Pessimism, Cynicism & Realism, or the Edge of the Volcano
Accusations of pessimism (and why is pessimism bad anyhow?) is a cheap shot at well-founded criticism of Team Dem.
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Florida Red Tide: Who Will Fix This Mess?
Environmentalists decry the role of corporate polluters and the state of Florida in the state’s red tide mess.
Read more...IPCC Climate Report: Profound Changes Are Underway in Earth’s Oceans and Ice – A Lead Author Explains What the Warnings Mean
The latest IPCC report gives a Defcon 1 climate emergency alarm. But are any of the right people paying attention?
Read more...Biden Moves to Protect the Tongass, North America’s Largest Rainforest, from Logging and Road Building
The Biden administration recently announced new policies to protect the Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world.
Read more...‘Unimaginably Catastrophic’: Researchers Fear Gulf Stream System Could Collapse
The Gulf Stream is already slowing, and its breakdown would be an umitigated climate disaster. Yet as always, complacency reigns.
Read more...Often Overlooked, New Building Codes Could Buffer Climate Change
Yves here. It’s nice to see a discussion of a concrete measure (pun not intended) to slow climate change. We need way more approaches that can be executed at a local level. By Emma Foehringer Merchant. Originally published at Undark On September 9, 2020, California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild opened a scheduled meeting with […]
Read more...‘The Economist’ Notices the Climate
A prominent example of Serious People giving lip service to the disastrous consequences of climate change, with no urgent call to action.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: What Climate Change Reformers Get Wrong
Climate change activists too often wind up bypassing core issues. Here are a couple of them.
Read more...A 20-Foot Sea Wall Won’t Save Miami – But Living Structures Can
How to rescue Miami…and other coastal cities that will otherwise be largely under water.
Read more...Andreas Malm Versus Property: ‘Because Nothing Else Has Worked’
Is going after property the only viable option for containing climate damage? Andreas Malm thinks so.
Read more...FTC Votes 5-0 to Crack Down on Companies For Thwarting Right to Repair
FTC issues new policy statement announcing a tougher enforcement stance on company repair and warranty practices.
Read more...As Scientists Have Long Predicted, Warming Is Making Heatwaves More Deadly
Twenty years ago the IPCC warned of summer heatwave deaths in unprepared temperate regions like the Pacific Northwest.
Read more...Are We Prepared for Pandora’s Box of Climate Catastrophes?
There’s still time to avoid the climate catastrophe we have set in motion, but it’s going to take drastic behaviour change and huge grassroots pressure on governments.
Read more...World’s Coral Scientists Warn Action is Needed Now to Save Even a Few Reefs from Climate Change
Coral reefs are the canary in the coal mine. The collapse of these ecosystems is the first unequivocally tied to climate change.
Read more...What’s in Wildfire Smoke? A Toxicologist Explains the Health Risks
An environmental toxicologist outlines steps to take to mitigate the effects of wildfire smoke.
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