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/2011/12/13/arctic-methane-emergency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arctic-methane-emergency http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/13/arctic-methane-emergency/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:46:27 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7943 Heightening the fear of rapid and severe climate change, continuous, powerful and impressive methane plumes, more than 1,000 metres in diameter, have been found beneath the Arctic seabed off the East Siberian Arctic Shelf of northern Russia.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/13/arctic-methane-emergency/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/10/cop17-climate-change-terrorism-is-politically-pragmatic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cop17-climate-change-terrorism-is-politically-pragmatic http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/10/cop17-climate-change-terrorism-is-politically-pragmatic/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:18:06 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7892 Right, and "Warning: lethally toxic high voltage radioactive explosive" is just a health tip. Stern's statement is trivially true; any information is a "guidepost." This particular guidepost informs us that 2oC is almost certainly catastrophic and knowingly going above it is insane. The cavalier manner with which he tosses the statement out, as though we were talking about highway signs advising motorists about rest stops, is criminally irresponsible.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/10/cop17-climate-change-terrorism-is-politically-pragmatic/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/09/beyond-dangerous-climate-change-till-we-have-faces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-dangerous-climate-change-till-we-have-faces http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/09/beyond-dangerous-climate-change-till-we-have-faces/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:26:59 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7835 What does it mean to be a young person who is just starting life as the older generations conspire to bring it all crashing down? Being condemned to a Hobbesian nightmare so that we can have drive through Latte Shoppes, Cancun vacations and nose hair trimmers for a few more years?

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/09/beyond-dangerous-climate-change-till-we-have-faces/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/08/lying-about-the-science-is-a-prescription-for-disaster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lying-about-the-science-is-a-prescription-for-disaster http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/08/lying-about-the-science-is-a-prescription-for-disaster/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:32:33 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7801 Bear in mind they are making that claim about a supposedly "safe" 2oC rise in temperature, a window we have almost certainly already missed thanks to years of the same waffling and foot dragging. As these posts document, we now know that 2oC is NOT safe and that further delay is absolutely suicidal.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/08/lying-about-the-science-is-a-prescription-for-disaster/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/08/stephen-schneider-science-and-distortion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stephen-schneider-science-and-distortion http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/08/stephen-schneider-science-and-distortion/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:13:05 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7795 “A year in the making, this video pays tribute to a critical scientific and academic figure in postmodern history: the late Climatologist and Stanford Professor Stephen Schneider (1945-2010) This video was screened before a live audience by Climate One of the Commonwealth Club of California in downtown San Francisco on Dec 6, 2011 as the [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/08/stephen-schneider-science-and-distortion/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/07/brutal-numbers-and-tenuous-hope-a-must-read/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brutal-numbers-and-tenuous-hope-a-must-read http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/07/brutal-numbers-and-tenuous-hope-a-must-read/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:59:09 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7728 Global inequity means that a disproportionate share of the climate change problem is caused by very few people. For the moment we don't really need to worry about changing 7 billion people, the real problem is the global 1%. That includes most of us in the developed world;

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/12/07/brutal-numbers-and-tenuous-hope-a-must-read/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/23/back-to-the-future-2-degress-c-is-safe-for-whom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-to-the-future-2-degress-c-is-safe-for-whom http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/23/back-to-the-future-2-degress-c-is-safe-for-whom/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:46:30 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7557 There are many, many tens of millions of us in the global North who accept the reality of climate change science. Were we to take meaningful action both personally and politically it would reduce CO2 emissions significantly and shake the political foundations of our societies to the core.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/23/back-to-the-future-2-degress-c-is-safe-for-whom/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/17/climate-change-media-coverage-and-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-change-media-coverage-and-you http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/17/climate-change-media-coverage-and-you/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:07:56 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7514 Taken together the stories underscore how vital it is that we pressure media and their advertisers to provide significantly more climate coverage. Further, that they must strive to make the coverage factual and accurate by stopping the farce of "providing balance" to the incoherent ideologues who manufacture claims of scientific controversy, except for the purpose of exposing their frauds and corporate funding.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/17/climate-change-media-coverage-and-you/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/12/climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/12/climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:03:35 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7479 Two new posts from Dr James Hansen; below is the text of his email notification for the them. Was this year's Texas anomaly a product of human-made global warming?

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/12/climate-variability-and-climate-change-the-new-climate-dice/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/09/world-headed-for-irreversible-climate-change-in-five-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=world-headed-for-irreversible-climate-change-in-five-years http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/09/world-headed-for-irreversible-climate-change-in-five-years/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:10:48 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7451 "... 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",

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