Students have a right to learn about the dangers of climate change. The health risks are monumental. Over time, extreme weather events will continue to reduce the availability of safe food and water. For some communities, this will lead to …
From Guest Blogger Devin Morrissey: The State of K-12 Climate Change Education Read More »
Yesterday we received confirmation of something we already suspected: the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, doesn’t believe that atmospheric CO2 causes climate change. Now, if we can get a Surgeon General who believes smoking cigarettes promotes good …
EPA Administrator: Carbon Dioxide Not the Primary Driver of Climate Change Read More »
“Well, the Earth’s climate is always changing.” True.
As the Earth continues to warm and the permafrost melts in Northern Russia, a great number of things are happening: some invisible, like the releasing of enormous amounts of the highly potent greenhouse methane that has been sequestered for thousands …
Extreme Weather Events You Never Thought You’d See Read More »
Just when the climate deniers are starting to get a toe-hold on justifying the continuation of business-as-usual on this planet, along comes an analysis so simple that any school kid could figure it out. It’s an interactive graphic on the causes …
Watch Out! Here Come Those Damn Scientists Again. Read More »
Here’s a video made 26 years ago by Shell Oil, showing that, at some time before that point, they had become completely aware of the relationship between fossil fuel consumption and rising temperatures of the Earth’s atmosphere. What have they …
Fire season is a serious time – especially for those living in Australia. The 2015-2016 bushfire season was one of the most destructive Aussies have experienced; and without adequate planning and attention to detail, it’s all too easy to become …
Here’s something I got from the people at Climate Hawks, a group that, as its name suggests, adamantly supports climate change mitigation. The only thing one can say about the appointment of Scott Pruitt as administrator of the EPA is …
Here’s a popular Facebook “share” on climate science to which I commented, “Always nice to see science score a victory, but it sure is a shame that this is in any way remarkable.” And here’s the discussion that ensued: Friend: …
Celebrating A Rare Victory for Science and Reason Read More »
Here’s an article that combines two elements of 20th Century Americana: news and poetry. It’s the Pulitzer Prize winning story of ExxonMobil’s decision to bury the truth about climate change and an allusion to our most beloved poet (Robert Frost), …
