Environment

By Joseph E. Stiglitz | (Project Syndicate) | – – BRUSSELS – Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States took another major step toward establishing itself as a rogue state on June 1, when it withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. For years, Trump has indulged the strange conspiracy theory that, as he put […]

China

100% Green Energy is Possible & a Chinese Province Just Proved It

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TeleSur | – – New clean schemes push the nation further forward as a leader in search for alternative technologies. Demonstrating that renewables are a viable option for the future, China’s Qinghai Province [, pop. 5.2 mn.] last week ran for seven consecutive days entirely on clean energy. From June 17 to June 23, Qinghai […]

Climate Change

Rate of Sea Level Rise increasing, As Greenland Melts

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By John Church, Christopher Watson, Matt King, Xianyao Chen, and Xuebin Zhang | (The Conversation) | – – Contributions to the rate of global sea-level rise increased by about half between 1993 and 2014, with much of the increase due to an increased contribution from Greenland’s ice, according to our new research. Our study, published […]

Climate Change

The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)

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By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | – – Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are to come. This implies more drought, more food insecurity, more famine and more massive human displacements. In fact, extremely high May and June temperatures have broken records in parts of […]

Drought

How Soon until we’re Using More Than The Earth Can Provide?

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By David Korten | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – Forget the GDP, it’s time for our leaders to pay attention to metrics that matter. Four days after President Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the Global Footprint Network (GFN) reported that Earth Overshoot Day 2017 will fall […]

Climate Change

Don’t get mad over Trump’s Climate Policies, Get Even

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By Michael Brune | ( Otherwords.org ) | – – The White House may have accidentally sparked a revolution in efforts to address climate change. If it makes you mad that President Trump announced that he’ll withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, good. If that makes you outraged and disgusted, even better. […]

Climate Change

Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Saudi Arabia has gotten too big for its britches, and the oil-producing Middle East is turning even more unstable. Not to mention that global warming is getting worse and worse because of burning fossil fuels like petroleum. And it is your fault. If you are an […]

Climate Change

Science: Back Electric Cars if your City wants to defy Trump & Go Green

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By Daniel Cohan | (The Conversation) | – – President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement reaffirmed what was already clear: The federal government is no longer leading American efforts to shrink our carbon footprint. But many state and local governments – along with businesses and consumers – aim to help fill […]

Climate Change

Why the melting Arctic matters to us all (Economist Video)

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The Economist | (Video report) | – – “Donald Trump is pulling America out of the Paris climate agreement. But if nothing is done to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, cities such as New York and Mumbai will have to defend themselves from flooding by the end of the century as sea levels rise.” The Economist: ” […]