the year cooler than normal, not hotter than normal.” CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES It’s been very cold over North America for days, but globally, 2017 has ended up smashing the record for the hottest year on record without […]
The Fierce Urgency of “How”
The Fierce Urgency of “How” When we have reconsidered the lives we have built, how will we live? There is only one pathway to avert the crisis humanity is heading toward, and it is to deeply feel the connection with the ecosystem we are a part of. But understand, this is not an ecological argument, […]
Oil Giants Are Increasingly Focused On Sustainability
Oil Giants Are Increasingly Focused On Sustainability Pioneer Natural Resources just published its first Sustainability Report, a sign that a growing number of oil companies are feeling the heat from investors over climate change. Environmental groups have mostly targeted the largest oil companies, both because their sheer size means that they have a larger impact […]
Life on 1/10th the Fossil Fuels Proves to Be Awesome
LIFE ON 1/10TH THE FOSSIL FUELS PROVES TO BE AWESOME That’s according to Peter Kalmus, an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in California. Alarmed by drastic changes in the Earth’s climate systems, Kalmus, embarked on a journey to change his life and the world in the process. He cut his carbon footprint by […]
Do we have the wrong model of human nature?
Do we have the wrong model of human nature? Are we wrong to believe that competitiveness must and always will be the central animating principle of human action? Media studies scholar Michael Karlberg thinks so. In fact, he believes that another animating principle, mutualism, is both central to human interaction and necessary to aid human […]
Natural Variability isn’t the Final Word on Climate Science
Natural Variability isn’t the Final Word on Climate Science Photo by NASA Goddard Space | CC BY 2.0 Politicians recently visiting western Montana’s Lolo Peak fire tried to put the blame for the fire on lawsuits filed by environmentalists. Montana’s US Senator Steve Daines did mention the role of climate change, but quickly went on […]
Climate Change has Nothing to do with the Sun?
Climate Change has Nothing to do with the Sun? COMMENT: You are wrong. This chart proves you are wrong and it is mankind that is creating global warming. The sun activity has been declining for 35 years and the temperature is rising. That proves you are wrong. PL REPLY: First of all, the chart you […]
The Burning Earth Bears Witness in California
The Burning Earth Bears Witness in California Photo by Glenn Beltz | CC by 2.0 Watching the first ten minutes of the “Public” (Petroleum and/or Pentagon?) Broadcasting System (“P”BS)’s NewsHour two nights ago, I was overcome by a sense of the surreal. The first news item was the Insane Clown President’s (ICP) idiotic (if base-pleasing) […]
Climate Change – Volcanoes (Part II)
Climate Change – Volcanoes (Part II) Eruption of volcano Agung in Bali Over the past few decades, there have been several research papers in the scientific press that submit there is a correlation between cosmic-solar radiations and destructive geological events such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. On top of this, there are correlations with climate […]
Climate Crisis and Managed Deindustrialization: Debating Alternatives to Ecological Collapse
Climate Crisis and Managed Deindustrialization: Debating Alternatives to Ecological Collapse If we don’t change the conversation, if we don’t deal with the systemic problems of capitalism and come up with a viable alternative, our goose is cooked. Demanding an end to coal and all forms of dirty energy extraction, over 4,000 activists descended on the […]
How climate change will mess with water ‘recharge’ in Western U.S.
How climate change will mess with water ‘recharge’ in Western U.S. Over pumping our aquifers beyond recharge is a dangerous situation and not “sustainable” as Northern California wine makers sell us. Both Sonoma, Napa and Lake counties have been merchandising our water resources beyond recharge for years according to our state. We are on the edge […]
Climate Crisis, ‘Smart’ Growth and the Logic of Calamity
Climate Crisis, ‘Smart’ Growth and the Logic of Calamity A few years back at a Leftish gathering a group of self-described Marxist economists channeled liberal Democrat Paul Krugman’s explanation of the Great Recession without apparently knowing of Mr. Krugman’s thesis. Basically, a self-perpetuating recession had a grip on the economy, Wall Street was a catalyst […]
Climate Change and the Challenge to All Forms of Agriculture
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CHALLENGE TO ALL FORMS OF AGRICULTURE We´ve all heard of climate change and probably understand the basics of how excess greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide produced by our society´s burning of fossil fuels is causing the earth´s temperature to rise. We´ve most likely seen maps of what the world will look […]
Agriculture and climate change: Is farming really a moveable feast?
Agriculture and climate change: Is farming really a moveable feast? There is a notion afoot that our agricultural production can simply migrate toward the poles in the face of climate change as areas in lower latitudes overheat and dry up. Few people contemplate what such a move would entail and whether it would actually be […]
