My 64th birthday tomorrow sets my mind in motion as to what I’m going to experience in the remainder of my life, and what I’ll miss. Several items in particular threaten our sustainability:
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When It Comes To Driving Climate Change Mitigation, Oregon Is Stuck in Neutral
Here’s a sad story on climate inaction. If we’re having trouble getting ‘er done in Oregon, it’s hard to know where else to turn. What’s especially tragic is that experts agree that the bill in question would bring jobs along …
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Plant Trees
Here’s another post featuring the work of Italian artist Maurizio Rega, who, as far as I can tell, features trees in every piece. And my Lord is this guy prodigious. He cranks out several of these every week, normally announcing …
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World Freedom Rankings: Mixed Review for U.S.
As shown here (larger version below), the United States comes in #53 in the Freedom House world freedom rankings this year. This report offers some interesting reading as to how this was derived.
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Infinite Growth Required for a Planet of Finite Size: What Could Go Wrong?
As we approach the 50th anniversary of The Limits of Growth by Donella Meadows et al., it’s interesting, albeit disturbing, to note all the newly emerging factors that conspire to worsen the prognosis of the survival of humankind since the …
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Free Speech on College Campuses
The main reason that I haven’t written a book in the last few years is that I’ve come to understand that the issues thwarting environmental sustainability have relatively little to do with the technological and economic aspects of things like …
International Approach to Climate Change
It’s pretty clear what’s happening in the U.S. re: climate change and its mitigation:
Tagged with: access to the worldwide oil supply, and, climate change mitigation, here is a New York Times article on the subject. At least there is some good news, renewable energy portfolio standards, somewhere in the world., subsidies for fossil fuels, to that end, various countries are doing about climate change, withdrawal from the Paris Accord
Climate Justice
Here’s yet another article on the legal action that’s being taken, all around the globe apparently, against the oil industry for its conspiracy to cover up the truth about climate change during the period of time in which humankind could …
Europe’s Fully On Board with Climate Change Mitigation
Here’s a short but wonderful video that presents what five large European cities are doing to reduce emissions, while improving the quality of their peoples’ lives. It’s hard to imagine what these folks think of the U.S. at this point.
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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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