Deciding where to set the earth’s thermostat
We also must remember that generals have always dreamed of controlling the weather.
climate change
Shale Gas Plagued By Unusual Methane Leaks
According to a spate of recent scientific studies from the United States and Australia, the shale gas industry has generated another formidable challenge: methane and radon leakage three times greater than expected.
Landmark Report Warns Time Is Running Out To Save U.S. From Climate Catastrophe
The picture is stark: Inaction will devastate much of the arable land of the nation’s breadbasket — and ruin a livable climate for most Americans.
Soil as Carbon Storehouse: New Weapon in Climate Fight?
New research shows how effective land restoration could play a major role in sequestering CO2 and slowing climate change.
Climate action – youth, yes men, and divestment
•Youths Sue U.S. Government Over Climate Inaction •Posing as U.S. Officials, Yes Men Announce Renewable Energy Revolution at Homeland Security Congress •FTSE joins Blackrock to help investors avoid fossil fuels •What’s at Stake in Harvard’s Fossil-Fuel Divestment Debate •’Divest It Like It’s Hot’
Energy Crunch: The future’s local?
The Tories’ announcement last week that a future Conservative government would cut off all further funding for onshore wind was a sure sign of low politics undermining sensible energy policy.
Chasing Ice (documentary film review)
If compelling scientific evidence isn’t sufficient to change the minds of people in the most powerful and second highest CO2-emitting nation in the world, wonder these experts, then what is? Nature photographer James Balog may have found one answer.
Wildfires in the Western U.S. Are on the Rise, Posing Threats to Drinking Water
For water managers, the new research is a clarion call to begin action now to safeguard water supplies originating in watersheds prone to fire.
Tornadoes, extreme weather, and climate change
The return of tornado season with a vengeance has people asking again about a possible link to climate change. At the same time, tantalizing new preliminary research finds “some evidence to suggest that tornadoes are, in fact, getting stronger.” I talked to the lead scientist behind that research.
To My Friend the Climate Defeatist: Here’s Why I’m Still In the Fight
What action do we take when we have no guarantee at all that what we do will make any difference?
Why Degrowth?
Bill Rees recorded in April at the Vancouver Degrowth Event on why degrowth is the only realistic path to sustainability.
UN Panel Looks to Renewables As the Key to Stabilizing Climate
In its latest report, the IPCC makes a strong case for a sharp increase in low-carbon energy production, especially solar and wind, and provides hope that this transformation can occur in time to hold off the worst impacts of global warming.
