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 …
Category: Climate Change
Climate Denial
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.
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Can Humankind Unite And Avert Environmental Devastation?
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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“Global Warming” and “Climate Change”
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 …
Climate Change Forecast
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 …
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To a Climate Denier
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 …
Message To a Climate Skeptic
Reader and climate skeptic Jim Kalergis writes: I spent well over 100 hours studying “climate change” and came away with this: There’s science, and there’s SCIENCE. Climate Science is where the medical profession was back in the good old days …
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India Not Happy with Carbon Tax
The plan of the EU and the United States to tax coal and other carbon intensive products is not sitting well with developing nations like India, as presented in the article linked above. India and other developing nations will be …
Does Human Civilization End?
Love this sign. So “random,” as my daughter would say. But what actually will happen over the next few decades? As George Will puts it, “The future always looks like the past, until it looks like something else entirely.” That …
ExxonMobil’s Aggressive PR Campaign To Deal with Its Horrific, Though Well Deserved Reputation
From 350.org: Energy giant ExxonMobile is spending a fortune on social media advertising in attempts to greenwash their reputation, and they are directly targeting climate activists and organizations. While one of the biggest polluters the world has ever known is …
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