Environmentalism

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | — The adoption of wind and solar for electricity generation around the world is happening at a growing pace, and the likelihood is that it will displace hydrocarbons in fifteen to twenty years (decades sooner than Big Coal, Big Oil and Big Gas expect). Here are some stories […]

Climate Change

Global Warming: G7’s Coal Plants are Weapons of Mass Destruction aimed at World’s Poor

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By Sean Buchanan | (Inter Press Service) | – – LONDON, Jun 6 2015 (IPS) – As heads of state and government of the G7 states prepare for their Jun. 7-8 summit in Germany, Oxfam has released a new report titled Let Them Eat Coal which they may find hard to digest. According to the […]

Acidification of Oceans

It’s Getting hot in Here: There never was a Pause in Global Warming: Scientists

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By Jay Lawrimore | (The Conversation) | – National and international studies have shown that the Earth is warming, and with this warming, other changes are occurring, such as an increasing incidence of heat waves, heavy downpours and rising sea levels. In its Fifth Assessment Report in 2013, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found […]

Climate Change

Coal comeback in Europe threatens Climate, Environment (already kills 18,000 a year)

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Euractiv | – – Forcible displacements, thousands of deaths and harmful CO2 emissions – the “2015 Coal Atlas”, published by Germany’s Heinrich Böll Foundation, shows some of the devastating effects of coal power, calling on the EU to stand up to energy corporations. EurActiv Germany reports. Every year, coal-fired power plants pump 15.5 billion tonnes […]

Climate Change

With Global Warming, a future of Pacific Superstorms

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By Wei Mei | (The Conversation) | – Every year, typhoons over the western North Pacific – the equivalent to hurricanes in the North Atlantic – cause considerable damage in East and Southeast Asia. Super Typhoon Haiyan of 2013, one of the strongest ocean storms ever recorded, devastated large portions of the Philippines and killed […]

Acidification of Oceans

Bahamas will lose 80% of Land in this Century to Climate Change, Builds Sea Walls

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By Desmond Brown | – NASSAU (IPS) – Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have championed the phrase “1.5 to stay alive” in demanding that global temperature increases be kept as far below 1.5 degrees C as possible to limit the anticipated devastating effects of climate change on the world’s most vulnerable countries. But for the […]

Acidification of Oceans

Why do Poor Nations care more about Climate Change than the Rich?

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Alex Lo | (The Conversation) | – Alex Lo, University of Hong Kong Do rich countries care more about the environment that poorer ones? In a recent study I found that’s not necessarily the case. The reason comes down to danger: poorer nations are more worried about risks such as flooding, so are more concerned […]

Climate Change

‘Climate Change Deniers Are Like Alcoholics’ | Ed Begley, Jr.

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Dave Rubin | (Rubin Report Video) – “Ed Begley Jr sits down with Dave Rubin for an interview about everything from environmental activism and climate change, to the California drought and the future of our planet ” Rubin Report ‘Climate Change Deniers Are Like Alcoholics’ | Ed Begley, Jr. Interview

Climate Change

More Bad Climate News: Once-Stable Antarctic Region Suddenly Melting

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By Bert Wouters | (The Conversation) Antarctica’s glaciers have been making headlines during the past year, and not in a good way. Whether it’s a massive ice shelf facing imminent risk of collapse, glaciers in the West Antarctic past the point of no return, or new threats to East Antarctic ice, it’s all been rather […]