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‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’ The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years, prior to human existence, because […]
A War Reporter Covers “The End of Ice”–And It Will Change the Way You Think About Climate Catastrophe
2Photos: Getty Images Animation: The Intercept A WAR REPORTER COVERS “THE END OF ICE” — AND IT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT CLIMATE CATASTROPHE FOCUSING ON BREATH and gratitude, Dahr Jamail’s latest book, “The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption,” stitches together personal introspection and gut-wrenching […]
The 1.5 Generation
Grist / Amelia Bates The 1.5 Generation My generation is radically remaking climate activism. Will it be enough? My generation, the millennials, will never know a time when climate change wasn’t a grave threat. Back in 1988, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere crossed the 350 parts per million level when I was still watching Sesame […]
Nuclear Fallacies: the Problems With James Hansen’s Promotion of Generation IV Reactors
Nuclear Fallacies: the Problems With James Hansen’s Promotion of Generation IV Reactors Photo by Lennart Tange | CC BY 2.0 Dr James Hansen is rightly admired for his scientific and political work drawing attention to climate change. His advocacy of nuclear power ‒ and in particular novel Generation IV nuclear concepts ‒ deserves serious scrutiny. In a nutshell, Dr […]
For James Hansen, the Science Demands Activism on Climate
For James Hansen, the Science Demands Activism on Climate Climate scientist James Hansen has crossed the classic divide between research and activism. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he responds to critics and explains why he believes the reality of climate change requires him to speak out. Climate scientist James Hansen has been a prominent […]
Could an Economic Collapse be in Our Near Future?
Could an Economic Collapse be in Our Near Future? Climate scientists and others have in the past few years issued a steady stream of analyses showing that without immediate remedial actions, a disastrous future is headed our way. But is it a four-decade-old study that will prove prescient? That study, issued in the 1972 book The […]
Naomi Klein: ‘We Face a Series of Radical Options’
Naomi Klein: ‘We Face a Series of Radical Options’ An exclusive Tyee preview of Klein’s sold-out climate talk in Vancouver. Naomi Klein: ‘Steady as she goes’ is not an option. For anyone with even a passing knowledge of climate change, Naomi Klein needs no introduction. Her 2014 bestseller This Changes Everything was described as “the most momentous […]
The Godfather Of Climate Change Calls Obama’s Deal “A Fraud, It’s Bullshit”
The Godfather Of Climate Change Calls Obama’s Deal “A Fraud, It’s Bullshit” Amid all the self-congratulatory mutual masturbation that has effused since the “historic” signing of a climate ‘deal’ with no enforcement mechanism, few are better qualified (or more outspoken) to describe the utter farce that COP21 is than former NASA scientist James Hansen, who as The Guardian […]
What Worries the World’s Most Famous Climate Scientist?
What Worries the World’s Most Famous Climate Scientist? James Hansen is fretting about the Paris talks, and for good reason. James Hansen detailed his fears in a recent communiqué posted on his website. Photo by chesapeakeclimate. Creative Commons licensed. James Hansen is fretting about the Paris climate talks, and for good reason. You might recall that […]
Imagine If Exxon Had Told the Truth on Climate Change
Imagine If Exxon Had Told the Truth on Climate Change Like all proper scandals, the #Exxonknew revelations have begun to spin off new dramas and lines of inquiry. Presidential candidates have begun to call for Department of Justice investigations, and company spokesmen have begun to dig themselves deeper into the inevitable holes as they try to excuse the inexcusable. […]
Anthropocene climate, part two: Four degrees of devastation
Anthropocene climate, part two: Four degrees of devastation If greenhouse gas emissions aren’t stopped soon, unprecedented and deadly heat waves will become the new normal in most of the world Part one of this article discussed James Hansen’s demonstration that a relatively small increase in global average temperature – under 1°C – has already produced a significant […]
Nonlinear: New York, London, Shanghai underwater in 50 years?
Nonlinear: New York, London, Shanghai underwater in 50 years? Those under the impression that climate change is advancing at a constant and predictable rate don’t understand the true dynamics of the issue. The rate of increase of the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, went from 0.75 parts per million […]
Will climate chaos reign in the Anthropocene?
Will climate chaos reign in the Anthropocene? “Far from being self-stabilizing, the Earth’s climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts even to small nudges.” “Human civilization developed during the Holocene (the past 12,000 years). It has been warm enough to keep ice sheets off North America and Europe, but cool enough for ice […]
