Category: Climate Change
Pope Francis notes the near unanimity of scientists on the danger of human-made climate change
In the northern Great Plains, likely the richest wind regime in the world, the potential of tribal wind power exceeds 300 gigawatts across six states
What would happen if a social balance sheet, as well as financial one, had to be filed every year and companies continually in a deficit position would eventually disappear?
Toxic CO2 Gas Promoted by Trump Budget, Shell
The Great Barrier Reef has been dying off at an unprecedented rate due primarily to warming ocean waters
Bridget Burns: A feminist revolution demands climate justiceFeminist leaders, particularly indigenous women and grassroots organisers, have to be at the frontlines of climate change decision-making
There are two enormous myths about global warming. One is that dealing with it is optional. The other is that the measures needed to slow the process will devastate the economy. Neither is true. On the first point, we are already seeing major changes in weather that are almost certainly related to global warming, both Read more…
US Senator Jeff Merkley, with co-sponsorship from Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker and Ed Markey, has introduced a major piece of climate legislation, the “100 by ‘50 Act.” The primary objective of the bill is “to transition away from fossil fuel sources of energy to 100% clean and renewable energy by 2050.” I started hearing about Read more…
Are some major industrial countries only a decade or two from getting all their electricity from non-fossil fuel sources?
Steve Phillips: Jobs and industry in the Hunter ValleyContext for a conversation about a Just Transition away from coal