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/2011/10/22/the-sorcerers-apprentice-geoengineering-hubris-and-reality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-sorcerers-apprentice-geoengineering-hubris-and-reality http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/10/22/the-sorcerers-apprentice-geoengineering-hubris-and-reality/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:40:07 +0000 Greenfyre http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=7110 Geoengineering Catch 22, what if the problem is that we don't even know what the problem is? As such the problem is more of human ignorance and incapacity to make rational choices rather than a technological one per se. If that is the case then clearly "the solution" is education. Obviously we need to get the public to realize that geoengineering is no solution and to understand just how great the risks are, however.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/10/22/the-sorcerers-apprentice-geoengineering-hubris-and-reality/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/09/01/increased-interest-in-artificial-trees-for-removal-of-carbon-from-atmosphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=increased-interest-in-artificial-trees-for-removal-of-carbon-from-atmosphere http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/09/01/increased-interest-in-artificial-trees-for-removal-of-carbon-from-atmosphere/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:01:12 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=3620 Many climate scientists calculate that the world has only a few decades to reduce emissions before there is so much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that a dangerous rise in global temperature is inevitable. The authors of this report say that geo-engineering of the type they propose should be used on a short-term basis to buy the world time, but in the long term it is vital to reduce emissions.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/09/01/increased-interest-in-artificial-trees-for-removal-of-carbon-from-atmosphere/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/08/10/william-h-calvin-putting-the-co%e2%82%82-genie-back-in-the-bottle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=william-h-calvin-putting-the-co%25e2%2582%2582-genie-back-in-the-bottle http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/08/10/william-h-calvin-putting-the-co%e2%82%82-genie-back-in-the-bottle/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:44:48 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=3542 This presentation by Dr. Calvin was made at the University of Victoria BC on June 18th. The event was sponsored by the BC Chapter of the Sierra Club of Canada. Dr. Calvin is introduced by Dr. Colin Campbell, Science Advisor to the Sierra Club of BC. At the end of the five minute introduction, click [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/08/10/william-h-calvin-putting-the-co%e2%82%82-genie-back-in-the-bottle/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/06/15/dr-william-h-calvin-to-speak-at-the-university-of-victoria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-william-h-calvin-to-speak-at-the-university-of-victoria http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/06/15/dr-william-h-calvin-to-speak-at-the-university-of-victoria/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:03:57 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=3234 Dr. William Calvin, who is widely known for his books on human evolution and climate change, will give a presentation hosted by Sierra Club of British Columbia and the University of Victoria on Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 7PM UVic, in the Bob Wright Earth, Ocean, and Atmosphere Sciences Building.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/06/15/dr-william-h-calvin-to-speak-at-the-university-of-victoria/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/05/24/very-best-strategies-crucial-for-generating-enough-green-energy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=very-best-strategies-crucial-for-generating-enough-green-energy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/05/24/very-best-strategies-crucial-for-generating-enough-green-energy/#comments Sun, 24 May 2009 21:54:41 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=3053 Our Energy Needs: Getting From Here To There by Ray Grigg May 24, 2009 Our options for solving the growing energy dilemma confronting modern civilization seem to fall into two basic categories: we already have the clean technology to meet our energy needs if we just had the political will to utilize them; and we [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/05/24/very-best-strategies-crucial-for-generating-enough-green-energy/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/04/20/we-may-trade-away-our-future-with-cap-and-trade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=we-may-trade-away-our-future-with-cap-and-trade http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/04/20/we-may-trade-away-our-future-with-cap-and-trade/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:31:46 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=2849 All these methods of pricing carbon permit the creation of a carbon market that will allow us to pollute beyond a catastrophic tipping point. In other words, they require us to put a price on the final "killing" tonne of CO2 which, once emitted, tips the balance and triggers runaway global warming. How can we set such a price? It's like saying, how much is civilisation worth?

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/04/20/we-may-trade-away-our-future-with-cap-and-trade/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/04/14/global-warming-may-necessitate-carbon-dioxide-scrubbers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-warming-may-necessitate-carbon-dioxide-scrubbers http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/04/14/global-warming-may-necessitate-carbon-dioxide-scrubbers/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:20:18 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=2826 Advocates say that while large-scale air capture projects might be a long time away, their economics aren't as bad as everyone assumes. Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist who studies energy and climate policy at the University of Colorado, conducted a recent study that found that stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations with air capture using today's technologies could about equal the costs projected by the IPCC of other ways to deal with warming.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/04/14/global-warming-may-necessitate-carbon-dioxide-scrubbers/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/03/19/the-moral-choice-between-mitigation-or-adaptation-to-dangerous-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-moral-choice-between-mitigation-or-adaptation-to-dangerous-climate-change http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/03/19/the-moral-choice-between-mitigation-or-adaptation-to-dangerous-climate-change/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:34:01 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=2622 The world won’t adapt and can’t adapt to dangerous climate change: the only adaptive response to a global shortage of food is starvation. Of the two strategies it is mitigation, not adaptation, which turns out to be the most feasible option, even if this stretches the concept of feasibility to the limits. As Dieter Helm points out, the action required today is unlikely but “not impossible. It is a matter ultimately of human well being and ethics.”

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/03/19/the-moral-choice-between-mitigation-or-adaptation-to-dangerous-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/03/07/alberta-tar-sands-facts-%e2%80%93-judge-for-yourself/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alberta-tar-sands-facts-%25e2%2580%2593-judge-for-yourself http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2009/03/07/alberta-tar-sands-facts-%e2%80%93-judge-for-yourself/#comments Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:23:59 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=2486 The Alberta Tar Sands is the largest fossil fuel project on the planet, lying beneath 141,000 square kilometers of northern Alberta forest, an area almost as large as the state of Florida. Its development is turning once pristine stretches of forest into desolate landscapes. Former Premier of Alberta, Peter Lougheed, was recently quoted on the Tar Sands as saying, “... it is just a moonscape. It is wrong in my judgment, a major wrong."

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