Environment

By Manon Flausch | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Samuel White | – – “Poverty and insecurity can be factors in radicalisation.” [Manon Flausch] From South America to the Middle East, the effects of climate change appear to exacerbate the problems of organised crime and terrorism. The UN and German think tank Adelphi have raised the […]

Climate Change

Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change (If only poisonous CO2 were black)

contributors

Vox/ UCLA | (Video News Clip) | – – “The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. This is the first episode of Climate Lab, a six-part series produced by the University of California in partnership with Vox. Hosted by Emmy-nominated conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan, the videos explore […]

Environment

40% of California Grid Power from Solar, Sometimes Costs less than Nothing

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – For the first time, on the day of March 23, 40% of Californian grid power between 11 am and 2 pm was generated by utility-scale solar plants. This proportion was a seasonal effect but not a fluke, and it certainly points to what will be routine […]

Environment

Global Warming in Atlantic driving Rapid Arctic Sea Ice Retreat

contributors

Tom Rippeth | (The Conversation) The seasonal sea-ice retreat across the Arctic Ocean is perhaps one of the most conspicuous indicators of climate change. In September 2012, a new record was set for the time that we have been tracking sea ice with satellites: the minimum sea ice extent was some 50% below the climatic […]

Climate Change

1 in 50 new Jobs in US is in Solar Energy, despite Trump

contributors

Bill Ritter, Jr. | (The Conversation) | On Tuesday, March 28, President Trump traveled to the Environmental Protection Agency to sign an executive order rolling back a number of climate-related regulations that have taken effect over the past eight years. The president’s team claims this effort will help bring our nation closer to energy independence, […]

Acidification of Oceans

Donald Trump: Global Ecocide

contributors

By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – Can one determined and willfully ignorant man both stem the green tide and push the world over the brink into ecocide? In Pittsburgh, where I worked for two months in 1986, I breathed clean air. The steel mills along the rivers leading into […]

China

Sorry, Trump: China is Leading World toward first “Ecological Civilization”

contributors

David Tyfield | (The Conversation) | – – The Trump administration’s hostility towards climate action and research leaves a void in global climate politics. Could China step up? The world’s largest absolute emitter could certainly use US inaction as an excuse to backslide on its promises of greenery. But China could instead see this as […]

Climate Change

Can the West Coast throw up a Green wall against Trump’s Assault on Environment?

contributors

By Arun Gupta. | ( Yes! Magazine ) | – – Despite a string of victories in the last few years limiting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure on the West Coast, Donald Trump’s presidency shows it was never going to be easy to defeat the oil and gas industry. In two months, Trump has […]

Climate Change

“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies

contributors

Newsy |. (Video News Clip) | / The Tree | – – “Energy companies representing almost the entire European Union have promised not to build new coal power plants after 2020.” Newsy: “EU energy companies make major coal announcement” The Tree notes that anyway there soon won’t be any growth in consumer demand for coal […]