Canadian Singer Raffi Calls for a Stunning Paradigm Shift to Stabilize Climate
Note from Dorothy: My grandchildren grew up listening to Raffi’s wonderful and unique songs – Baby Beluga, This Little Light of Mine, Morningtown Ride and my personal favourite, Douglas Mountain. Never could I have imagined then that this great Canadian musician would come to live on the same island in British Columbia as I do [...]
Shocking Rate of Carbon Dioxide Increase Never Before Experienced
Note from Dorothy, with update: There is no longer any question as to whether “the end is nigh.” It remains to be seen if we humans have the courage to face the reality of our potential extinction, and then, if we care enough about our survival, the energy to work to prevent this. I remain [...]
Climate Scientist James Hansen and Bill McKibben Talk Together About Dangerous Climate Change
James Hansen tells Bill McKibben “science demands actual reductions in fossil fuel emissions, not phony offsets.” He may bring suit against the US government on behalf of his grandchildren.
Human Species at Risk Because of Climate Change Denial
Two new articles, “Inaction on Climate Change Putting Decades of Human Progress at Risk” and “Is climate science disinformation a crime against humanity?”
Canada and US Hit by Huge ‘Weather Bomb’
Fueled by fossil fuel pollution, an unprecedented, freak “land hurricane” or “weather bomb” swept through the continental United States, leaving a path of devastation from Saskatchewan to Texas. Much of North America is being affected by this storm, which is covering millions of square kilometers.
Is the Climate Emergency Boring You? It Shouldn’t
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.
Indisputable Evidence of World Glacial Melt
Globally glaciers losing ice at an extensive rate. See the graph showing clear and evident long term reduction in glacier volume which has accelerated rapidly since 1970s
Most Powerful Image Yet Showing Huge Arctic Sea Ice Volume Loss
The volume of the Arctic sea ice falling even faster than the extent. Last year, it was 55% less than the 1979-2000 average. This year it is on course to be even lower.
‘Merchants of Doubt’ Misuse Science to Mislead the Public
A dark ideology is driving those who deny climate change People who claim that climate science is a conspiracy or the work of charlatans are talking rubbish by Robin McKie The Observer, August 1, 2010 Cross-posted from BC-SEA News Life can be hard in Moscow. The Russian capital is sweltering in temperatures that reached a [...]
Burning Our Forests For Fuel Will Doom Our Planet
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.
