Why are these Dutch girls so happy? In truth, they’re probably celebrating their victory in the women’s World Cup soccer championship this year, but it actually might have been their absolute delight with the landmark ruling that just came down …
Category: Climate Change
Netherlands Supreme Court: People Have A Fundamental Right To Be Protected From Climate Change
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Scientists Call for Civil Disobedience To Drive Government Action in Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation
From Reuters in London: Almost 400 scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict “incalculable human suffering.” In a joint declaration, climate scientists, physicists, …
Catastrophe in Madrid–COP 25 Was a Disaster
If it’s possible, it seems that the fight against climate change is actually going backwards. The United States and the European Union, as well, are refusing to assume any responsibility for the damage that their emissions are causing and their …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Energy–The Year in Review
Question: This one comes from the American Energy Society: Which Roman emperor would have been most comfortable in 2019? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
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When It Comes To Carbon Sequestration, Mangroves Are Super-Trees
It’s well understood how trees of all types sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and the formation of plant tissue, but scientists are just now learning why mangroves are so much better at this than most.
Siberian Sea “Boiling” with Methane
In this photo of a sea in the eastern part of Siberia, it certainly appears that something is boiling. In fact, however, these are bubbles of methane rising to the surface, but they’re actually being released not by evaporation but …
Latest CO2 Reading: 411.11 PPM
The graph here shows atmospheric CO2 concentrations over 800,000 years, approximately four times the length of time that humankind has been on this planet. To avert catastrophic effects of climate change, we desperately need to bring this figure back to …
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Losing the Battle To Stabilize the Planet’s Climate
In the course of writing my books, I met several climate scientists who attend these “COP” summits on global warming, and they were, to a person, extremely disappointed. One told me, “We had to stay another day to work out …
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Note on Greta Thunberg
My colleague David Duquette writes: She’s great but could use a refresher read of “How To Make Friends and Influence People.” That’s an interesting point. As a man who tries to be as mannerly as he can, I get this.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Sea-Level Rise and Flooding
Question: As a rule of thumb, how many additional people on Earth are subjected to flooding for each centimeter the ocean rises? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
