Commissioner of Broward County, Florida, Beam Furr, was one of my best friends in college (1973-1977). I know what you’re thinking: Florida, really? Is he one of those anti-science jackasses, so commonly found in the Soon-to-be-Underwater state? No. Not only …
Category: Climate Change
Our False Hopes for Climate Change Mitigation
Those looking for a hopeful, upbeat prediction on our civilization’s capacity to head off climate change will want to skip this article, in which Tariq Fancy (pictured), BlackRock’s former chief investment officer for sustainable investing, says that ESG (Environmental, Social …
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Climate Change Disinformation Campaigns Are Losing Effectiveness
In the main, this is true. Fortunately, the disinformation campaigns are no longer effective on anyone except the “ignorant yokels.” This, I believe happened not because everyone trusts science, or that we all have seen evidence of malfeasance on the …
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Cowboy Rejects Climate Science……zzzzzzzzzzzz
Here’s a cowboy/farmer telling us that fossil fuel consumption doesn’t cause climate change, suggesting that we should “study the weather cycles.” As far as I’m aware, this type of ignorance is unique to the United States. I’m sure there are …
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Young People: Humanity Is Doomed
According to this article, an international survey reveals ‘shocking’ rise of eco-anxiety and hopelessness. Amidst a sharp increase in deadly wildfires and flooding, increasingly violent storms, and extreme heat, new research published Tuesday found that refusal by governments to act on the …
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Young People Passionate About the Environment, But Is There a Catch?
From Garrison Keillor’s weekly essay: “A walk in the park on a historic day” The young are passionate about the environment and climate change. There are millions of people who cannot imagine modifying their sumptuous lifestyle in the interest of …
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Climate Emergency May Displace 216 Million Within Countries by 2050: World Bank
From this article on a new report from The World Bank, an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. Underscoring the necessity of immediate and …
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Mid-20th Century Planet Earth Wasn’t Like Today
What Heinlein wrote here made sense when it was part of his masterpiece in the mid-20th Century, and some say it still does today. But we have to realize that climate change wasn’t in the process of frying the planet, …
Fossil Fuel Companies Have a Hot New PR Message
The marketing and PR tactics of Big Oil have changed over the past few years, at least according to the author of the article linked above. For one, no more climate denial. The world is now living with the effects …
The Planet Is on Fire
The black arrow in the graphic below points to the approximate location of 2GreenEnergy “headquarters.” Luckily, we’re not experiencing fires. This year, that is. A few years ago, the entire mountainside shown here burned to a crisp. There are 91 …
