There are so many features of American life I’ve just never been able to understand. The popularity of NASCAR and professional wrestling. Now it’s the death threats against 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. She’s just a girl with a devotion …
Category: Climate Change
A New Generation Demands Climate Change Mitigation, Gets Shelled For It
Discussion with a friend: Friend: Hope in the new generation. Craig: Yes! It’s utterly spectacular.
Tagged with: averting climate catastrophe
“Predictions Are Hard To Make, Especially About the Future” — Yogi Berra
The meme here made me smile, as it illustrates the challenges we face with predicting the future 50 years hence, while calling to mind scientists’ beliefs as to how climate change is going to affect humankind over that same period …
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Monstrous Behavior Crosses a Line
Fox News is somehow obligated to fight against anyone who would protect our planet and its residents from climate catastrophe, even when that “anyone” is a sincerely committed 16-year-old Swedish environmentalist. The obligation to beat her up becomes especially intense …
Climate Change: What It Is, What It Isn’t
This piece in The Economist puts humankind’s position vis-a-vis climate change into perspective. It’s not the end of the world, and it’s not the end of humanity either.
Tagged with: Climate Change
Changing the World Starts with You and Me
The incredible photos here remind us of one thing: the power that rests in all of us to change the world. When Greta Thunberg would skip school each Friday to protest here government leaders’ indifference to environmental protection, she could not …
Humankind at a Climate Crossroads
I know I’ve posted and commented on this timeline (below) before, which maps the path of human civilization over the past 22,000 years alongside global temperatures–yet it bears repeating. Wouldn’t it be great if everyone had at least some command of …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Climate Change “Debate”
Question: How much do each of the world’s five largest oil companies spend annually in sewing doubt about climate change into the public mind, and lobbying to prevent or at least delay legislation that would protect our planet from climate …
Hard To Argue Against Greta Thunberg
Nice to see how young climate activist Greta Thunberg is capturing the hearts and minds of so many millions all over the world. Love how her calm demeanor belies her unyielding demand for a sustainable future.
Tagged with: climate activist
It May Be Too Late to See Alaska Before Global Heat Changes It Forever
It is said that one should visit Alaska as one’s last trip, since nothing else can match its beauty. In large measure, that’s no longer true. Last July 4th, when it was hotter in Anchorage, Alaska than it was in Key …
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