What Worries the World’s Most Famous Climate Scientist?
James Hansen is fretting about the Paris climate talks, and for good reason.
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Forcing Government Action on Climate Change: Two Noteworthy Legal Initiatives
While much of the momentum to fight climate change is focused on political channels, there are parallel efforts using law to force government to take specific, enforceable actions to reduce carbon emissions.
Recognizing our rights to live in our forests is part of the solution to climate change
The Sengwer community has been repeatedly evicted by the government’s forest guards from their forests and glades at Embobut, high in the Cherangany Hills in Western Kenya.
Decrease in China’s Coal Use Sees Global Emissions Fall in 2015
The rapid growth in global carbon dioxide emissions over the last decade appears to have stalled, a new study says.
Climate Talks at the 1.5 Degree Crossroads
There’s an interesting story developing at the Paris COP 21 UN climate summit that may have more to it than meets the eye.
Can We Have Our Climate and Eat It Too?
As much as world leaders would like to focus attention on their economies, terrorism, or winning the next election, the heat is rising.
Building Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Malawi
On a recent visit to flood-prone regions to the south of the country, I discovered that people on the front line of the changing climate are taking matters into their own hands and preparing themselves against future climate shocks.
COP21 Fossil Fuel Addiction: A Guide for Intervention from the Climate Justice Movement
Fossil Fuel Addiction is killing the planet.
A Missing Item on the COP21 Climate Agenda: Grieving
There’s an important item missing from world leaders’ agenda for the climate change summit underway in Paris: Grieving.
Untold Climate Truth with Kevin Anderson
During the Paris climate talks, one leading scientist says the fundamentals of the whole process is "wildly optimistic". It starts with climate models that assume too much, spills into unreal scientific advice, and ends with rosy media reports saying we can keep on growing without wrecking the climate.
Paris Scherzo
The Paris climate conference is really an economic conference, perched on the brink of a market crash in the fossil fuel sector.
Peak Oil Notes – Dec 3
A midweek update. Following two days of little change, oil prices fell precipitously on Wednesday after the EIA reported an unexpected 1.2-million-barrel jump in US crude stocks last week.
