Tag: Global Climate Change - Page 2
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Jargon watch: "Unburnable carbon" is important buzz word in energy debate
Leaving some fossil fuels in the ground is the oft-overlooked option in debates over energy policy. "Unburned carbon" is new buzz word and important choice in energy debate.
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It's time for Big Green to go fossil fuel free, says Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein calls out the biggest environmental organizations (National Wildlife Federation Endowment, The Nature Conservancy, NRDC, etc.) for their fossil fuel investments.
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CO2 levels in atmosphere reaching 400ppm for first time in 3 million years
The first measurements at the Mauna Loa observatory in 1958 had CO2 levels at 317ppm.
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If Keystone XL is rejected, will rail shipments fill the gap?
While rail may be considered safer than a pipeline, I don't find that argument compelling when considered in the context of the math of climate change. The debate over rail versus pipelines is the wrong argument to be having.
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Earth Day needs a new name
"Arguably, concern over the earth is elitist, something people can afford to spend their time on when every other need is met."
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Cancer detection equipment shows us why some corals resist bleaching
Coral bleaching is a huge problem made worse by global warming. It threatens extremely productive ecosystems that are home to countless marine species.
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The latest on Keystone XL: EPA criticizes State, while activists rally opposition
David Gordon, the director of policy planning under former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, says the chances are about four-to-one” that President Obama will approve the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian tar sands to oil refineries in Texas.
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Guy Callendar's groundbreaking scientific paper on man-made global warming is 75 years old
75 years ago this April, Guy Stewart Callendar, a steam engineer, inventor, and talented amateur meteorologist publish an important scientific paper linking the burning of fossil fuels to the warming of the Earth's climate.
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Climate activist, Tim DeChristopher released from prison
After two years in prison, Tim DeChristopher has been released and spoke with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now about his case.
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In 2011, China built as many coal plants as there are in Texas and Ohio combined
Solar and wind are growing fast - by 42% and 19% respectively during the past year - but coal has a much larger installed base, so even much lower growth represents a huge number of new dirty power plants that will pollute for decades to come.
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This Earth Day, share the many faces of climate change
To help put a human face on the challenge of climate change, the Earth Day Network is collecting images of people, animals and places affected by climate change, as well as images of people working to find solutions.
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Antarctic peninsula melting at fastest rate in 1,000 years
By analyzing a 364-meter ice core, researchers have been able to go back in time and track the freezing and melting cycles of Antarctica's peninsula.
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Bill McKibben on Climate: "You need to do more than change light bulbs. You need to change the system."
Bill McKibben has a new piece in Rolling Stone about the growing momentum of The Fossil Fuel Resistance movement
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Republican Congressman cites Noah's Flood as evidence against climate change being caused by humans
“I would point out that if you’re a believer in in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change and that certainly wasn’t because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy.”
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Junkyard car gets resurrected as bike with a mission (video)
Thanks to a creative project underway in Portugal, one retired old clunker has been given a chance to make amends for its polluting past life -- by being resurrected as a bicycle.
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James Hansen makes the case against Keystone XL and tar sands extraction
Climate scientist, James Hansen is retiring from NASA to to focus his time and energy to slowing the release of greenhouse gases.
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After 46 years at NASA, climate scientist James Hansen retires
Dr. James E. Hansen, who has been with NASA for 46 years and head of the Goddard Institute for Space Research since 1981, has announced that he was retiring from the space agency this week.
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Climate models for past 15 years proved extremely accurate
Modelling complex systems, such as our planet's global climate, isn't about predicting exactly what is going to happen. That's just too hard. But it can give us a much better idea of what is likely to take place.
