A great number of ballot initiatives aimed at mitigating climate change went up in flames in the midterms on Tuesday, largely because voters were misled by a torrent of advertising. Here’s an article describing how the Koch brothers and other …
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Mitigating Climate Change Requires Your Involvement
It’s not an unattainable wish to believe that someday, a responsible government acting in concert with the will of the people will take definitive actions to accelerate the transition to clean energy, perhaps via the Carbon Fee and Dividend that …
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Justice in the “ExxonMobil Knew” Climate Change Case May Be Just Around the Corner
If you read this article, you’ll understand why this particular case against Exxon may succeed where the others haven’t. According to the 97-page complaint, Exxon kept two sets of books.
What’s Really Causing Global Warming?
Here’s a good article for Americans who believe that there exists a debate regarding the theory of anthropogenic global warming, written by Dr. Gavin Schmidt, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Let’s Applaud Wales for its Historic Action on Climate
Though England is the de facto language of Wales, anyone who’s ever struggled through a conversation in that part of the world knows that the accent, along with an occasional Welsh word or phrase thrown in makes spoken communication intensely …
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America At a Crossroads
Most Americans are unaware that the U.S. is the only country on Earth in which there exists a debate among its political elites as to the validity of the theory of anthropogenic global warming. Elsewhere, climate change is simply accepted …
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Covering Up the Truth about Climate Change Was, in a Word, Wrong
IMO, one of the great discussions in human history took place in 1973 during the Watergate years, which I paraphrase as follows: Richard Nixon: We need $X million to buy the silence of …. (someone who knew about the cover-up). …
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From the Washington Post–In North Carolina, Hurricanes Did What Scientists Could Not: Convince Republicans that Climate Change Is Real
Here’s a story about a few climate change deniers who became converts as a result of Hurricane Florence that tore through North Carolina and vicinity last month, causing massive flood damage and dumping coal ash, animal waste and raw sewage …
Apparently, Climate Change Mitigation Is Controversial
Most Americans (62%) say the news media is biased, though there is a ton of variability in that. In favor of what? Of whom? Why is this happening? What can we do about it? Here’s a video on the reporting …
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Apathy Vs. Climate Change Mitigation
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland (pictured) has a powerful new motivation: saving the planet, and even the dire warnings of this week’s IPCC report aren’t slowing her down.
