What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers? fastcoexist.com We give hurricanes such friendly, blameless names. What did Sandy ever do to anyone? An advocacy group wants to name disastrous storms after the politicians who are blocking effective climate policy. Spare a thought for people named Ivan,… http://flip.it/SKXvC Related articles What If We … Continue reading What If We Named Catastrophic Hurricanes After Climate Change Deniers?
For the price of the Iraq War, the U.S. could have gotten halfway to a renewable power system David Roberts, grist.org Discussions of how to respond to climate change often involve Very Large Numbers — the needed investments to transition to a fully renewable energy system are in the hundreds of billions. The brain sort … Continue reading For the price of the Iraq war we could have built a renewable energy system
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey knows what’s best for you, and fighting climate change ain’t it By Philip Bump, grist.org You’d think that by now John Mackey would have learned to shut up. The Whole Foods CEO and cofounder would no doubt be incensed at my saying so, of course, since — in classic hyper-entitled, … Continue reading Whole Foods CEO John Mackey perceptions about climate
Is Climate Change Self-Correcting? Australia’s Heatwave Stops Gasoline Sales By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com At high outback temperatures, gasoline vaporizes too quickly to pump. Continuing Australia’s trend of being majorly unpleasant this week, it got so hot in the Outback town of Oodnadatta a few days ago that you couldn’t even pump gas. RT @PopSci: Good … Continue reading Is Climate Change Self-Correcting?
The 10 Countries Where Climate Change and Pollution Is Killing the Population Timon Singh, inhabitat.com When you hear about the effects on climate change on global populations, some of the places that might immediately spring to mind might include the low-lying island of Tuvalu or Haiti, which is increasingly bearing the brunt of ever-more powerful… … Continue reading Countries where climate change kills
discovermagazine.com Like the debate on climate change and other societally important issues caught in the maw of our culture wars, the discourse on guns and violence has had a depressing, unchanging quality. Here’s President Obama two years ago: You see, when a trage… http://flip.it/R8QPz How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation Related articles Climate … Continue reading How Cultural Cognition Can Inform the Gun Conversation
Green Blog: What’s Your Meme? Changing the Climate Change Conversation By RACHEL NUWER, nytimes.com What’s the counterpoint to “Drill, baby, drill”? In the emerging field of meme science, researchers try to figure out what language and ideas resonate when it comes to the warming of the planet. What’s Your Meme? Changing the Climate Change … Continue reading Why sustainability is not appealing and what else to call it
Banks consider quitting food speculation due to role in global hunger By Brandon Keim, wired.co.uk Business Financial giant Barclays is considering an end to food speculation, a controversial practice linked to sudden, dangerous spikes in global food prices. Rich Ricci, head of Barclays’ corporate and investment banking… http://flip.it/eCcTF Related articles Millions face starvation as world … Continue reading Bankers realize food speculation is causing global food insecurity
Phil Plait, slate.com I was thinking of writing a lengthy post about climate change denial being completely unscientific nonsense, but then geochemist and National Science Board member James Lawrence Powell wrote a post that is basically a slam-dunk of debunking. His… http://flip.it/ag9vG Why Climate Change Denial Is Just Hot Air Related articles Two Documentaries on … Continue reading Why Climate Change Denial Is Just Hot Air
Concept Of “Purity” Makes Conservatives Care About Environmental Issues By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com Re-framing environmental rhetoric so it appeals to conservatives can really work, a study finds. It’s not that political conservatives don’t care about things like climate change, recycling and deforestation—it’s that they don’t care ab… RT @PopSci: Pro tip: Framing environmental issues in … Continue reading How to describe environmental science to conservatives
Behold: The Largest Iceberg Breakup Ever Caught on Film Eric Liu, theatlantic.com The effects of climate change, in one gorgeous, terrifying video So, wow. Wowwowwow. A group of filmmakers, making a movie called, aptly, Chasing Ice, have captured what they claim to be the largest iceberg calving ever filmed.… RT @megangarber: This is *literally* awesome: … Continue reading Climate change caught in action in iceberg destruction
By Eric Roston, bloomberg.com In the halting, measured language we’ve come to expect from his impromptu public remarks, President Obama posed a core dilemma of climate change yesterday at his first post-election press conference. Explaining the possible… Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change Related articles Keystone XL will "lock in" more climate … Continue reading Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change
The Battle Over Climate Science By Tom Clynes, popsci.com Climate scientists routinely face death threats, hate mail, nuisance lawsuits and political attacks. How much worse can it get? There’s no police tape across Michael Mann’s office doorway this morning. “Always a good start,” he says, juggling… http://flpbd.it/ibrtZ Related articles Climate Scientist Describes Death Threats And … Continue reading Climate scientists face death threats
Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY, npr.org Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY If you ask climate scientist Radley Horton, it’s difficult to say that Hurricane Sandy was directly caused by climate change, but he sees strong connections betw… http://flpbd.it/L0BSs Related articles Connecting … Continue reading Hurricane Sandy: another climate wake up call
Stop climate change: Move to the city, start walking By Jeff Speck, salon.com Climate change is helped along by suburban driving culture. We need to embrace cities — and walking In 2001, Scott Bernstein, at the Center for Neighborhood Technology in inner-city Chicago, produced a set of maps that are still chang… http://flpbd.it/KtKdq Related articles … Continue reading Scott Bernstein: move to the city and start walking
Awareness of science, environment and climate change is increasingly moving voters towards Obama. Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Saying Hurricane Sandy Affected Decision - NYTimes.com. Related articles Bloomberg's Obama endorsement is a vote for big government in time of crisis | Ana Marie Cox Bloomberg endorses Obama, citing Sandy and climate change Michael Bloomberg endorses Obama to lead … Continue reading Bloomberg Endorses Obama, Saying Hurricane Sandy Affected Decision
A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate By Climate Guest Blogger on Oct 5, 2012 at 10:30 am, thinkprogress.org by Bill Becker If Mitt Romney and Barack Obama had been able to look through the television cameras at who was watching their first debate, it undoubtedly would have been more interesting than the debate … Continue reading A Disappointing Presidential Debate For Energy And Climate
Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan: ‘A Political Document Not Worth Serious Analysis’ By Climate Guest Blogger on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm, thinkprogress.org by Walter Frick, via BostInno The central energy challenge we face as a nation and a planet is the transition away from fossil fuels, which contribute to climate change, to clean … Continue reading Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan
Just how hot is it in the US right now? - Boing Boing. Related articles As Climate Changes, Urban Planners Help Cities Adapt (wbur.org) BBC Burnt Over Climate Change Claim UK Will Be As Hot As Madeira (chimalaya.org) Plan Panel Seeks to Rewrite India's Climate Change Stance (chimalaya.org) Climate change is real, Canadians say, but … Continue reading Just how hot is it in the US right now?
The Alliance for Green Heat. It seemed impossible to find any kind of standardized analysis of biofuel, pellet or other wood burning stoves which are immersed in a kind of cloud of owner loyalties. Fortunately I at least found this site which provides a good summary of some of the models. Enviro mini appears to … Continue reading The Alliance for Green Heat: finally some kind of objective analysis of biofuel stoves
The program will prepare the next generation of interdisciplinary professionals to address the challenges of climate change and sustainable energy systems. Graduates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the science related to a changing climate and global warming, knowledge of the impacts of climate change, vulnerability of natural systems and the built environment, … Continue reading Johns Hopkins University Master of Science in Energy Policy and Climate brings cutting edge sustainability and science training online
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