Category Archives: Global warming

Global Weather Disruptions, Food Commodity Prices, and Economic Activity: A Global Warning For Advanced Countries

Examines the macroeconomic effects of global food commodity price increases that are caused by global harvest and weather disruptions, and finds that the decline in economic activity is substantial and greater in advanced than in low-income countries.

Ida’s Landfall Imminent, Disaster Expert General Russel Honoré Says Time to Declare Climate Emergency

Gulf Coast communities face added pollution as Hurricane Ida nears amid the build-out of gas export and plastic-manufacturing plants.

Current Climate Extremes Double at 2 Degrees Warming and Quadruple at 3 – Lead IPCC Author

The latest IPCC report shows we are climate-cooking our goose more quickly than even most pessimists had thought.

Here’s What Makes a New Amazon Carbon Study So Unnerving

Walking through yet more troubling information about the state of the Amazon.

“All-Electric Future Comes At A Huge Cost”

Tempering some of the enthuiasm for “all-electric” schemes.

Waste Watch: UK Enacts Right to Repair Rules

UK enacts right to repair rules, which should make spare parts for some electrical devices and large household appliances more widely available.

50th Anniversary of Powell Memorandum: Neoliberalism Has Wrecked Its Hosts

Commemorating a desructive anniversary, that of the Powell memo that set forth how big business would wage war against ordinary citizens.

Amazon: Regrowing Forests Have Offset Less Than 10% of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation

Unless drastic changes are made to halt deforestation and encourage forests to regrow, the Amazon cannot fulfil its potential to mitigate climate change.

Report: Fashion Kills Africa’s Rivers

Water Waste report discusses how textile production pollutes Africa’s rivers – and what must be done to correct this fashion problem.

Is Western U.S. Experiencing a ‘Megadrought’?

The U.S. West may be in a climate-fueled megadrought, but willingness to admit that, let alone address it, is awfully slow in coming.

Don’t Plant Trees, Grow Forests!

Forests are far superior to tree plantations at carbon removal. Unfortunately, the world is planning for tree plantations.

Climate Activists Target Banks’ Greenwashing in Nationwide #DefundLine3 Protests

Banks fund new oil pipelines that will generate climate pollution for decades. They are greenswahing their loans as ‘sustainability’ measures

How a National Infrastructure Program Would Protect Americans From Hurricanes

Biden’s infrastructure plan includes defending flood and hurricane vulnerable areas, when saving all of them may not be the right answer.

The Oil & Gas Inflation Trap That No One Wants To Talk About

So much for concerns about climate change. The Biden Administration is doing what it can to lower oil and gas prices.

Key Takeaways From the New IPCC Report

A data-oriented overview of the IPCC report.