Climate change is really a symptom of a much bigger problem, and unless we address the economic underpinnings of it, we won’t create an accurate sketch of the situation.
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Let’s Go Beyond Weather and Climate, Let’s Connect the Economic Dots...
Socialist Jean-Luc Mélenchon has emerged as the “third man” in the French presidential race, placing him ahead of right-wing extremist Marine Le Pen and just behind conservative president Nicolas Sarkozy and liberal/social democrat François Hollande. Mélenchon’s wants to introduce a 100% fat-cat tax, where the french state will be able to confiscate any earnings over £300,000. He also wants a return to full pensions for everyone from the age of 60, a 20%...
Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses objectivity, climate deniers, and bringing solar technology to developing nations.
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Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
They are adapted to the climate, but also reflect the lessons learned from the earlier models
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New MiniHome Designs Developed For West...
Ever wonder how the climate denial machine works? Here’s how!
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Leaked Docs Reveal How Top Think Tank Turns Oil Money Into Climate...
So Keystone has become a high-stakes political chess game following the president’s decision to kill the project . This Talking Points Memo article says Republicans have no expectations of getting Obama to sign infrastructure legislation including a Keystone rider, but they’ll attach the rider anyway as a pure political play: to blame Obama during the campaign for opposing job creation and economic growth. Frankly, I’m not betting the farm on Obama vetoing the bill,...
Climate change is nothing less than an existential threat to the entire country of Maldives. So its president may soon be forced to take evasive action …
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To Escape Rising Seas, Maldives President May Move His Entire Island Nation to...
Sweden’s glaciers aren’t remnants of the Ice Age, and their melting reveals what may be in store for us as the climate continues to warm.
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Melting Swedish Glaciers Show Treeline Was 600m Higher Just 4,400 Years...
Just hours after returning from COP17 in South Africa, Peter Kent, Canada’s environment minister, announced that the country would use their legal right and become the first country to quit the Kyoto Protocol. Kent claimed that the Kyoto protocol “will not work” when China and USA is not participating and that the global climate change agreement doesn’t “represent a way forward for Canada”. “As we said from the outset, the Kyoto Protocol did not represent the...
