Factcheck: Are Climate Models ‘Wrong’ on Rainfall Extremes?
Several media outlets are reporting that new research shows climate model projections of rainfall extremes may be “flawed” or “wrong”.
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Changing Everything
A transition to renewable energy is often given a significance that goes well beyond its immediate impact: it would somehow make our exploitative relationship to Nature more environmentally sound, our relationship to each other more socially equitable.
False Solutions? 3 Ways To Evaluate Grand Climate Proposals
We’re going to be hearing a lot about grand solutions to our climate emergency in the coming years. Here are 3 valuable ways to distinguish real pathways to a better world from false solutions.
New Coal Plants Rise in 2015 Despite Falling Consumption
Old coal plants are increasingly lying dormant, yet new ones keep getting built, according to a new report.
Meltdown Earth: the Shocking Reality of Climate Change Kicks In – but Who is Listening?
February didn’t break climate change records – it obliterated them.
The Scientific Challenge of Extreme Weather Attributions
Working out whether human activity is supercharging extreme events, such as floods, storms, droughts and heatwaves, is one of the youngest branches of climate science. But it’s moving at breakneck pace.
The Climate Emergency: Time to Switch to Panic Mode?
The latest temperature data have broken all records…
A Few Thoughts on Studying the Most Radical Social Movement of the Twenty-first Century
The movements for environmental, climate, and social justice that I have spent my life studying and now participate in must become much stronger than at present. But my reading of world history leads me to believe that they can succeed.
The Carbon Counters: Tracking Emissions in a Post-Paris World
In the wake of the Paris climate agreement, developing countries find themselves in need of analysts capable of monitoring their emissions.
Big Oil Faces Courtroom Showdown
ExxonMobil is being investigated by the Attorney’s General of New York and California with a view to criminal charges for securities fraud and racketeering over their stance on climate change
Living in Interesting Times: Have CO2 Emissions Peaked?
The projections that had been circulating during the past few months turned out to be correct. Now, it is official: the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions peaked in 2014 and went down in 2015. And this could be a momentous change.
Large Methane Leaks Highlight Ongoing Risk to Climate
A new study of the recent methane leak in Aliso Canyon, California confirms that it was the largest methane leak in US history.
