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Charles Koch Admits Climate Change is Happening, Then Denies the Problem
Charles Koch Admits Climate Change is Happening, Then Denies the Problem As the nation warily watches every Republican presidential candidate kiss the ring of billionaire donor Charles Koch for a shot at his network’s $300,000,000 pool of presidential cash, Charles Koch did something unusual. Last week’s USAToday interview with Charles Koch noted his shifting opinion on what he calls […]
The Essentials of Resilience in a World of Growing Chaos
The Essentials of Resilience in a World of Growing Chaos By now, it ought to go without saying that the evidence is in – after all, global warming has been recognized by scientists for decades. The accelerated release of “greenhouse gases” since the dawn of the Industrial Age is now causing accelerated warming of the planet […]
Is The Paris Climate Conference Doomed To Fail?
Is The Paris Climate Conference Doomed To Fail? The United Nations Climate Change Conference – or Paris 2015 – is just around the corner, seven months to be exact. The goal is ambitious: to develop a viable, and comprehensive, successor to Kyoto, applicable to all countries, and with the aim of keeping global warming below 2 degrees […]
Can We Really Cut CO2 Levels By Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground?
Can We Really Cut CO2 Levels By Leaving Fossil Fuels In The Ground? Population growth in the world’s developing economies, particularly Africa and Asia, has been and will continue to be a primary driver of demand for energy resources into the near and distant future. As more babies are delivered into the world, they will […]
The Social Costs Of Capitalism Are Destroying Earth’s Ability To Support Life
The Social Costs Of Capitalism Are Destroying Earth’s Ability To Support Life I admire David Ray Griffin for his wide-ranging intelligence, his research skills, and for his courage. Dr. Griffin is not afraid to take on the controversial topics. He gave us ten books on 9/11, and anyone who has read half of one of […]
Growing threat to Amazon’s crucial carbon sink
Growing threat to Amazon’s crucial carbon sink Massive new study shows that pressures on the Amazon rainforest mean it can no longer be relied on to soak up more CO2 from the atmosphere than it puts out. LONDON, 19 March, 2015 − The Amazon rainforest, for so long one of the vital “green lungs” of the planet, […]
Coal Casts Cloud Over Germany’s Energy Revolution
Coal Casts Cloud Over Germany’s Energy Revolution The energy market in Germany saw a spectacular change last year as renewable energy became the major source of its electricity supply—leaving lignite, coal and nuclear behind. But researchers calculate that, allowing for the mild winter of 2014, the cut in fossil fuel use in energy production meant CO2 […]
BBC News – Fossil fuel promises are being broken, report says
BBC News – Fossil fuel promises are being broken, report says. World governments have been breaking promises to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels, a report says. The Overseas Development Institute says G20 nations spent almost £56bn ($90bn) a year finding oil, gas and coal. It comes despite evidence that two thirds of existing reserves […]
How did palm oil become such a problem — and what can we do about it? | Ensia
How did palm oil become such a problem — and what can we do about it? | Ensia. November 3, 2014 — Last August, from the window of a jet high over Sumatra, I counted nearly a dozen plumes of smoke rising from the vast jungles and plantations below. Some more than a half-mile wide, they […]
