In my post of yesterday: Volcanoes and CO2 Emissions, I quoted the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as follows: “The world’s volcanoes, both on land and undersea, generate about 200 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually, while our automotive and industrial …
Category: Climate Change
Come On In, The Water’s Fine!–Not
Harmful algal blooms are not new to freshwater lakes, but they’re getting worse. From this piece: “For the last 1 or 2 decades, we’ve made a tremendous amount of progress in terms of understanding the links between climate and water …
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Volcanoes and CO2 Emissions
This incredibly beautiful pyroclastic cloud from last year’s eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily calls to mind an element from climate change deniers’ disinformation campaigns, namely that volcanoes release more CO2 into the atmosphere than human activities, and thus mitigation …
Tagged with: automotive and industrial activities cause some 24 billion tons of CO2 emissions every year worldwide, climate change deniers' disinformation campaigns, climate change mitigation strategies, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), volcanoes release more CO2 into the atmosphere than human activities
A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words, But What Exactly ARE Those Words?
I’m sure the picture here could be interpreted differently, but to me it says, “Yes, climate change, with its floods, droughts, wildfires and famines is ruining our planet, but we’ll be damned if it will ruin a good day of …
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Examining the Evidence Supporting the Theory of AGW (Anthropomorphic Global Warming)
From The Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1832 that the world’s first streetcar began operation in New York City, running between Prince and 14th Streets in Lower Manhattan.
Concern for the Future
From the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of the man who wrote the first memoir in Western literature: St. Augustine born in 354 in Thagaste, which is now in Algeria. He is best known for his Confessions, a 13-book autobiography of …
Greta Thunberg and Climate Change Mitigation
A reader sent me this “open letter to Greta Thunberg”: “The apocalyptic world vision you hold has been a strip landing for those who have hated progress throughout history. Your apocalyptic predictions have been made for millennia, and, we’re still …
New Zealand Does the Right Thing–Again and Again
What did New Zealand do following two mosque shootings? It banned military-style semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines. It didn’t ask permission of the NRA. It simply took immediate action to protect its people.
Everyone Can Plant a Tree & Help Fight Climate Change
As we get closer to the holiday season we start to think about our traditions. One we have in the Shields family is to buy a live Christmas tree and plant it after the first of the new year; every …
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Climate Change Denial and Dark Money
Those wondering how climate change denial became an integral part of the Republican party should check out the video below. There really has been a dramatic shift here; three decades ago, there were several bipartisan bills on the U.S. Senate …
Tagged with: 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United”, American for Prosperity, billions of dollars of campaign contributions from anonymous sources aimed at creating a climate denial orthodoxy within the Republican party, estimates of fossil fuel subsidies, fossil fuel industry funded dozens of front groups, International Monetary Fund, opposition to climate action, phony science
