Environment

On the latest episode of his StarTalk Radio Show, Neil DeGrasse Tyson spoke to former CNN science journalist Miles O’Brien about the failures of modern news reporting — particularly at CNN. As the interview began, O’Brien joked that CNN fired…

Climate Change

Congressional Gridlock on Climate Change hurts US Int’l Leadership on Issue

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(David Victor via The Stanley Foundation) As the world heads toward a new round of climate talks in 2015, the moment is ripe for concerted, collective action to surmount years of international procrastination. In an interview with the Stanley Foundation, David Victor—the author of the book Global Warming Gridlock about why there hasn't been much […]

Climate Change

8 False Climate-Change-Denial Memes Debunked by Real Scientists

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Most people who deny that human activity is warming the planet just dismiss a massive body of scientific evidence as a big hoax. But there’s a more sophisticated set of climate “skeptics” who make arguments that, at least to the lay ear, sound…

Climate Change

Picture This: U.S. Cities Under 12 feet of Sea Level Rise

Juan Cole

By Climate Central Maps are one way to understand what collapse of West Antarctic glaciers could eventually mean. Photos show it another way. In 2013, Climate Central shared some of its sea level rise mapping data with artist Nickolay Lamm so that…

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Fracking Victims demand Environmental Protection Agency Intervention

Juan Cole

(By Lauren McCauley) The 150 million Americans routinely exposed to toxic air as a result of oil and gas drilling need better protection from their government, demanded a coalition of 64 environmental and community groups, who on Tuesday filed a petition (pdf) asking the Environmental Protection Agency to set limits on the air pollutants emitted […]

Climate Change

On Sunday, 75% of Germany’s Electricity came from Renewables

Juan Cole

En route to its 2050 Energiewende goal of 80% of the nation’s power being supplied by renewables, especially spurred on by the phaseout of nuclear reactors, Germany broke another renewable energy record on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Europe’s biggest…

Climate Change

You always knew it was a Gas Hog: Ben Affleck’s Batmobile to be a Hybrid

Juan Cole

Ben Affleck is slated to be the next Batman, and the Batmobile could get a major overhaul too. A hybrid Batmobile? Even the Dark Knight is going green. Yesterday director Zack Snyder tweeted the above teaser picture of the next Batmobile, and later…

Climate Change

Iran Going Big With Renewables! 5,000 MW Of New Solar & Wind Capacity By 2018?

Juan Cole

Iran is aiming big with renewables, based on recent statements made by the Iranian Energy Minister, Hamid Chitchian. As revealed by Chitchian, the country’s new goal is to add 5,000 MW of new solar energy and wind energy capacity by the year 2018.…

Climate Change

NASA: West Antarctic ice sheet collapse now Inevitable, 10 ft Sea Rise Locked In

Juan Cole

West Antarctic ice sheet collapse ‘unstoppable’, says NASA (via AFP) Ice is melting in the western Antarctic at an “unstoppable” pace, scientists said Monday, warning that the discovery holds major consequences for global sea level rise in the coming decades. The speedy melting means that prior calculations of sea level… ——- Reuters: “Antarctic ice […]