A Warning From Carl Sagan on Scientific Ignorance
Just before his death, Carl Sagan warned us about the perils of a technological society where fewer and fewer people know, or care, what science says.
A thought provoking take on Climate Change
Thomas Painter of NASA JPL speaks at TEDxISU on fascinating new data and perspectives on the causes and impact of Climate Change.
A Surprisingly Simple Way To Stop Fracking
Watch the true story of a town who discovered strength in unity and turned the tables on the powerful oil & gas industry.
A Single Battery Charge Enough to Travel 1200 KM
Model S prototype ‘set a new benchmark for the entire automotive industry’.
A shift in priorities for the biggest single climate action blocker?
Koch Industries, the holding firm for David Koch and his brother, will buy Molex, which sells interconnection systems to automakers, mobile-phone companies and military customers. That includes Apple, which uses some Molex connectors for the iPhone 5, the top-selling smartphone. Source Billionaire Koch brothers latest bet: Spending US$7.2 [...]
A potentially historic heat wave intensifies along the U.S. West Coast
The National Weather Service warned that the high-pressure system causing the heat wave would continue to bring scorching temperatures, with the worst yet to come on Saturday.
A potential future world scenario, driven by rapid regional changes
As someone who follows the climate topic for several years, I've to conclude that we are still far away from taking climate change seriously.
A Nonviolent Insurgency for Climate Protection
When 30 climate activists from 18 countries protested drilling at an oil platform operated by Gazprom in the Russian Arctic, they represented the people of the world taking a symbolic stand against climate destruction.
A New Year: Looking Back and Forward at Climate Change Progress
2023 was a record-breaking year for all the wrong reasons. It was overall the hottest in human history, both on land and at sea, by a big margin.