Questions: How much has the fossil fuel industry spent to avoid dealing with climate change since the year 2000? What is the ratio of what they’ve spent on lobbyists vs. all environmental groups combined?
Category: Climate Change
Climate Change Events: Some Are Faster than Others
We normally think of the various impacts of climate as occurring slowly over long periods of time, perhaps decades or even centuries. For example, no one expects to experience sea-level rise as he sits, sipping cold ones and admiring the …
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Climate Change Is Caused By…..Say What?
One of the dominant features of life in 2018 is that so much of what we see around us has both tragic and comedic value.
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Antarctic Ice Melt
Question: According to a recently published report, how much faster is the Antarctic ice melting today than it was 10 years ago? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: As shown in this video, if the current rate of increase …
Climate Science: Whom Should We Believe?
I had to laugh when I came across this just now. It reminds me of a Facebook friend whose entire life, it seems, is arguing with climate change deniers.
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Global Warming Will Change Where We Live
Here’s a little video of the destruction that Hurricane Maria wrought on Puerto Rico last September. It’s interesting that:
When It Comes To Climate Change Mitigation, Ignorance Is Strength
In order to keep the electorate here in the U.S. ignorant on the subject of climate change, Senate Republicans have taken a bold new approach: stop an attempt to educate TV meteorologists.
Trump Administration Working Tirelessly To Make Climate Change Mitigation Impossible
Almost every day we learn about a new way in which the Trump Administration has eviscerated our nation’s capacity to safeguard its people from a certain type of environmental harm.
Why the Huge Pushback on Climate Change Mitigation?
Have you ever wondered why there is such horrific backlash against the vast majority of climate scientists who are warning us that global warming is in the process of ruining our planet? Where did all these climate deniers comes from, …
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Regret an All-Too-Common Emotion, Especially Among Activists
The Hidden Brain is a fabulous radio program, broadcast on 900 NPR affiliates around the country. With a seemingly limitless variety of guests, host Shankar Vedantam discusses brain functions, emotional responses, and cognitive processes that happen outside of our conscious …
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