http://westcoastclimateequity.org Climate science and climate change information - West Coast Climate Equity is dedicated to providing facts about the causes of climate change and the evidence for global warming. We report the latest climate science news, information, research and studies to educate about the true impact of dangerous climate change on our world. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:35:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/11/02/a-new-online-magazine-from-350-org-the-solutions-journal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-online-magazine-from-350-org-the-solutions-journal http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/11/02/a-new-online-magazine-from-350-org-the-solutions-journal/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:39:23 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6708 "The Solutions Journal" from 350.org is one the best resources for climate change and energy problem solving. Period. No matter how much you know now, you can learn from this magazine.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/11/02/a-new-online-magazine-from-350-org-the-solutions-journal/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/10/08/is-the-climate-emergency-boring-you-it-shouldnt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-the-climate-emergency-boring-you-it-shouldnt http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/10/08/is-the-climate-emergency-boring-you-it-shouldnt/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 02:42:14 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6624 In facing the climate emergency, thanks to our long evolutionary past, we humans are first visceral, then emotional, and only finally are we rational. The climate emergency is getting closer every day, whether or not people have registered, and the only rational response is to persist with public education, persist with political lobbying, persist with the warnings, and persist with the vision of a world that can flourish without fossil fuels, air pollution, tar-sands, and oil-fueled terrorism.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/10/08/is-the-climate-emergency-boring-you-it-shouldnt/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/10/06/white-house-will-have-solar-panels-installed-after-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-house-will-have-solar-panels-installed-after-all http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/10/06/white-house-will-have-solar-panels-installed-after-all/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:50:28 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6615 Energy Secretary Steven Chu announces that the White House will install solar panels on the roof and a solar water heater

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/10/06/white-house-will-have-solar-panels-installed-after-all/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/05/bill-mckibben-we%e2%80%99re-hot-as-hell-and-we%e2%80%99re-not-going-to-take-it-any-more/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bill-mckibben-we%25e2%2580%2599re-hot-as-hell-and-we%25e2%2580%2599re-not-going-to-take-it-any-more http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/05/bill-mckibben-we%e2%80%99re-hot-as-hell-and-we%e2%80%99re-not-going-to-take-it-any-more/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:07:43 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6430 By Bill McKibben Cross-posted from CommonDreams.org: http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/04-1 Published on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 by TomDispatch.com Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming Try to fit these facts together: According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the planet has just come through the warmest decade, the warmest 12 months, the warmest six months, [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/05/bill-mckibben-we%e2%80%99re-hot-as-hell-and-we%e2%80%99re-not-going-to-take-it-any-more/feed/ 2 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/31/dr-james-hansens-report-from-norway-of-interest-to-canadians/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-james-hansens-report-from-norway-of-interest-to-canadians http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/31/dr-james-hansens-report-from-norway-of-interest-to-canadians/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:20:52 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6382 Dr. James Hansen's experience in Norway, including a letter to the Prime Minister and the government response, have been posted to Dr. Hansen's website. He condemns the Norwegian government for supporting Statoil's development of the Canadian Tar Sands.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/31/dr-james-hansens-report-from-norway-of-interest-to-canadians/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/25/burning-our-forests-for-fuel-will-doom-our-planet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=burning-our-forests-for-fuel-will-doom-our-planet http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/25/burning-our-forests-for-fuel-will-doom-our-planet/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:09:31 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6323 Bioenergy is an urgent problem that requires a real and immediate reduction of CO2 emissions. Burning wood to replace fossil fuels will increase CO2 output for several decades. And there is no assurance that energy from wood-fueled power would replace energy from gas-fired plants; it may just all be additional to the CO2 loading.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/25/burning-our-forests-for-fuel-will-doom-our-planet/feed/ 2 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/gwynne-dyer-speaks-about-climate-wars-on-democracy-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gwynne-dyer-speaks-about-climate-wars-on-democracy-now http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/gwynne-dyer-speaks-about-climate-wars-on-democracy-now/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:18:06 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6251 A new book by geopolitical analyst and columnist Gwynne Dyer imagines what the politics and demographics of the world might look like if temperatures continue to rise. Dyer writes 'In this world our worries are not just hotter summers, bigger hurricanes, rising sea levels, and polar bears swimming for their lives. We're trying to avoid megadeaths from mass starvation and quite possibly from nuclear wars and the odds aren’t good," he writes.The June 1, 2010 edition of his book is called "Climate Wars: The Fight for Survival as the World Overheats."

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/09/gwynne-dyer-speaks-about-climate-wars-on-democracy-now/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/27/long-term-effects-of-global-warming-will-be-far-worse-than-gulf-of-mexico-catastrophe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=long-term-effects-of-global-warming-will-be-far-worse-than-gulf-of-mexico-catastrophe http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/27/long-term-effects-of-global-warming-will-be-far-worse-than-gulf-of-mexico-catastrophe/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:09:37 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6166 Although the BP oil spill seriously threatens those who live along the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. intransigence on climate change threatens the entire world; a fact that is causing rising anger around the world. Yet the U.S. Congress continues to resist action on climate change on the basis that it will harm some U.S. economic interests, while ignoring our duties, responsibilities, and obligations to others to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to the U.S. fair share of safe global releases. For this reason, while the BP oil spill can be rightfully be understood as a disaster, U.S. Congressional inaction on climate change must be understood as a huge moral failure leading to an even greater disaster.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/27/long-term-effects-of-global-warming-will-be-far-worse-than-gulf-of-mexico-catastrophe/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/24/oil-drilling-disaster-potential-for-canada-nigeria-brazil-and-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oil-drilling-disaster-potential-for-canada-nigeria-brazil-and-china http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/24/oil-drilling-disaster-potential-for-canada-nigeria-brazil-and-china/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:34:09 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6137 Four Possible BP-Style Extreme Energy Nightmares to Come The disaster in the Gulf is no anomaly. It’s an arrow pointing toward future disasters. By Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com June 22, 2010 Michael T. Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, TomDispatch.com regular, and the author, most recently, of Rising [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/24/oil-drilling-disaster-potential-for-canada-nigeria-brazil-and-china/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/23/methane-in-some-areas-of-gulf-of-mexico-now-1-million-times-normal-level/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=methane-in-some-areas-of-gulf-of-mexico-now-1-million-times-normal-level http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/23/methane-in-some-areas-of-gulf-of-mexico-now-1-million-times-normal-level/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:59:40 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6130 As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday

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