climate crisis
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First Ozone Standards, Now This?
I woke up this morning wondering if my ears had deceived me. I didn’t remember hearing anything in Obama’s speech last night about clean energy investments or clean energy jobs. So I looked up the transcript and went through it. It turns out Obama did say something along these lines. One thing, one part […]
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Been there, tried that: 'Climate Pragmatism' pushes failed strategy
New 'Climate Pragmatism' report ignores science, perpetuates right-wing myths, and advocates a "no regrets" approach.
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You might have a climate crisis if …
It's hard for me to fathom how naysayers still refuse to acknowledge that increased carbon pollution is to blame for increasingly hostile weather. Maybe some jokes in the style of Jeff Foxworthy's "You might be a redneck" riff can win them over.
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Climate change breaks NASA temperature chart
The temperature anomaly in the Arctic — the amount that current temperatures differ from historical norms — is now so severe that NASA's James Hansen had to add a new color to his charts in order to accurately depict it: Hot pink. In other words, last winter the Arctic was more than 10 degrees C […]
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Nicholas Stern: Climate inaction risks a new world war
Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. This is the first in a three-part interview with economist Lord Nicholas Stern on climate policy. Lord Nicholas Stern, one of the world’s most prominent climate economists, believes that failure to address global warming could eventually lead to World War III. In 2006, he produced the “Stern Review” on behalf […]
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EIA projects climate catastrophe
The EIA has projected that the United States will lead the world into catastrophic global warming over the next twenty five years.
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16 tips for avoiding climate burnout
Cross-posted from The Skywriter — 1Sky’s Blog. I have spent my lifetime face to face with some of the most brutal and inhumane acts ever committed, but nothing has been as traumatizing for me as trying to get action to tackle the climate crisis. As a long time human rights defender and prior Executive Director […]
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American PRIDE – alternative to the Lieberman-Kerry Disaster
The leading U.S. bill in tackling the climate crisis is so flawed and weak and full of concessions to major polluters that even centrist environmental groups like Greenpeace have noticed that it is worse than nothing. It fails to take advantage of the many opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in ways that strengthen our […]
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Criticizing Cap-and-Dividend by inventing something worse
Sean Casten’s criticism of Cap-and-dividend[1] seems to indicate that he had a really bad day. Implying that former former CEO Peter Barnes, and former software corporate executive Senator Maria Cantwell are Marxists is simply not a propitious way to begin a critique or proposal. The substance does not seem any better. One of his criticisms […]