As Greta Thunberg celebrates her 18th birthday, let’s take a quick look at her detractors as well as her fans. Right-wing media outlets like Fox News cannot ignore her and the impact she’s made, because it’s too massive. So, they …
Category: Climate Change
Corporate America Wants Climate Change Mitigation?
From Scientific American: A big slice of corporate America—including utilities, banks and auto manufacturers—signed onto a statement yesterday calling on President-elect Joe Biden to work with Congress on “ambitious, durable, bipartisan climate solutions.” I’d like to believe this is true. …
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Climate Science Presented Brilliantly
Those looking for a wonderful presentation from several top climate scientists will enjoy the video below. There is so much here about ozone depletion, ultra-violet light and the electromagnetic spectrum, water vapor in the stratosphere, changing ocean currents, ice formation, …
Analyzing Climate Denial
A reader requested comments on his query at the left. This isn’t a yes-or-no question; in other words, yes, I would think this is one of the many mechanisms that lies behind climate denialism. Here are a few others:
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Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is Nothing If Not Effective in Raising Awareness
Remarkably, conservatives disapprove of the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, on the basis that she’s an angry child who should be in school rather than making noise about a branch of science that she doesn’t fully understand.
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Our Civilization Must Cease Its War on Nature
Check out this short speech from the Secretary General of the United Nations, urging humankind to bring to a halt its war on nature before climate catastrophe becomes inevitable. Powerful stuff.
American Farmers Taking Aggressive Action on Climate Change
A few years ago, the U.S. congress was considering a carbon cap and trade proposal that would mitigate climate change, but it was fiercely opposed by American farmers. Led by a lobby that had told them that they would face …
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How Biden Will Address the Climate Problem
Re: the photo here, a reader notes: The president-elect has included those with climate experience across a wide swath of federal agencies. I hope they are experts that think outside the business as usual box.
Environmental Progress Slow At Best
The American Energy Society makes this comment about the U.S. senatorial elections: The “green wave” fades. Environmentalists’ ambitions failed to materialize nationally. (In the Senate, only two Democrats – John Hickenlooper in Colorado and Mark Kelly in Arizona – pushed environmental …
Shell Oil Gets a Twitter-Pounding for Asking People To Reduce Emissions
Shell Oil asks: “What are you willing to change to help reduce emissions?” and offers the following choices: 💨 Offset emissions, 23.1% ✈️ Stop flying, 6.5% 🚗 Buy electric vehicle, 25.6% ⚡️ Renewable electricity, 44.3% As shown here, Twitter had …
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