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Leaving Our Children Nothing
Leaving Our Children Nothing Our generation has a unique opportunity. If we set our minds to it, we could be the first in human history to leave our children nothing: no greenhouse-gas emissions, no poverty, and no biodiversity loss. That is the course that world leaders set when they met at the United Nations in […]
Leading Cause of Climate Change is Animal Agriculture, not Fossil Fuels
Leading Cause of Climate Change is Animal Agriculture, not Fossil Fuels There is some kind of “cowspiracy” going on… Animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change, but no one seems to want to address it. The documentary Cowspiracy, available on Netflix and through the film’s website, etc., does, and is worth a watch, particularly for […]
The world could completely abandon fossil fuels by 2050
The world could completely abandon fossil fuels by 2050 Climate summit commitments judged insufficient to avoid warming, divestment from fossil fuel investment soars into the trillions, and the world could be running on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050. Warming unavoidable? Just over two months from now, representatives from nations around the world will […]
Arctic thaw would cost half of world’s annual earnings
Arctic thaw would cost half of world’s annual earnings If Arctic soils melt and release frozen carbon, the impact would cost almost half the world’s annual gross domestic product, researchers say. LONDON, 22 September, 2015 – The melting permafrost in the Arctic could cost the world dearly. New research calculates that the economic damage that would […]
Peabody Energy ‘Experts’ Sow Doubt About Reality of Climate Change
Peabody Energy ‘Experts’ Sow Doubt About Reality of Climate Change According to publicly available court records, US coal company Peabody Energyrecently submitted expert testimony to the Minnesota Public Utilities commission arguing that, ”CO2 is not harmful and is actually good for the planet” and that “there is no empirical scientific evidence for significant climate effects of rising CO2 levels, […]
Islamic Leaders Join Growing Chorus Of Religious Voices Making Moral Case For Climate Action
Islamic Leaders Join Growing Chorus Of Religious Voices Making Moral Case For Climate Action A symposium of Islamic leaders from 20 different countries meeting in Istanbul today released a Climate Change Declaration that presents the moral case for the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to “tackle habits, mindsets, and the root causes of climate change, environmental degradation and […]
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Tougher Than Expected
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Tougher Than Expected The Obama administration unveiled a much-anticipated, controversial rule on the regulation of greenhouse gases from power plants on August 3. The first-of-their-kind limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants will actually require slightly tougher cuts than the original proposal. The EPA is calling for a 32 percent reduction in […]
The Cimmerian Hypothesis, Part Two: A Landscape of Hallucinations
The Cimmerian Hypothesis, Part Two: A Landscape of Hallucinations Last week’s post covered a great deal of ground—not surprising, really, for an essay that started from a quotation from a Weird Talesstory about Conan the Barbarian—and it may be useful to recap the core argument here. Civilizations—meaning here human societies that concentrate power, wealth, and population […]
Fighting Extinction
Fighting Extinction “This is a true challenge. If the story is told as one of avarice, private gain and exceptionalism, the human race will go extinct.” At the G7 last week, the leading industrial nations agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century. While […]
The G7 and its 85–year carbon pledge
The G7 and its 85–year carbon pledge The G7 gives itself a lifetime to fulfil its climate change promise If you thought it was hard to keep up your New Year’s resolution, try keeping an 85-year pledge. That’s exactly what Canada and the other G7 countries are committing themselves to as they try to get control […]
Rising carbon emissions from oilsands a ‘unique’ challenge, federal cabinet told
Rising carbon emissions from oilsands a ‘unique’ challenge, federal cabinet told Canada may need international emissions credits to offset increasing emissions from oilsands Greenhouse gas emissions from increasing oilsands production will rise faster than Canada’s ability to curb them, the federal government was warned before new emissions reduction targets were announced last week. Cabinet documents […]
How Much Would Zero Emissions Cost?
How Much Would Zero Emissions Cost? In 2014 global carbon emissions totaled 32 gigatonnes (Gt). If you’re counting, that’s roughly 32 Gt too many. Yes, zero, near-zero, or net-zero is what we want, and soon is when we need it. Failure to achieve such goals by the end of the century will irreparably damage our planet and […]
Dramatic UK Emission Drop Just a ‘Taste of What Could Be Achieved
Dramatic UK Emission Drop Just a ‘Taste of What Could Be Achieved UK greenhouse gas emissions fell by 8.4 percent between 2013 and 2014, according to official figures released today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Carbon emissions fell by 9.7 percent. A 23 percent reduction in coal use and record warm temperatures were the main […]
A “Wave of Bankruptcies” About To Hit Coal Industry
A “Wave of Bankruptcies” About To Hit Coal Industry The future for the coal industry is looking “increasingly bleak,” according to an investor’s note from Macquarie Research. The analysis firm also said that “a wave of bankruptcies” appear to be just over the horizon as coal mining companies deal with mounting debt and a shrinking market. […]
