“Dr. Reid Bryson, a U. of Wisconsin climatologist, fears that climatic changes now in progress will eventually affect the whole human population — ‘like a billion people dying,’ he says.” Continue reading 1974 Shock News: Global Cooling To Kill One Billion People
Category: Climate & Energy
FT: Climate change influences investment risk
The march continues to scare institutional investors away from fossil fuel-based portfolios. Continue reading FT: Climate change influences investment risk
Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change
Poverty — not more or less rain — is the problem in Bangladesh. Continue reading Bangladesh faces mass migration, loss of land from climate change
Fukushima Survivors To Sue Japan Government Over Role In Nuclear Disaster
“People whose homes or farms were hit by radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will file class-action lawsuits next month to seek damages from the Japanese government, lawyers said Friday.” Continue reading Fukushima Survivors To Sue Japan Government Over Role In Nuclear Disaster
Stalled Out on Tesla’s Electric Highway
Memo to Elon Musk: Nikola Tesla may be wanting his name back. Continue reading Stalled Out on Tesla’s Electric Highway
White House to Green Groups on State of the Union: ‘You’re going to like what you hear’
“In past speeches, there was a lot of, ‘I call on Congress,’ the official added. And what I’m expecting to see more of this time is, ‘This is what my administration is going to do.’” Continue reading White House to Green Groups on State of the Union: ‘You’re going to like what you hear’
WaPo: EPA ‘not the best way to reduce carbon emissions’
WaPo also admits “there is still uncertainty about exactly how sensitive the climate system is to a given increase in carbon dioxide concentrations.” Continue reading WaPo: EPA ‘not the best way to reduce carbon emissions’
NYTimes: ‘Cleaner energy does not promise… a healthier planet’
Then why waste the time and money? Continue reading NYTimes: ‘Cleaner energy does not promise… a healthier planet’
Michael Mann: Nemo is to Global Warming like a slam dunk is to a lower net
“Michael Mann, a climatologist who directs the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, compared a major storm like Nemo — or Hurricane Irene or Superstorm Sandy, for that matter — to a basketball slam-dunk with a lower net.” Continue reading Michael Mann: Nemo is to Global Warming like a slam dunk is to a lower net
Yale President: Fossil fuel divestment warranted if fossil fuel companies causing ‘grave social injury’
Will be interesting to watch. Would Yale stop using electricity, too? Continue reading Yale President: Fossil fuel divestment warranted if fossil fuel companies causing ‘grave social injury’
Kerry vows Keystone pipeline decision in ‘near term’
“It will be fair and transparent, accountable,” he says. Continue reading Kerry vows Keystone pipeline decision in ‘near term’
Weather Service Director on Nemo: ‘The science is simple and chilling’
… as they salivate for tragedy that can be blamed on global warming. Continue reading Weather Service Director on Nemo: ‘The science is simple and chilling’