Decarbonisation is the only way out of our climate emergency. The quicker we do it the less damage we will incur. But just about every mainstream agency and organisation around the world is advising policymakers not to move too quickly away from fossil fuels for fear of disrupting economies and societies. The real world statistics... Continue Reading →
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) declared a state of emergency Saturday over what she called "extraordinary flooding," which caused power outages, sewer backups and left dozens of drivers stranded. Driving the news: Flood watches were in place through Sunday, after up to 7 inches of rain fell in some parts of the state over the past... Continue Reading →
Michigan governor declares state of emergency over “extraordinary flooding”
Exxon Exposed: Greenpeace Tricks Top Lobbyists into Naming Senators They Use to Block Climate Action
Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna, the chair of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Environment, has announced plans to ask the CEOs of Exxon and other fossil fuel companies to testify before the committee about their role in blocking congressional action to address the climate emergency. Khanna made the request after Greenpeace UK released a video... Continue Reading →
Economies worldwide nearly ground to a halt over the 15 months of the coronavirus pandemic, leading to a startling drop in global greenhouse gas emissions. But the idle airplanes, boarded-up stores and quiet highways barely made a dent in the steady accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which scientists from the Scripps Institution of... Continue Reading →
Despite pandemic, carbon dioxide level in atmosphere hits record high
Posted on 22 September 2010 by Guest post by Alan Marshall from climatechangeanswers.org Update August 9, 2020: Please be aware that this article was published in 2010 and that its content is no longer considered accurate. As it still gets regularly linked to from other websites, we will not delete or "unpublish" it. Instead, here... Continue Reading →
Climate Change: The 40 Year Delay Between Cause and Effect
On June 23, 1988, James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Space Institute gave testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Opening Statement to the Committee, by Dr. James Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for the opportunity to present the results of... Continue Reading →
Congressional Testimony of Dr. James Hansen, June 23, 1988
The last few weeks have demonstrated that we have arrived at the climate change catastrophe long prophesied by climate scientists—a catastrophe that many thought we still had decades to avert. In the Pacific Northwest high temperatures broke records day after day. In my former home of Portland, Oregon the temperature reached 116 degrees F (47... Continue Reading →
Climate change consequences: Too hot, too wet and out of time
How America’s Hottest City is Innovating to Survive | Weathered
Perhaps no place in the United States more clearly illustrates the dangers of global warming than Phoenix, Arizona. 2020 was their hottest year on record, with 53 days reaching at least 110 degrees F. And heat-related deaths there have more than doubled over the last 5 years. But while these trends are truly disturbing, there... Continue Reading →
The Great Climate Migration Has Begun
The climate crisis is forcing thousands around the world to flee as their homes become increasingly uninhabitable. Abrahm Lustgarten is a Pulitzer Prize-winning environmental reporter and has spent years looking at how climate migration will reshape the world. He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about his latest project. Source...
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