Energy | IN-STREAM HYDRO RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #48 4 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $202.5 BILLION NET COST $568.4 BILLION NET SAVINGS Kinetic energy is energy in motion. The world’s waterways brim with it, as gravity draws water across watersheds, through rivulets and creeks, down larger tributaries, and into rivers flowing seaward. For millennia we... Continue Reading →
We have just 12 years to make massive and unprecedented changes to global energy infrastructure to limit global warming to moderate levels, the United Nation’s climate science body said in a monumental new report released Sunday. “There is no documented historic precedent” for the action needed at this moment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) wrote in its... Continue Reading →
Report: we have just 12 years to limit devastating global warming
Time’s up: 3 reasons why gradualism won’t save us Reason 1: The idea of a “safe upper limit” to warming is a myth For years, policymakers considered 2° C of warming over pre-industrial levels the point at which “dangerous” climate change would begin. TLDR: what this really meant was, ‘this is when we think it’ll get... Continue Reading →
3 reasons why gradualism won’t save us
climate victory gardens from green america…
Climate change is the most pressing issue of our time. Carbon dioxide levels have risen above 400ppm and there is an urgent call to sequester carbon and bring that number down to the pre-industrial level of 350ppm. Yet, it often seems like there isn’t much that can be done on an individual level to stop it. Sure,... Continue Reading →
every segment of society…
Climate Change invaluable work requires this critical understanding: To be effective, change must involve every segment of society working at every level of action. There is no dichotomy between “grassroots” and a “top-down” approach. The climate crisis requires action at every level of society. – Ross Gelbspan
UN Chief on Climate Change…
In a landmark speech today (10 Sep) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said, “Climate change is the defining issue of our time – and we are at a defining moment,” adding that “if we do not change course by 2020, we risk missing the point where we can avoid runaway climate change, with disastrous consequences... Continue Reading →
Green New Deal critics are making ‘fools of themselves’
Ocasio-Cortez says Green New Deal critics are making 'fools of themselves' “Historically speaking we have mobilized our country around war. It doesn’t need to be this way when the greatest existential challenge we face is climate change. We will have to mobilize our entire economy around saving ourselves and taking care of this planet.” “A... Continue Reading →
Amazon/Amazonas – a song to South America…
100% a 'Climate Emergency' song.... Talks clearly about what is happening to our Earth's lungs... and get this... this song was recorded in the late 70's. (we finally found the cassette) From YouTube: I strongly believe the information about this particular Salsa Climate Change Amazon song that is out there is incorrect, if my memory... Continue Reading →
you’ve got to speak up…
speak up...
worth comparing rail to other modes of transportation on energy consumption and emissions…
Rail travel is cleaner than driving or flying, but will Americans buy in? Transportation represents a large portion – about 29 percent – of U.S. emissions, and the share has been rising in recent years. Rail proponents often argue that investment in trains and public transportation is a key part of making transportation cleaner, and... Continue Reading →
how do we think…
Evolution found a system of thinking for us that largely circumvents the need for logic. Our everyday thinking most often bypasses logic and depends to a large extent on referring back to what we know, on the way our knowledge is organized in memory, and how such knowledge is evoked. I observe this in myself.... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 