Thirty years ago Isaac Asimov together with Frederik Pohl explained the need and benefits of taxing carbon dioxide emissions, to address climate change causing pollution. Our Angry Earth: A Ticking Ecological Bomb, (1991) is a non-fiction book and polemic against the effects humankind is having on the environment by the science fiction writers Isaac Asimov…
MSNBC: Summer weather in Sochi, a record-drought in California and a polar vortex. The evidence for climate change is all around us. Bill Nye and Jeffrey Sachs talk about the climate debate and need for energy research. Bill Nye calmly explains climate change to clueless congressperson. @TheScienceGuy (via @Upworthy) http://t.co/JgUn8Spr3r — Todd B (@addictionguy) February…
Market Forces just published insights into the biggest backers of dirty coal (You know the technology from the Stone age, which destroys our precious climate state). Here, their data nicely visualized: Market Forces: Now, who are really the biggest lenders to dirty coal power plants? We have just launched a new section of our website…
Published on Feb 19, 2014: Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University, joins Thom Hartmann.
Examples of how abrupt climate change might apply to individual home owners and to business manufacturing sector provided by leading climate scientist. New report seeks early warning system of abrupt climate change events Boulder Daily Camera: A new National Research Council report calls for the development of an early warning system that could help better anticipate…
America’s natural gas system is leaky and in need of a fix, new study finds A review of more than 200 earlier studies confirms that U.S. emissions of methane are considerably higher than official estimates. Leaks from the nation’s natural gas system are an important part of the problem. This finding has important implications for…
At the Climate Conversation by the Weather Channel, David de Rothschild Discusses Cost of Fixing Climate Change with Presentation. Related Major funds pull out of fossil fuels
Jan 3, 2011 by The Nation: The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But beyond the damage these fuels cause to us now, what will happen when the world’s supply of oil runs out?…
Margaret Thatcher was the first world leader to even mention global warming and to take it seriously.
Leading the Global Climate and Energy Agenda: This week, some 2,500 CEOs, politicians, academics and journalists descend on the Swiss village of Davos for the 44th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. We’ll be posting video from the most interesting sci-tech events here in Forum. Related Industry Awakens to Threat of Climate Change By Coral Davenport,…
If You See Something, Say Something http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/opinion/sunday/if-you-see-something-say-something.html and http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/01/if-you-see-something-say-something/ The ‘Clear and Present Danger’ of Climate Change Interview by KCRW 21 Jan, 2014: Almost 100% of climate scientists now say global warming is caused by human behavior and that action now is a moral imperative for future generations. But public perception is moving the other way,…
Published on Jul 31, 2013: A new analysis of oil and gas pipeline safety in the United States reveals a troubling history of spills, contamination, injuries and deaths. Read more at NoKeystone.org. This time-lapse video shows pipeline incidents from 1986 to 2013, relying on publicly available data from the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.…