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/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/2010/09/17/policy-shift-from-mitigation-to-adaptation-for-climate-change-taking-place/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=policy-shift-from-mitigation-to-adaptation-for-climate-change-taking-place http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/09/17/policy-shift-from-mitigation-to-adaptation-for-climate-change-taking-place/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 23:04:06 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6583 UK committee on Climate Change finds a degree of adaptation to global warming vital because even most drastic cuts in emissions cannot prevent some impacts

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/09/17/policy-shift-from-mitigation-to-adaptation-for-climate-change-taking-place/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/01/dark-commentary-by-gwynne-dyer-on-failure-of-us-to-act-on-climate-change-legislation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dark-commentary-by-gwynne-dyer-on-failure-of-us-to-act-on-climate-change-legislation http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/01/dark-commentary-by-gwynne-dyer-on-failure-of-us-to-act-on-climate-change-legislation/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 01:08:26 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6398 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.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/01/dark-commentary-by-gwynne-dyer-on-failure-of-us-to-act-on-climate-change-legislation/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/30/cryosat-2-now-sending-data-on-arctic-and-antarctic-ice-thickness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cryosat-2-now-sending-data-on-arctic-and-antarctic-ice-thickness http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/30/cryosat-2-now-sending-data-on-arctic-and-antarctic-ice-thickness/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:52:36 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6200 The Cryosat-2 mission is delivering on its promise to make high-precision radar measurements of polar ice. The first data from the European spacecraft has been presented at an Earth observation meeting in Norway. The information clearly shows Cryosat has the required sensitivity to assess the state of Antarctic and Arctic ice

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/30/cryosat-2-now-sending-data-on-arctic-and-antarctic-ice-thickness/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/05/07/et-meets-it-video-of-time-magazine-interview-with-google/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=et-meets-it-video-of-time-magazine-interview-with-google http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/05/07/et-meets-it-video-of-time-magazine-interview-with-google/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 19:22:23 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=5932 Video: Brian Walsh of TIME Magazine interviews Dan Reicher, director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google, who talks of what the Internet giant is doing in the clean energy sphere.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/05/07/et-meets-it-video-of-time-magazine-interview-with-google/feed/ 4 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/24/jeremy-rifkin-on-the-race-to-global-consciousness-in-a-world-of-crisis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jeremy-rifkin-on-the-race-to-global-consciousness-in-a-world-of-crisis http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/24/jeremy-rifkin-on-the-race-to-global-consciousness-in-a-world-of-crisis/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:18:50 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=5822 Video: Jeremy Rifkin, author of "The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World of Crisis," talks with Google staff about his book.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/24/jeremy-rifkin-on-the-race-to-global-consciousness-in-a-world-of-crisis/feed/ 1 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/14/arctic-sea-ice-thickness-important-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=arctic-sea-ice-thickness-important-update http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/14/arctic-sea-ice-thickness-important-update/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:55:37 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=5592 Important new information: New graphic from NSIDC showing Arctic sea ice thickness, plus a report on the successful launch of the European satellite CryoSat 2, also for measuring Arctic ice thickness

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/14/arctic-sea-ice-thickness-important-update/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/11/dr-james-hansen-says-our-fossil-fuel-addiction-threatens-the-lives-of-our-grandchildren/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-james-hansen-says-our-fossil-fuel-addiction-threatens-the-lives-of-our-grandchildren http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/04/11/dr-james-hansen-says-our-fossil-fuel-addiction-threatens-the-lives-of-our-grandchildren/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:49:06 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=5545 The predominant moral issue of the 21st century, almost surely, will be climate change, comparable to Nazism faced by Churchill in the 20th century and slavery faced by Lincoln in the 19th century. Our fossil fuel addiction, if unabated, threatens our children and grandchildren, and most species on the planet.

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