Whether you like to call it global warming or climate change, there is little doubt that the Earth is getting hotter. Fortunately, there are steps that you can take to minimize your impact on the changing climate. While these changes …
Category: Climate Change
Could America’s Dropping Out of the Paris Accord Actually Help Matters?
What should we make of the fact that the U.S. is the only country on Earth to withhold participation in the Paris Climate Accord? Yes, this is a symbolic thumbing of the nose at the well-being of the world’s population, …
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Do Climate Change Denialists Deserve a Platform To Promote Their Ideas? What about White Supremacists?
In response to my post in which I discussed the futility of trying to convert climate change deniers using data and reason, frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: You are quite right, there’s little point in discussing anything, with anyone, if you …
Do Climate Change Deniers Make You Uncomfortable?
Here’s a cute and funny piece that gets at something most of us have experienced: encountering a climate change denier in a public setting like a holiday dinner. Personally, I’m content to keep to myself and to refuse to be drawn …
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Climate Change Will Have (Some) Positive Effects
Re: my recent post on Popular Mechanics’ predictions for our future, my friend who had originally sent me the article writes: I can’t disagree with your balancing the good with dystopian probabilities. Regarding global warming, your predictions are likely spot-on. …
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Looking at the Future of Life on Earth
A friend sent me this wonderful piece in which Popular Mechanics lists its top predictions on what life on this planet will be like in the year 2050 and beyond. I hope you’ll check it out; it’s really worthwhile, and …
What To Make of Those Who Predict Environmental Catastrophe
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo offers this response to my recent post on the 16,000 scientists from 83 countries who issued a warning to humankind to knock off the environmental recklessness or face catastrophic consequences:
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Scientists Warn Humanity
Question: In 1992, 1,700 independent scientists signed the “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity.” The letter warned that “human beings and the natural world are on a collision course” and if environmental damage was not stopped, our future was at risk. Yesterday, …
Patriotism Means Moving the Country You Love in the Right Direction
We have a frequent commenter here who regularly voices his opinion that because the Paris Climate Accord is nonbinding that it’s merely symbolic. I respond:
U.S. To Rest of World: Go Die
Yes, people of conscience are nauseated by the Unites States’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord and our using the 23rd U.N. Climate Convention as a venue to promote the continued and expanded use of fossil fuels.
