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Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate
Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate The historic announcement by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau that both countries would ban oil and gas development in Arctic and Atlantic waters was a major victory to protect our oceans and the people who depend on them, and a real victory for our climate. But […]
Mass Extinction and Mass Insanity
Mass Extinction and Mass Insanity Caters Extremely rare albino elephant, Kruger National Park in South AfricaEverything dies, baby, that’s a fact But maybe everything that dies someday comes back … Springsteen, Atlantic City “Erwin Schrodinger (1945) has described life as a system in steady-state thermodynamic disequilibrium that maintains its constant distance from equilibrium (death) by feeding […]
Radical Realism About Climate Change
Radical Realism About Climate Change BERLIN – Mainstream politics, by definition, is ill equipped to imagine fundamental change. But last December in Paris, 196 governments agreed on the need to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels – an objective that holds the promise of delivering precisely such a transformation. Achieving it will require overcoming […]
What a Trump Win Means For the Global Climate Fight
What a Trump Win Means For the Global Climate Fight Donald Trump’s ascension to the presidency signals an end to American leadership on international climate policy. With the withdrawal of U.S. support, efforts to implement the Paris agreement and avoid the most devastating consequences of global warming have suffered a huge blow. With the unexpected triumph […]
Fruit and nut crops decline as climate change melts fog
Fruit and nut crops decline as climate change melts fog Fimrite, P. May 22, 2014. As Central Valley fog disappears, fruit, nut crops decline. San Francisco Chronicle. California produces 95% of U.S. fruit and nut crops that depend on disappearing Tule fog. The soupy thick tule fog that regularly blanketed the Central Valley has been slowly […]
Peak Oil & System Justification: Avoidance
Peak Oil & System Justification: Avoidance The researchers found that being intolerant of ambiguity is associated with such conservative characteristics as unwavering certainty and strong loyalty to particular people and positions. Conservatives don’t feel the need to jump through complex, intellectual hoops in order to understand or justify some of their positions. They are more comfortable […]
David Suzuki: We Can’t Dig Our Way Out of the Fossil Fuels Hole
David Suzuki: We Can’t Dig Our Way Out of the Fossil Fuels Hole I’ve often thought politicians inhabit a parallel universe. Maybe it’s just widespread cognitive dissonance, coupled with a lack of imagination, that compels them to engage in so much contradictory behaviour. Trying to appease so many varying interests isn’t easy. Rather than focusing on […]
The most important and misleading assumption in the world
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MISLEADING ASSUMPTION IN THE WORLD Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series by the author. Part one: “Macro and climate economics: It’s time to talk about the ‘elephant in the room’.“ Part one of this blog post explained how macroeconomic models are flawed in a fundamental way. These models are […]
Peak Oil; Climate Change; & System Justification Pt 10
Peak Oil; Climate Change; & System Justification Pt 10 Shaping our identity in large part by the groups we align ourselves with for emotional, psychological, cultural, and political reasons are powerful anchors—individually and collectively. All of us are much more inclined to seek out information and assurances which bolster who we believe ourselves to be […]
Climate change doubled the chances of Louisiana heavy rains, scientists warn
Climate change doubled the chances of Louisiana heavy rains, scientists warn A Coast Guardsman looks out from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter searching for stranded residents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on 15 August, 2016. Credit: Melissa Leake/US Dept. of Agriculture. Climate change doubled the chances of Louisiana heavy rains, scientists warn Torrential rains unleashed on south Louisiana […]
Macro and Climate Economics: It’s Time to Talk About the ‘Elephant in the Room’
MACRO AND CLIMATE ECONOMICS: IT’S TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE “ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM” Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series by the author. Up next: “The most important and misleading assumption in the world.“ If we want to maximize our ability to achieve future energy, climate, and economic goals, we must start to […]
Peak Oil; Climate Change; & System Justification Pt 8
Peak Oil; Climate Change; & System Justification Pt 8 Of course it’s threatening to think that our lifestyles, systems of governing, and capitalist processes themselves may all face drastic changes in the not-too-distant future because of the facts and reality of Peak Oil and climate change! I’m certainly notthe poster-child for Peak Oil advocacy and lifestyles. I […]
How Climate Change Could Jam The World’s Ocean Circulation
How Climate Change Could Jam The World’s Ocean Circulation Scientists are closely monitoring a key current in the North Atlantic to see if rising sea temperatures and increased freshwater from melting ice are altering the “ocean conveyor belt” — a vast oceanic stream that plays a major role in the global climate system. Mariusz Kluzniak/Flickr Melting […]
Obama Again Sounds Climate Change Alarm But Continues Supporting Fossil Fuel Industry
Obama Again Sounds Climate Change Alarm But Continues Supporting Fossil Fuel Industry On September 8, The New York Times published an interview with President Barack Obama in which he discussed the rapidly approaching, and already present, dangers of climate change, along with the threats that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would pose to the environment as president. Reflecting on his climate […]
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Fossil Fuels Forever
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Fossil Fuels Forever Think of them as omens of our age. While global temperatures have been soaring lately — May was the 13th month in a row to break all-time heat records — the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just reported, more parochially, that this was the hottest June on record for the lower 48 states. […]
