From this article: “Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat and to ‘tell it like it is,’” a group of scientists wrote in a letter published in BioScience Tuesday. “On the basis of this obligation and the …
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Here’s a cheery article that offers five climate-related mega-predictions for the coming decade. Though it’s insightful at a certain level, most what the author presents is essentially guaranteed to happen. Climate denial ends, followed by the mobilization of capital to …
My colleague, aeroponics expert Rafael Quezada, writes about the meme here, “In 2019, for the most part, the picture was bleak; but for all the overwhelmingly bad news, there were also some really powerful and momentous moments of action and …
Here’s an opinion piece on Australia’s struggles with climate-fueled eco-destruction from local novelist Richard Flanagan that begins: Australia today is ground zero for the climate catastrophe. Its glorious Great Barrier Reef is dying, its world-heritage rain forests are burning, its …
New York Times Op-Ed: Australia “Committing Climate Suicide” Read More »
Of all locations on the surface of the Earth, Australia is among the most vulnerable to the ravages of climate change, according to scientific reports. Moreover, the intensity of the current fire season validates scientists’ predictions: Australia’s bush fires will …
New Zealand is the fifth most admired country on Earth (the list goes: Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Japan, Denmark and the Netherlands). It’s hard not to love a nation that seems to do everything right when …
As I’ve mentioned, I’m one of more than 100,000 members of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, whose purpose is to promote its approach to putting a tax on carbon called “Carbon Fee and Dividend.” The organization was formed in 2007 by …
Sad Note: Founder of Citizens’ Climate Lobby Dead at 80 Read More »
It’s a shame when an organization that does so much good in the world says something so totally unfair. Greenpeace says Bloomberg’s environmental plans “have holes in them,” but report that he’s coming out soon with revisions to address those …
A reader explains his viewpoint on climate change: My view is fairly simple. While carbon emissions are something that we need to have common sense about, and pollution of the Ocean is definitely a serious concern, I do not believe …
Debunking Nonscientific Theories on Climate Change Read More »
Turning this around will require the complete cooperation of every major government on the planet, as supported by the vast majority of Earth’s people. Think for a moment about the scope of that task. Perhaps the true gift of Christmas …
Carbon Dioxide Concentrations at a Three-Million-Year High Read More »
