Flight of the Butterflies
In many ways dystopias are easier to write than a realist fiction that can look at the awesome forces that are out of kilter on the earth.
climate change
Towards a Post-Oil Civilization: Yasunization and other initiatives to leave fossil fuels in the soil – REPORT
Environmental justice organisations and networks (ERA, Acción Ecológica, Oilwatch) put forward the proposal to leave fossil fuels in the ground.
IEA, climate, and energy – June 11
•Four energy policies can keep the 2 °C climate goal alive •Waiting on new climate deal ‘will set world on a path to 5C warming’ •The Burning Question by Mike Berners-Lee and Duncan Clark – review
Climate Question: Do We Get to Keep Flying?
An analysis of jet fuel alternatives that could be viable in the next decade.
Deep thought – dystopia and revolt – June 5
•The War on Scarcity •The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future •Without Water, Revolution •Turkish hopes for a new beginning •The Stockholm Uprising and the Myth of Swedish Social Democracy •The Natural Limits Of Confronting Our Limits •Days of Destruction
Climate Correspondents
With political strife and economic woes often taking precedence over environmental issues, what are environmental journalists in the developing world doing to get their messages heard?
Syria Today Is A Preview Of Memorial Day, 2030
The worst direct impacts to humans from our unsustainable use of energy — over the next few decades — will, I think, be Dust-Bowlification and extreme weather and food insecurity: Hell and High Water.
Economics – breaking the mold – May 28
•Horror story •Gattopardo economics: The crisis and the mainstream response of change that keeps things the same •The Wrath of Capital: Neoliberalism and Climate Change Politics •"Twenty-Something" Entrepreneurs Return To Northern Michigan •The Economy Of Tomorrow Project
Do We Need a Steady State Economy? One Politician’s Surprising Answer
Here’s a politician who thinks his constituents can handle an honest dialogue about climate change. Andrew Weaver doesn’t hide the facts or pander to the wishful thinking of infinite growth. His refreshing candidness might have something to do with his background as one of the world’s preeminent climate scientists.
Climate: action, impact, and geoengineering – May 24
•China agrees to impose carbon targets by 2016 •Warming to hit half of plants, a third of animals •Geoengineering: Can We Save the Planet by Messing with Nature? •Climate Denial’s Death Knell: 97 Percent of Peer-Reviewed Science Confirms Manmade Global Warming, Consensus Overwhelming •Climate disasters displace millions of people worldwide •For Insurers, No Doubts on Climate Change
Who Will Control the Climate of the World?
For all who love a conspiracy, geoengineering has it all. The oil companies, far-right think-tanks, nuclear weapons scientists, and even Bill Gates.
Tornadoes, Extreme Weather And Climate Change, Revisited
The big tornado outbreak, including a monster Oklahoma twister, have people asking again about a possible link to climate change. I’ll review the science in this post.
