In September, Pope Francis will deliver an address to the U.S. Congress on humankind’s responsibilities vis-à-vis the environment. I have to say that the very concept of this presentation to a room packed with a large number of climate change …
Category: Climate Change
Quite a Moment: Pope Francis To Address Impressive Phalanx of Climate Change Deniers in U.S. Congress
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Humankind’s Appreciation for the Environment Is Becoming Less Superficial
Part of the reason I’m optimistic about our civilization’s approach to sustainability is that more people care about the subject each year, and, at the same time, our understanding and appreciation of the subject continues to grow more profound. We’re …
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Tribalism and Climate Change Mitigation
In response to my post: Legal Case in the Netherlands – Failure to Curb Climate Change Is a Violation of Human Rights, my colleague Glenn Doty writes: The Dutch have a much more personal relationship to the issue of global …
Legal Case in the Netherlands – Failure to Curb Climate Change Is a Violation of Human Rights
2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie sent me this piece on a class action suit in The Netherlands. A three-judge panel ruled that government plans to cut emissions by 14-17 per cent compared to 1990 levels by 2020 were illegal, insofar as …
U.S. National Security and Climate Change
It’s no secret that the U.S. military has climate change on its radar screen, insofar as the prospect of 200 million climate refugees has grave implications for things like homeland security, not to mention the potential to stabilize regions outside …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Studies on Global Warming
Question: In 2013, there were 10,883 peer-reviewed scientific studies to the effect that global warming is real and caused by humans. In the same year, how many such studies took the opposite position? (New 2GreenEnergy readers should be aware that …
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Pope Francis: Not a Bad Advocate
Here’s a conversation I just had with my sister-in-law (Kim) that I thought I’d publish: Kim: Nice to have Pope Francis as an advocate! Maybe you could interview him for your next book! Make it a great day. 🙂 Craig: …
From Guest Blogger "Aizaute" — UK 2015 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Downward Trend: Good News For The Planet
According to a recent statistical study conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), greenhouse gas emissions are decreasing. To recall, greenhouse gas emissions – carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride and nitrogen trifluoride – trap the …
Sadly, Even the Smithsonian Is Vulnerable to the Pressure of Big Money
A reader notes: Coming up is exposing the Smithsonian who last September published a news release that it would promote U.S. innovations. This never happened…..David Koch is a board member of the Smithsonian. The Koch brothers contributed $15 million to …
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Norway: No More Coal
Norway’s $890 billion Government Pension Fund Global is the largest sovereign wealth fund on planet Earth—and, up until today, was one of the biggest investors in the coal industry around the world. Yesterday, the Norwegian parliament decided to divest itself …
