Here’s a piece from Reuters that suggests that U.S. banks may be required to undergo climate-related “stress tests,” to ensure that they have sufficient resilence in the case of disasters caused by climate change: floods, droughts, wildfires, etc. Fed Chair …
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The history of climate science, and in particular, an understanding of the role that greenhouse gases play in global warming, actually predates the article at left by many years. In 1896, Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius claimed that fossil fuel combustion may …
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This guy makes an excellent point. When we want to go blow something to pieces, there is remarkably little conversation about it. On the other hand, allocating even small amounts of money for something that helps people, or in this, …
I’m sure this is true, if we can get past this rough patch, where we’re flirting with authoritarianism and Orwellian undermining of truth. Keep in mind that Biden is 65% – 31% in the age 18 – 24 segment. Young …
Tropical storm Elsa has flooded much of New York City, most notably its subway system. We refer to phenomena like these as “extreme weather events,” but they’re becoming so common that we’ll soon have to stop referring to them as …
What you’re saying here is not incorrect, but keep in mind that the reason this works is that we live in a land inhabited by some seriously ignorant people. Climate denial is a team effort, where “success” requires both components.
Someone sent me this with the note: This should unite us. They purposely divide us to distract from their endless greed for greed’s sake. I would like to think that humankind is catching on to the fact that Big Money …
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Someone sent me the meme here and wrote: “A GOP strategist rebranded global warming as “climate change” because it sounds far, far less dangerous, problematic, severe, worrisome. The usual network of right-wing think tanks and media outlets immediately — as …
Ha! Love the guy’s face too–the perfect TV weatherman. Our society continues to yield to the pressures of Big Money, which is, most definitely, bringing about environmental collapse. Of course, all this would be impossible without the who-cares selfishness of …
A climate denier I happen to know writes: Science as referenced by politicians is no longer science, at least not in the traditional sense of the word. Real science continuously questions a hypothesis. When evidence suggests there’s a problem with …
