Climate Change

By Isabella Kaminski | – ( ChinaDialogue) – New research calls for a switch to healthier foods and sustainable farming, writes Isabella Kaminski The ideal diet is mainly vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and nuts. (Image: Public Health Image Library) A sustainable international food system that feeds people better would be a global “win-win”, according […]

Climate Change

Our Carbon Dioxide Addiction: “We’re not going to stop this train wreck.”

Dahr Jamail

The question is no longer whether or not we are going to fail, but how are we going to comport ourselves in the era of failure?

Climate Change

Solar and Wind Good news Stories Today

Juan Cole

Scotland is now getting 70% of its electricity from renewables (wind, solar, wave and hydro) and plans to be at 100% in 2020. In some months in 2018 Scotland’s renewables generated more 100% of the electricity the country uses. Scotland is innovating in tidal power, driven by the powerful currents in its seas, but onshore […]

Climate Change

Climate Emergency: Oceans Hotter than in Recorded History and Getting Hotter

AFP

Tampa, United States | AFP | – The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, debunk previous reports […]

Acidification of Oceans

Wall or Watchtower? The real Threat is invasive Climate Crisis, and our Shield is Science

Juan Cole

The man who ordered the construction of the nearly infinite Wall of China was that First Emperor …who likewise ordered the burning of all the books before him

Climate Change

With Trump AWOL, Can Europe & China Lead Globe away from Climate Suicide?

Climate Home News

After a technically successful climate summit last year, it is time to see which countries address scientific warnings with ambition

Climate Change

Climate Sabotage & Forever Wars: Is America the Most Dangerous Country in the World?

Tom Engelhardt

On Climate Change, quagmire seems like an appropriate image, as long as we keep in mind that we are the aggressors.

Mass Extinction

Mysterious Mass die-off of Insects threatens Pollination, Food Supply

Nature

Most pollinators are insects (e.g., bees, flies, butterflies, moths, wasps, beetles, and thrips), and bees are the most important

Climate Change

$100 Bn.: Cost in 2018 of Climate Crisis Caused by Burning Fossil Fuels

TeleSur

2018 saw at least one major climate-induced disaster on every inhabited continent on Earth. Climate change-induced disasters cost nations at least US$100 billion in 2018, a watchdog said Thursday, warning the spate of deadly wildfires, floods and superstorms was “a shadow” of things to come if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t slashed. This year is set […]