The Watchers | – – Category 4 Hurricane "Harvey" made landfall around 03:00 UTC on Saturday, August 26, at Rockport, Texas with winds of 215 km/h (130 mph). It then stalled over the coast of central Texas, dumping extreme amounts of rain. Harvey is the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005, ending a record […]
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Environment
Top 5 ways Man-made Climate Change made Hurricane Harvey much Worse
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The images from Houston and its environs are heart-breaking and we at IC wish all those affected a speedy and safe return to normality. Extreme weather events are associated with climate change, and whenever they occur, they raise the question of their relationship to that process. […]
Take that, Trump! 5% of California New Car Sales now Electric
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite Trump having pulled the US out of the Paris Climate accord, there is reason to think that the US will nevertheless meet its obligations to reduce deadly carbon dioxide emissions. Although Trump is blowing up the Environmental Protection Agency the way a terrorist would blow […]
Why no Eclipse Denialists? The Same Science predicts Global Heating
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Eminent physicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s tweet pointing out that there are no eclipse denialists the way there are dedicated climate change denialists went viral: Odd. No one is in denial of America’s Aug 21 total solar eclipse. Like Climate Change, methods & tools of science predict […]
Green Norway: Will it be the World’s First post-Carbon Society?
By Sam Morgan | EurActiv.com | – – Norway has the renewable resources and political will to become the world’s first country to use entirely clean electricity for its power demands, according to a new report by Energi Norge, a non-profit industry group representing Norwegian electricity companies. “Our target is for Norway, based on hydro […]
Largest Wildfire on Record is raging in Greenland, as Ice Melt Speeds Up
By Kathryn Adamson | (The Conversation) | – – The largest wildfire ever recorded in Greenland was recently spotted close to the west coast town of Sisimiut, not far from Disko Island where I research retreating glaciers. The fire has captured public and scientific interest not just because its size and location came as a […]
Rethink Coal! Australia emits nerve poison Mercury at double Global Average
Robyn Schofield | (The Conversation) | – – A report released this week by advocacy group Environmental Justice Australia presents a confronting analysis of toxic emissions from Australia’s coal-fired power plants. The report, which investigated pollutants including fine particles, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, also highlights our deeply inadequate mercury emissions regulations. In New South […]
1 in 9 Deaths are from Air Pollution & Trump is making it Worse
The Tree | – – Air pollution is driving a global public health crisis. It is responsible for one in nine deaths worldwide, and touches everyone given 92% of the human race live in places that do not meet World Health Organisation guidelines. As it is also driving a climate crisis – with increasingly heavy […]
Think there’s too much Trouble in the World? Now Global Heating is Kicking In
Gulrez Shah Azhar | (Project Syndicate) | – – SANTA MONICA – With India experiencing its worst drought in 140 years, Indian farmers have taken to the streets. At a protest in Madhya Pradesh this summer, police opened fire on farmers demanding debt relief and better crop prices, killing five. In Tamil Nadu, angry growers […]
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