Fossil Fuels

MediaMatters4America | — “The right keeps on pushing lies about the Keystone Pipeline.” MediaMaters4America: “The Keystone XL Jobs Lie”

Climate Change

The Big Carbon Empire strikes Back

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By Michael T. Klare | Tomdispatch.com | — Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack. Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance, and the efforts of government regulators have all shocked the energy industry. Oil prices are falling, colleges and universities are divesting from their carbon stocks, voters are instituting curbs on hydro-fracking, and […]

Climate Change

Why was 2014 Hottest Year on Record? The Humans did it

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) — A Japanese team has confirmed that 2014 was the hottest year on record. Moreover, ten of the warmest years have occurred since 1998. What the scientists are measuring is that average temperature of the earth’s surface, including the oceans, throughout the world. Thus, the cold winter in North […]

Climate Change

Obama will Veto Keystone XL Pipeline, Stopping 110 mn tons of CO2 Annually

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) — “The White House announced Tuesday afternoon that President Obama plans to veto a newly introduced pro-Keystone XL bill if it passes the Senate, the Associated Press reports. Senators John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, and Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, introduced a bill on the Senate floor Tuesday that would immediately […]

Climate Change

As 2014 declared Warmest Year, Watch where World’s CO2 Comes From

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Vox | — “A new high-resolution computer model created by NASA shows carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas driving global warming, as you’ve never seen it before.” Vox: “A visual tour of the world’s CO2 emissions”

Climate Change

Year 6 of the Climate Activism Revolution

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By Rebecca Solnit | (Tomdispatch.com) It was the most thrilling bureaucratic document I’ve ever seen for just one reason: it was dated the 21st day of the month of Thermidor in the Year Six. Written in sepia ink on heavy paper, it recorded an ordinary land auction in France in what we would call the […]

Climate Change

The Sad Fate of Planet Earth: Lima’s COP20 showed World’s Governments not Serious about fighting Climate Change

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By Roberto Savio ROME (IPS) – It is now official: the current inter-governmental system is not able to act in the interest of humankind. The U.N. Climate Change Conference in Lima – which ended on Dec. 14, two days after it was scheduled to close – was the last step before the next Climate Change […]

Climate Change

The Koch Tax: Why are Floridians being denied Free, Clean Energy from the Sun?

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WPBT2 | — “According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, Florida ranks third for solar potential nationally, but ranked 18th when it comes to development of this clean energy option. Executive Director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy discusses the untapped clean energy potential in Florida and how climate change plays a role. Guest: […]

Climate Change

Climate change threatens Peru’s glaciers as 195 Countries Meet in Lima

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DW | — “Delegates from 195 countries are meeting in Lima, Peru for the UN’s 20th climate change conference. The mountains of Peru offer a sobering reminder of how urgent the negotiations are.” DW: “Climate change threatens Peru’s glaciers | Journal”