Tag: Global Warming Solutions
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Why Environmental "Hypocrisy" Is Irrelevant and Inevitable
Accusations of hypocrisy against environmentalists because they too use fossil fuels are a dangerous and counterproductive distraction.
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Should we geoengineer the climate? We already are.
Geoengineering can be more than doing stuff to the environment. We could try leaving it alone.
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Vice President Biden talks climate to Rolling Stone
Douglas Brinkley at Rolling Stone sat down for an hour with Vice President Joe Biden and the topic of climate change made up considerable bulk of the interview. It's worth a read
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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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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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Thousands Gathering at Climate and Clean Energy Events Nationwide
Americans want action on climate and clean energy - so they're gathering at events nationwide.
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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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A pep talk for the climate movement
Paul Gilding has penned an optimistic and uplifting piece on the progress the climate movement has made and why he thinks we're on the verge of victory.
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Allan Savory shows us how to combat desertification and fix climate change
I don't want to raise expectations too much because that's the sure way to disappointment, but I think this presentation by Allan Savory is very important and more people should pay attention to what he has to say.
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What does conservative environmentalism look like?
What does conservative environmentalism look like? We know there are conservatives and Republicans that "care about the environment," but what do they want to do about it?
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Global warming is not reversible, at least not anytime soon. But it can - and must - be slowed.
Joe Romm at Climate Progress made a great point yesterday in highlighting one of the most dangerous myths of climate change: that it is reversible.
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How can civil disobedience best help the climate?
With a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, it's a good time to think about how best to respond to the decision and what forms of civil disobedience will best highlight climate change as a moral issue.
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How the insurance industry can help fight climate change. Or not!
Last month, I posted about how the insurance industry could help fight climate change. Well, maybe I was too optimistic.
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Obama to use Nixon-era law to fight climate change. Will it work?
President Obama will use NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act, signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1970, as a way to fulfill his State of the Union pledge to use executive power to address climate change when Congress fails to act.
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Democrats release draft legislation putting price on carbon
Today, four Democratic Congressmen released draft legislation that would put a price on carbon released by polluters.
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Is there room for hope on climate?
Grist's "Ask Umbra" is asked if there is hope for the planet. The answer is just what we needed.
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Can Washington D.C. become the greenest city in the U.S.?
The Sustainable D.C. Act of 2012 lists 32 goals, 31 targets, and more than 140 actions aimed to make Washington D.C. the "greenest city in the U.S."
