This past summer I joined The Climate Reality Project Toronto Training, where I became a climate reality leader along with 600 other participants. Former US Vice-President Al Gore founded The Climate Reality Project to address awareness about climate change after the 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. This two-day session brought people … [continued]
The first-ever pan-American action statement on climate change came out last Thursday, July 9, as the Climate Change Summit of the Americas in Toronto drew to a close. A recent poll shows that 84% of Canadians believe that prosperous countries like their own have an obligation to show international leadership in reducing … [continued]
The efforts to pressure Harvard University into divesting from fossil fuels continues to heat up, as Harvard Heat Week kicks off later this year in April, and some of Harvard’s big-name alumni pen an open letter to the University in support of divestment. The last we had heard of the … [continued]
In this critical year for climate, the United States has just obtained a superior information and action tool in UNPRECEDENTED: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis? David Ray Griffin spent almost three years researching and compiling this excellent summary of climate disruption and what people can do about it. Read UNPRECEDENTED, and you will discover the … [continued]
Former Vice President Al Gore is teaming up with the popular musician Pharrell Williams, among others, to put together a Live Earth music event that’s intended to spur action on anthropogenic climate change, according to recent reports. The concert is set to take place on June 18, and will span all 7 continents … [continued]
Our friend Giles Parkinson, one of the best clean energy journalists and bloggers in the world, got the second question in to Al Gore at the Zayed Future Energy Prize press conference last week. (It was actually the only question other than mine that was directed at Al Gore, surprisingly.) … [continued]
Al Gore today won the 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize* Lifetime Achievement Award. At the press conference afterwards, I got in the first question (natch). I asked former Vice President Gore — one of the most influential people in the history of the movement to address global warming, and thus, the history … [continued]
Climate news in general captured press attention on Friday and Saturday alongside the goings-on at the Lima COP20 meeting. Here’s a roundup, including several research reports, carbon capture and storage schemes, commitments and funding developments, a recent retirement, and weather in the Philippines. More bad news about the environment broke. … [continued]
Energy Post By Allan Hoffman In 1978 a monumental multi-departmental study was submitted to President Carter concluding that “solar energy could make a significant contribution to U.S. energy supply by the end of this century”. The study, backed by 30 federal departments, stated that “even with today’s subsidized energy prices, … [continued]
The Abu Dhabi Ascent* opening ceremony was a powerful one, with the clear highlight being Al Gore’s powerful presentation. One key focus that was a thread throughout was that we are really running out of time. We have about 10 to 15 years left before things are essentially out of … [continued]
