The party doesn?t even seem to realize that it?s blowing a once-in-a-decade chance to pass meaningful climate legislation.
It’s now or never
Category Archives: climate destabilization
Keep repeating to yourself
“Man-made climate change is a Chinese hoax. Man-made climate change is a Chinese hoax. Man-made climate change is a Chinese hoax. Man-made climate change is a Chinese hoax. …” until this no longer disturbs you and you have a newfound admiration for the Chinese hoaxers.
"This event is completely unprecedented and upended our expectations about the Antarctic climate system," one expert said.
Those Chinese hoaxers are good!
"This event is completely unprecedented and upended our expectations about the Antarctic climate system," one expert said.
Will the Winter Olympics become obsolete?
Natural snow is becoming less reliable for winter sports, which has led venues to lean more on artificial. But that comes at a cost.
The impact of melting glaciers
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ? From the southern border of Germany to the highest peaks in Africa, glaciers around the world have served as moneymaking tourist attractions, natural climate records for scientists and beacons of beliefs for indigenous groups.
It won’t be cheap
Be afraid, be very afraid
Earth is already becoming unlivable. Will governments act to stop this disaster from getting worse?
Time is short and the clock is ticking
“Our collective tendency is to wait until big problems become catastrophic before dealing with them. Most of the time we’d rather not pay attention. We have all we can do to make a living, bring up our kids decently, save a bit for retirement, hopefully have a bit of fun along the way. We assume others will take care of the biggest threats. …
“Americans speak a lot about ‘revolution’. We’re a nation born of revolution. What we don’t talk about enough is a revolution in our thinking and behavior – realizing that we are not above and outside the natural world but part of it, that we cannot continue to exploit and plunder for profit, that there is something called the common good that requires personal sacrifice, and that those of us who are better off have a moral duty to sacrifice the most.”
A simple breakfast with a friend presented a serious dilemma and pointed to both the need and precedent for action
An interesting idea
Running seawater through an ocean carbon capture plant could chemically convert carbon dioxide to limestone on a grand scale
When sorrows come, they come not single spies
Belize, Fiji and Mozambique (among many other countries) “owe staggering amounts of money to various foreign lenders. They face staggering climate risks, too. And now, with the coronavirus pandemic pummeling their economies, there is a growing recognition that their debt obligations stand in the way of meeting the immediate needs of their people — not to mention the investments required to protect them from climate disasters.”