CNN: Stanford University has already decided it will no longer directly invest in coal mining companies because it has a responsibility to consider “corporate policies or practices (that) create substantial social injury.” Harvard is fighting climate change, too. The university has an enviably small carbon footprint and its scientists are among the most respected for…
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: In today’s EPW Committee Hearing, Dr. Drew Shindell, PhD discusses the overwhelming evidence of climate change. He notes that evidence such as shrinking ice caps, rising oceans, and rising temperatures are seen by satellites. Related The Guardian: Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced a climate bill in the US…
Peter Sinclair interviewed Dr Rahmstorf in Reykjavik, 2013.
Vermont organic farmer Will Allen (and author of The War on Bugs) used Soil Reef biochar in different places and in different application rates at his Cedar Circle farm. He found the growth differences in his sunflowers and beans to be very significant. Join Biochar Bob in this quick look at the results and see…
Christiana Figueres responds to journalists, selected parts from the Lima Climate Change Conference – press briefing, December 1st, 2014. Source: UNFCCC Executive Secretary and COP20/CMP10 President http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop20/events/2014-12-01-16-30-united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change/unfccc-executive-secretary-and-cop20-cmp10-president Related Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change IPCC Working Group III Contribution to AR5 http://mitigation2014.org/ UN official calls fossil fuels ‘high-risk’ investment http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/225686-un-official-calls-fossil-fuels-high-risk-investment Oil Investors May Be…
The award-winning Canadian journalist, international activist and best-selling author (The Shock Doctrine, No Logo) depicts climate change as more than an “issue.” It’s a civilizational wake-up call delivered in the language of fires, floods, storms and droughts. It demands that we challenge the dominant economic policies of deregulated capitalism and endless resource extraction. Climate change…
We have now become a major planetary force. Related http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2368732
Sir David Attenborough and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg talking about coral reefs. Film by Tanya Dodgen / QLD, Australia. Nov 2014
June 2014: Thomas L. Friedman interviewed President Obama, for Years of Living Dangerously.
What do rising sea levels have to do with gin & tonics? Why does the level of the sea matter? Why doesn’t the guy I met in the pub want to be my friend? Find out the answer to all these questions – and more – in the very first episode from ClimateAdam! twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ClimateAdamfacebook:…
Is there a special topic which is lacking at ClimateState, or requires updates? Content includes the general broad spectrum of climate related topics, mostly the typical video post. Though recently, two exclusive ClimateState interviews. If you missed them, read: Stefan Rahmstorf: The critical threshold, the “tipping point” in West Antarctica has now passed Bill McGuire: Modelling…
As climate change continues to hammer Arctic sea ice, pushing back its summertime boundaries to record-high latitudes, NASA is flying an innovative airborne mission to find out how these developments will affect worldwide weather. NASA: Oct 15, 2014: Climate change is a global phenomenon, yet Earth scientists are keeping a wary eye on one place…