Climate Change Policy and The Super-Hero Syndrome
The climate change policy bureaucracy has taken on a magical belief in technology "super-heroes" as the only way to escape the need for immediate, deep, carbon emission reductions.
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Analysis: IEA cuts coal growth outlook in half as China peaks
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has dramatically scaled back its outlook for coal demand growth over the next 25 years, Carbon Brief analysis shows.
BC’s LNG Fraud
The hoopla over the $1.6-billion Woodfibre LNG terminal, which will industrialize Howe Sound and the city of Squamish, illustrates just how far the Christy Clark-led BC Liberal government will go to subvert the truth.
Key to the Leap: Leave the Oil in the Soil
The world ecological crisis is now apparent in abrupt climate shifts that are impossible to miss even in capitalist heartlands.
The Day After: “Just Go For It, Only More So” Earth News: More than News of the World
"I don’t know what comes next. I just know that the people are going to continue to resist, and it’s a great moment to be alive."
Trump’s Win will Slow Climate Action and Renewables
Trump’s win will slow climate action and renewables, but as the reactions at COP 22 show already, he will fail in his fossil promises
Climate Finance: The Challenge of ‘Shifting the Trillions’
The money used to tackle climate change — “climate finance” — comes in many guises, which means that measuring it is a mammoth and complex task.
Dirty Fossil Fuel ‘Business-As-Usual’ Tactics Spew Out of the IMO at COP22
The shipping industry needs to clean up its CO2 emissions now.
A Fever in the Night
My worst imaginings are for uncertainties for which you can’t model an outcome.
A Bold Clean-Up Plan for Alberta’s Giant Oil Industry Pollution Liabilities
Regan Boychuk and Brent O’Neil have a bold proposal to put Alberta back to work and onto a more sustainable path.
The World in 2050
Bill McKibben’s keynote address at the The World in 2050 Conference.
Inside the House where the Sun does not Set
"The important goal that needs to be set in Marrakech is drawdown. We need to get back below 350 ppm carbon in the atmosphere, and we need to do it quickly."
