Expert: Climate Change is a National Security Nightmare

2018, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Communication, Conflict, Economy, Energy Security, Food Security, Impacts, National Security, Policy, Society, Water SecurityLeave a comment

Paul Ross https://twitter.com/paulross from http://talkradio.co.uk / https://twitter.com/talkRADIO talks with climate scientist Mike Mann https://twitter.com/MichaelEMann about the ongoing heat wave, and elaborates on security implications.

The Speech Trump Never Gave

2018, Clean Tech, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Energy, USALeave a comment

Countries at all levels of income now have the opportunity to build lasting economic growth at the same time as reducing the immense risks of climate change. The longer the world waits to do something about it, the harder it will be to transition to a low-carbon economy. https://www.nationalmemo.com/report-climate-change-action-good-economy Climate change action is good for…

What we gonna do about Global Warming? Refugees, Food & Water issues, Stronger Weather mounting

2018, Adaptation, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Communication, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Extreme Weather, Impacts, Natural Gas, Policy, USALeave a comment

Noam Chomsky: Global Warming’s Worst Case Projections seem increasingly likely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4PisLH8J2g Exxon Chairman Rex Tillerson 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IotGLnXvaEk Darren Woods, Chairman & CEO ExxonMobil | Fuelling the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSwzDNTtVEDarren Woods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Woods James Hansen on Natural Gas and Climate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHmkxcDbUC8 Jim Hansen on the Rate of Ice Sheet Melt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdw37BeBi_4 Amory Lovins: Natural Gas is worse than…

Noam Chomsky: Global Warming’s Worst Case Projections seem increasingly likely

2018, Climate Change, Communication, Economy, Emissions Reduction, Energy, Permafrost, Policy, USALeave a comment

One of the most cited scholars in history, Noam Chomsky speaks at St Olaff College May 2018, discussing the Epics, Anthropocene, the 6th Extinction and climate change actions. Noam Chomsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_ChomskyAnthropocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnthropoceneSixth Extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction Watch the full lecture with Noam Chomsky at St Olaff College – 4 May 2018 – FULL PRESENTATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDQ2fjg0kMM

The Secrets of Capturing Carbon with Soils

2018, Biochar, Climate Engineering, CO2 Sequestration, Pedology, UKLeave a comment

Negative emissions from soil management. Speaker: Pete Smith (May 2018) Pete Smith is the Professor of Soils and Global Change at the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, UK), and is Science Director of the Scottish Climate Change Centre of Expertise (ClimateXChange). Since 1996, he has served as Convening…