Originally published on EdenKeeper. Last week, Republican presidential hopefuls once again took the stage to debate their policies and platforms on issues ranging from immigration, to Obamacare, to Donald Trump. It’s easy to predict what they will say or what they said even without watching; they’ll call for border fences, an … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. To listen to the right wing crazies tell it, global warming and climate change are fictions created by treehuggers and do-gooders on the left who want to interrupt the neverending flow of government dollars that prop up the global business community — those public spirited business … [continued]
Originally published on ScienceBlogs. By Greg Laden Look at the graph at the top of the post. This is a graph from the now famous Exxon documents that date to 1981, explaining how Exxon scientists were projecting global warming with continued release of the greenhouse gas CO2 into the atmosphere. … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Following up on the slew of EV survey results I’ve been sharing, this article focuses on the question of why people buy electric cars. However, I think it’s very important to remember that the data presented are from early “pioneer” buyers. Their primary reasons for buying EVs … [continued]
When it comes to talking about climate change, there are at least three different camps of people. There’s the climate deniers, who seek to dispute that there’s an issue at all, there’s the climate agnostics, who take issue with one or more of the premises of man-made climate change, and … [continued]
Originally published on Eden Keeper. When House Speaker John Boehner invited Pope Francis to address a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress in March 2014, he probably thought the Catholic leader played for “Team Republican.” But Boehner’s assumption — as is often the case — was wrong. Pope Francis sounds … [continued]
Originally published on Red, Green, and Blue. Climate-change denial has been compared to Big Tobacco’s 50-year-campaign to deny the dangers of cigarettes. Both attempted to muddy the waters of the public discussion by claiming there is still “scientific debate” on an issue where the science is known and settled. Both … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Amory B. Lovins This week is the seventh Climate Week NYC (http://www.climateweeknyc.org). The annual event brings together influential global figures—and new voices—from the worlds of business, government, and society who are leading the low-carbon transition. We live in an exciting time, when more companies … [continued]
On Monday, the seventh Climate Week NYC began. It runs from September 21-28. The meeting brings together the global leaders in business, government, and society who are leading the transition to low or no carbon (see below). It has many important sponsors, some of whom lead the “good” climate business … [continued]
As we reported last week, InsideClimate News has an investigative series going about Exxon (a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company, called ExxonMobil since 1999) quietly studying fossil fuels and global warming. Reporters at ICN’s Pulitzer Prize-winning website searched the record and interviewed retired Exxon employees and officials … [continued]
