PLANNING WATCH - The new report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) could not have been starker.
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The Oil War and Climate Change
CLIMATE WATCH - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released April 4, warns that global emissions must peak in just three years to stay below the 1.5°C warming ceiling for a livable future.
Biden Resumes Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Land. Activists Outraged
CLIMATE WATCH - Activists condemned Friday's announcement by the Biden administration that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will resume oil and gas lease sales on public lands as yet another betrayal of President Joe Biden's promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle the climate emergency.
Scientists Hit the Streets
CLIMATE WATCH - A revolutionary slogan by climate scientists “1.5C is Dead – Climate Revolution Now!”
Fight Climate Emergency by Nationalizing US Fossil Fuel Industry
OIL INDUSTRY - In the wake of a United Nations report that activists said showed the "bleak and brutal truth" about the climate emergency,
The Great Barrier Reef on Life Support
ECOSYSTEM - "Five bouts of mass bleaching since 1998 have turned the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) into a checkerboard of reefs with very different recent histories,
The Fossil Fuels Era Must End. Clean Energy Transformation Must Start Now
FOSSIL FUEL POLITICS - A transition to renewable energy that is both fast and fair is eminently possible.
Wood-Pellet Manufacturing Destroys Our Rainforests
CLIMATE WATCH - The wood-pellet industry has full-scale operations smack dab in the heart of British Columbia’s Inland Temperate Rainforest, the last rainforest of its kind in the North.
Climate Collapse or Nuclear Winter, Take Your Pick
CLIMATE OF WAR - One of the many lousy effects of the Russia/Ukraine war has been on the climate.
Climate Change: We ‘re Past the Tipping Point of No Return
CLIMATE WATCH - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in many respects, is a Delphic institution whose reports are a function of political discretion,
Breaking Records: Hotter Than Hell in Antarctica
CLIMATE WATCH - Extreme climate hits Antarctica, smashing records, shocking scientists as temperatures soar 50F to 90F degrees above normal. Welcome to climate change’s newest upheaval.
SEC Proposes First Climate Disclosure Rules For Public Companies
CLIMATE - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-1 Monday to propose regulations that, for the first time, require companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions as well as their exposure to climate change risks.