Do, and despair not
Receiving worsening news about climate change, to some extent we choose to be dis-empowered. As Ray Grigg discusses in his post “Well-Informed Futility Syndrome”, for those predisposed to inaction news of this sort is a harbinger of doom. For those inclined to act it is a call to arms. An oversimplification, but as Grigg explains, we do have some choices about which we want to be.
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.
We Can Dream, Can’t We? GM Car of the Future
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Young People DO Care About Climate Change
After Bonn, a Safe Future For Youth Still in Doubt Posted on ClimateProgress.org June 12, 2009 http://climateprogress.org/2009/06/12/after-bonn-a-safe-future-for-youth-still-in-doubt/ Today’s guest blogger is Kyle Gracey, Chair for SustainUS and a graduate student in public policy and geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago. In 2050, I’ll be 77, and given the pace of the climate talks in [...]
Dutch state sued over new coal power stations
The Dutch state faces legal action from a number of environmental organisations for granting licences for the construction of new coal-fired power plants, reports Monday’s Financieele Dagblad. According to Johan Vollenbroek of the environmental consultancy Mob, the licences are against European environmental regulations.
Climate Change Challenge: Is Clean Coal a Solution?
CCS is a very expensive distraction, designed to make coal look good, but in reality taking scarce taxpayers’ dollars away from solutions that can make a real difference. Governments should place an immediate ban on new non-CCS coal-fired projects, as New Zealand and British Columbia have done, and set a date by which power companies will be required to stop buying coal-fired power, as California has done.
A Dismal Climate Forecast from NOAA
Editors note: there have been several hundred articles printed on this subject in the last two days, sources such as the New York Times, ABC News Australia, and the Globe and Mail, plus countless blogs. Our elected officials can’t pretend they haven’t heard this news. You can click on the title of this article for the direct link if you want to copy it [...]
A Genuine Progress Index
A Genuine Progress Index (GPI) would allow us to measure social and environmental factors of well-being with the same authority and enthusiasm with which we measure GDP. It would show whether social and environmental factors are improving or deteriorating and would create the awareness needed to stimulate serious actions toward solving the problems. Please help [...]
