2GreenEnergy supporter Cameron Atwood sent me this incredible, wide-ranging article by political activist Rebecca Solnit. Its theme is critically important to people trying to making sense of our modern world – and especially to those of us trying to change …
Category: Climate Change
Hope, Activism, and Climate Change
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Melting of Arctic Ice — An Important Feedback Loop in Climate Change
Here’s a very accessible video on the melting of the arctic ice. Thanks to my fine friend and 2GreenEnergy associate Terry Ribb for calling it to my attention. In a related story, here’s a piece on the effect that climate …
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OK, Quick — What's the REAL Obstacle to Halting Climate Change?
I’m what could be called a “compulsive guesser.” When someone asks me something – it could be the outdoor temperature or the latitude of Sri Lanka — I always take a guess before looking it up. When I came across …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Global Warming
Question: Most of us who follow the reports of our climate scientists understand that the average temperature of the Earth’s surface is rising. When was the last time in our planet’s history that the summer melting of the arctic ice …
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Climate Scientist James E. Hansen To Retire from NASA To Pursue Climate Change Activism
I’m sad to see that climate scientist James E. Hansen, after a 46-year career at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, will retire to pursue his activism on climate change. I can only image that the federal government is happy …
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Climate Change and Peak Oil
Here’s a lecture on global climate change and peak oil by British geologist and author Dr. Jeremy Leggett. If you want to know why we need an aggressive policy that curtails the burning of fossil fuels, and you want to …
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From Guest Blogger Alia: Bad Effects of Climate Change in the World
The repercussions about climate change are pretty diverse and prove out to be very much damaging to millions of people dwelling at different parts of this planet especially to the people based in developing nations. Most of the climate changes …
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Climate Change Threatens Humankind in a New and Different Way
In response to yesterday’s post What Will It Take To Involve Americans In Global Climate Change? frequent commenter Arlene writes: I stumbled onto the film “Cool It” a couple of nights ago. I understand the thesis, but in a way, the …
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Motivating Americans to Take Action on Climate Change
In response to my post earlier today on motivating Americans to take action on climate change, frequent commenter Larry Lemmert notes: You can claim “Super” storm Sandy was a result of global warming but I think that you are skating …
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What Will It Take To Involve Americans In Global Climate Change?
If you scroll to the bottom of this article on climate change, you’ll find a good video on an extremely important and interesting subject: getting Americans to embrace this as a major issue that requires urgent action. The presenter points …
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