Fossil Fuels

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) Back in 2016 the talking heads on tv kept expecting candidate Trump, who made headlines almost daily saying racist and offensive things, to “transition.” Their theory was that he was acting out for his base in the GOP primaries but then would dial it back in the general election. […]

Acidification of Oceans

Pope to Trump: Climate Change is Real and we have to act in Solidarity

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Pope Francis gave Donald J. Trump a going away present after their meeting on Wednesday. It was a copy of his Encyclical on the challenge of climate change, Laudato Si’, mi Signor,”Praised may you be, my Lord.” This document begins with a paean to Saint Francis, […]

Acidification of Oceans

The Other Terrorism: Toxic CO2 Gas Promoted by Trump Budget, Shell

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Terrorism is properly defined as non-state actors using violence against civilians to achieve a political purpose. Some argue that this definition lets states off the hook too easily, and that there is state terrorism as well. International law, however, puts those actions under the rubric of […]

China

China’s covering a Football field with Solar Panels Every Hour in Quest to End Coal

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By Janet Xuanli Liao | (The Conversation) | – – China’s remarkable growth over the past three decades has elevated it to global superpower status. But its economic miracle has also attracted attention for the wrong reasons: the country is now the world’s largest energy consumer, oil importer, and CO₂ emitter. It led to the […]

Children

Who are the Children suing Trump over Climate Future?

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By John Light | ( BillMoyers.com) | – – Congress and the White House aren’t going to address the climate crisis anytime soon. Will judges? “We are not going to wait until someone in office is representing our voices,” 16-year-old Xiuhtzcatl Martinez told the assembled crowd of reporters, activists, and four US senators. “We need […]

Denialism

As Millions March for Climate, Stab in Back by EPA & NYT

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – An estimated 200,000 climate protesters rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, braving record temperatures in the 90s, well above the average temperature for April 29 in the national capital. They were allowed to surround the White House from a distance. The protesters were pushing back against […]

Acidification of Oceans

Climate March: How many more atomic bombs is Trump setting off in our Atmosphere?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The People’s Climate March on Saturday will protest the Trump administration’s pro-Climate Change policies of increasing US carbon dioxide and methane emissions. Just how bad will it be? The US committed at Paris to reducing its emissions by 1/4 of 2005 levels by 2025. So far […]

Climate Change

Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?

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By H Patricia Hynes | ( Portside ) | – – If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. – Thich Nhat Hanh War and Warming: Can We Save the Planet Without Taking on the Pentagon? Looking out to my audience of young climate change activists and older peace activists gathered […]

Climate Change

Trump’s 1984: Peace is War, Environment is Pollution, Health is Sickness

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By Steven Harper | (BillMoyers.com) | – – “If you look at these Cabinet appointees, they were selected for a reason. And that is for the deconstruction [of the administrative state].” At its best, government saves the environment from polluters, prevents companies from exploiting consumers, safeguards individuals against invidious discrimination and other forms of injustice, […]