World headed for irreversible climate change in five years
“… it will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and the last chance of combating dangerous climate change will be “lost for ever”,
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.
A New Magazine From 350.org: The Solutions Journal
“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.
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.
White House Will Have Solar Panels Installed, After All
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announces that the White House will install solar panels on the roof and a solar water heater
James Hansen: What Global Warming Looks Like
Global warming on decadal time scales is continuing without letup, leading to the conclusion that there has been no reduction in the global warming trend of 15-0.20°C/decade that began in the late 1970s.
Bill McKibben: We’re Hot as Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More
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, [...]
Dark Commentary by Gwynne Dyer on Failure of US to Act on Climate Change Legislation
On the most optimistic timetable, there might be US climate legislation in 2013, and a global climate deal in 2014, and we really start reducing emissions by 2015. By then, we would need to be cutting emissions by 5 or 6 percent a year, instead of growing them at 3 percent a year, if we still want to come in under +2 degrees C.
Future High Temperature Rise Could Cause Up to 6.7 Million Mexicans To Migrate
Note from Dorothy: Many have long been aware of what the heating of our planet will mean for Mexico as it gets hotter and dryer. The study below, however, shows the direct linkages between crop failure and degrees Celsius of warming. The people of Mexico, who have done the least to cause dangerous climate change, [...]
Climate data shows June 2010 to be Earth’s hottest month on record
Last month was the hottest June recorded worldwide, figures show. US government climate data suggests 2010 on course to be warmest year since records began
