New revelations about the secretive right-wing billionaire Barre Seid, who donated $1.6 billion to a conservative nonprofit run by Leonard Leo, known as Donald Trump’s “Supreme Court whisperer,” show he has also used his massive fortune to undermine climate science, fight Medicaid expansion and remake the higher education system in a conservative mold. We speak... Continue Reading →
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Science: What it is, how it works, and why it matters
Michael Mann on How to Win the Climate War and Avoid the Disaster
"The more society drifts from the truth, the more they will hate those that speak it." - George Orwell “It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” - Mark Twain YouTube Commenter - Angela Psaltou Video Source
With extreme heat waves in Europe, Asia, the United States and beyond, it’s clear climate change is making summers more dangerous and deadly. Urban areas are feeling the worst effects; a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. 2022 saw high temperatures in Kansas, Spain, Portugal, England (especially London), and India. But even within... Continue Reading →
As Heat Waves Worsen, THIS Policy Predicts Where People Will Die
We need to ground climate discourse in the present, not the future. . Remember when Donald Trump called climate change a hoax, suggesting it was invented by the Chinese to gain a trade advantage over the West? That was in 2016. By 2019, Trump claimed (equally falsely) that his administration was addressing climate change. Climate... Continue Reading →
How to Fight Climate “Delay”—Denial’s Hipper, More Dangerous Cousin
We won't—if we're honest—be able to tell them that we didn't know what was coming. “There’s no way to describe what’s unfolding before our eyes other than to say that the world is simply burning up—things are bad, but we can take action and avoid an even worse disaster, so there’s always hope.” “I wonder... Continue Reading →
What Fate Awaits Our Kids?
Each crisis of our 21st century world gives birth to new “warriors” who use truth and science to help us safely navigate calamities. Our ongoing pandemic is a prime example. Out of the chaos of a muddled anti-science leadership effort in 2020 emerged dedicated scientists, researchers, and companies who swiftly developed vaccines that are saving... Continue Reading →
Climate change in social media: One man’s pursuit of truth
Climate Emergency Video | Some very good points here folks…
DemocracyNow Official Title: This Is Not a Climate Solution: Indigenous Land Defender Warns Senate Bill Will Aid Fossil Fuel Firms We look at the Democrats’ sweeping $739 billion bill just passed by the Senate in part to address the climate crisis. Democrats in the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday with votes... Continue Reading →
Live: Beyond extreme weather: How the climate crisis changes life on Earth | News Desk
Extreme weather events are making the news more and more often, everything from droughts to floods. Climate change also affects us in other ways: shifting shorelines, declining agricultural productivity, food supply chains, water availability and population health. And whether you believe humans are the cause or not, it looks like our way of life is... Continue Reading →
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently dropped a bombshell announcement that should have garnered news headlines in the major global and U.S. media, but did not. New WMO research concludes that “[t]here... Continue Reading →
‘We know where we are headed’: humanity is sacrificing itself on the altar of corporate profits
‘Climate Anxiety’ Becoming The Next Mental Health Crisis In America’s Youth
Thousands of young Americans are taking on climate change and fighting back at those in power, whom they claim knowingly polluted the planet. Along with the pandemic and social media, the country's youth is facing a growing mental health crisis in dealing with "climate anxiety" for current and future generations. Source!
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