UNFCCC INT: Strongly suggest going to site and watching video there if it doesn't load here... Geneva, 13 September 2022 (WMO press release) - Climate science is clear: we are heading in the wrong direction, according to a new multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which highlights the huge gap between aspirations... Continue Reading →
"We are not living here by choice. Everything we own is underwater," says a rescued villager near Mehar, the latest city to be flooded in Pakistan due to record rainfall and the overflowing Indus River. Navy volunteers have raced out on lifeboats to deliver aid and ferry people in need of medical care back to... Continue Reading →
‘This is climate carnage’: UN chief visits Pakistan’s flood-ravaged provinces
Official Title: How Bad Is It? And what does that question even mean? I got a phone call last night, from a person I admire as much as anyone I know; she’s spent her life working, with great effectiveness, for a wide variety of progressive causes. I turn to her for guidance on dozens of questions.... Continue Reading →
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Climate Wars: The US’s divide on climate change – Part 1 | People and Power
Like the rest of the world, the United States has seen record temperatures, drought and wildfires in recent years - some of the long-predicted consequences of made-made global warming. In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a spending bill that – among other provisions for healthcare and tax reform – will commit nearly... Continue Reading →
Climate Wars: The US’s divide on climate change – Part 2 | People and Power
Like the rest of the world, the United States has seen record temperatures, drought and wildfires in recent years - some of the long-predicted consequences of made-made global warming. In August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law a spending bill that – among other provisions for healthcare and tax reform – will commit nearly... Continue Reading →
How bad can it (climate change) get? The sky’s the limit! No pun intended. Still, the general public is tired of negative articles about climate change. It turns them off. Climate change is impossible to deal with. It’s too much; it’s too negative! As a result, baffling emails come with loud and clear messages, some... Continue Reading →
How Bad Can It Get?
Rally Thursday Against Manchin's Dirty Deal--and Do Some Lobbying in the Meantime! . The Washington Post, which has done remarkable climate reporting in recent years, had a less successful story in this morning’s paper. Headlined (in oddly editorial fashion) “To fight climate change, environmentalists may have to give up a core belief,” it argues (citing... Continue Reading →
A pipeline is not a windmill
To tackle climate, experts say, environmentalists have to embrace big energy projects. Fast. . For decades, environmentalists have made their mark by stopping things. Petroleum facilities that spew toxic air pollution. Pipelines that cut across Indigenous lands. Drilling for oil and gas. But climate change is about to change everything. To cut U.S. greenhouse gas... Continue Reading →
To fight climate change, environmentalists may have to give up a core belief
Humans are consuming seafood at a level that cannot be maintained. If the fishing industry collapses, not only will many people lose their livelihoods, but millions will lose their main source of protein. Since 1990, global total fish consumption has increased by 122%. This places a massive burden on the fishing industry, a job market... Continue Reading →
Fish are friends, not just food! Dangers of Overfishing
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 →
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