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Veterans target US military’s outsized impact on the climate crisis
Veterans target US military’s outsized impact on the climate crisis With no mention of military emissions at COP26, a coalition is mobilizing to force the Pentagon to disclose and reduce its enormous carbon footprint. More than 100,000 people protested the United Nations Climate Change Convention, or COP26, in Glasgow last month, where they networked, forged […]
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th of its kind. After a Covid-related postponement, it was held this year in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 12. Dr Chris Maughan has been in Glasgow for the […]
Blah, blah, blah, yay: Another epic fail for the COP, but seeds of growth for our movements
Blah, blah, blah, yay: Another epic fail for the COP, but seeds of growth for our movements Introduction As COP 26 began, Greta Thunberg summed up the whole thing quite succinctly using just one word, three times: Blah blah blah. And as it ended two weeks later, she tweeted: The #COP26 is over. Here’s a brief summary: […]
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth Rick Nease / The Detroit Free Press / MCT Expectations for the COP26 climate summit were always low. They had dimmed even further by the time the prominent climate activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spoke from the main stage […]
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth
To keep fossil carbon out of the air, just stop pulling it out of the Earth Rick Nease / The Detroit Free Press / MCT Expectations for the COP26 climate summit were always low. They had dimmed even further by the time the prominent climate activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spoke from the main stage […]
Cop-26–Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
CopOut26, B Grade Cabaret Not Science
CopOut26, B Grade Cabaret Not Science Mercifully, the charade known as Cop 26 has drawn to it’s ignominious end. Almost all commentators are describing this latest Cop as a near total failure. As I have mentioned previously in this space it’s a near total success. The USA created the IPCC to prevent activists scientists from holding […]
To Keep Fossil Carbon Out of the Air, Just Stop Pulling It Out of the Earth
To Keep Fossil Carbon Out of the Air, Just Stop Pulling It Out of the Earth Expectations for the 2021 COP26 climate summit were always low. They had dimmed even further by the time the prominent climate activist Vanessa Nakate of Uganda spoke from the main stage on the Glasgow conference’s next-to-last day. Nakate chided her audience […]
COP26: Uberizing Farms to Save the Climate
COP26: Uberizing Farms to Save the Climate At COP26, there was a notable silence around the distorted food system that pollutes the Earth and our bodies, writes Vijay Prashad. Mining Cryptocurrency, 2021. (Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research) As the last private plane took off from the Glasgow airport and the dust settled, the detritus of the 26th […]
Some Thoughts About COP-26
Some Thoughts About COP-26 Whether you love, hate, or don’t care about Greta, one must admit that she really gets it right in this video. Like most people, she has grown in her knowledge and now no longer sees technological devices as a way out of the predicament of ecological overshoot. Of course, the COP […]
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, is the 26th of its kind. After a Covid-related postponement, it was held this year in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 12. Dr Chris Maughan has been in Glasgow for […]
Satirical video slices and dices deceit of governments’ “Net-Zero by 2050” COP-26 pledges
Satirical video slices and dices deceit of governments’ “Net-Zero by 2050” COP-26 pledges Fact is, say scientists, that “Net-Zero by 2050” really means we’re “net-fucked by 2050.” — CAUTION: Readers may find the word “fucked” in this piece offensive. Personally, I find the reference to “government deceit” far more disturbing. “The latest satirical video from The […]
U.S. and China issue joint pledge to slow climate change
U.S. and China issue joint pledge to slow climate change ‘We both see that the challenge of climate change is an existential and severe one,’ Chinese envoy says in announcing agreement U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry at the summit on Nov. 10. (Alberto Pezzali/AP) GLASGOW, Scotland — The United States and China jolted the […]
How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26
How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency: George Monbiot & Scientist Kevin Anderson on COP26 The United States and China made a surprise announcement on Wednesday at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow on a joint pledge to reduce methane emissions and slow deforestation. The United States is the largest historical emitter of carbon emissions, […]
