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/2011/12/10/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/2011/11/09/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",

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2011/11/09/world-headed-for-irreversible-climate-change-in-five-years/feed/ 3 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/12/12/november-16-a-black-day-for-canadian-democracy-and-climate-change-activism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=november-16-a-black-day-for-canadian-democracy-and-climate-change-activism http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/12/12/november-16-a-black-day-for-canadian-democracy-and-climate-change-activism/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:27:47 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6754 What happened when a climate activist wrote to Canadian senators about the killing of Climate Change Bill C-311; a "black day" for Canadian democracy

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/12/12/november-16-a-black-day-for-canadian-democracy-and-climate-change-activism/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/11/05/human-species-at-risk-because-of-climate-change-denial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=human-species-at-risk-because-of-climate-change-denial http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/11/05/human-species-at-risk-because-of-climate-change-denial/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:42:14 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6729 Two new articles, "Inaction on Climate Change Putting Decades of Human Progress at Risk" and "Is climate science disinformation a crime against humanity?"

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/11/05/human-species-at-risk-because-of-climate-change-denial/feed/ 2 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/2010/08/16/as-global-temperature-rises-so-do-food-prices/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-global-temperature-rises-so-do-food-prices http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/16/as-global-temperature-rises-so-do-food-prices/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:14:18 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6513 As concerns mount over extreme weather hitting global food systems this year, governments are no closer to forging a pact to fight climate change. The effects of extreme weather on crops are only beginning to be understood. For decades scientists studied the effect of global warming on crops by simply raising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels in greenhouses. They did not take into account the effects of floods and droughts, or reduced yields that result from higher temperatures.

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/08/16/as-global-temperature-rises-so-do-food-prices/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/2010/07/28/future-high-temperature-rise-could-cause-up-to-6-7-million-mexicans-to-migrate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=future-high-temperature-rise-could-cause-up-to-6-7-million-mexicans-to-migrate http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/28/future-high-temperature-rise-could-cause-up-to-6-7-million-mexicans-to-migrate/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:04:05 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6366 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, [...]

]]> http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/28/future-high-temperature-rise-could-cause-up-to-6-7-million-mexicans-to-migrate/feed/ 0 http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/22/a-great-champion-in-the-battle-to-save-our-planet-has-died/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-great-champion-in-the-battle-to-save-our-planet-has-died http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/07/22/a-great-champion-in-the-battle-to-save-our-planet-has-died/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:02:00 +0000 Dorothy http://westcoastclimateequity.org/?p=6320 Video of the late Stephen H. Schneider, a Stanford University climate scientist speaking on "Is the Science Settled." Professor Schneider "for decades built the case that global warming, while laden with complexity, justified an aggressive response," died of a heart attack on July 19. He was 65.

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