Climate Change

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon of the social-democratic Scottish National Party has called a “climate emergency,” doing so in response to a call from “Extinction Rebellion Scotland.” The latter is a youth protest group that has staged walk-outs from high schools and engaged in civil disobedience in numerous cities around […]

Climate Change

Global Inequality is 25% Higher than it would have been in a Climate-Stable World

The Conversation

With 12m inhabitants, Mumbai has the world’s largest population exposed to coastal flooding

Climate Change

Not just Notre Dame: With Global Heating, Arsonists have set the whole World on Fire

Tom Engelhardt

We are, of course, talking about nothing short of the ultimate crime, but on any given day of our lives, you’d hardly notice that it was underway

Climate Change

Our Climate Emergency and ‘Extinction Rebellion:’ disruption and arrests can bring social change

The Conversation

It takes just 3.5% of a nation’s population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance to topple a dictatorship

Climate Change

Earth Day: Can the Sixth Extinction be Slowed?

The Conversation

This event is driven by human actions that are dismantling and disrupting natural ecosystems and changing Earth’s climate

Climate Change

Going Green has to be Systemic & Legislated: “Personal Responsibility” is a Corporate Dodge

Jill Richardson

If environmental solutions aren’t systemic, living green will always mean going against the grain — and usually failing.

Climate Change

Pacific Islands Menaced by Climate Crisis Focus on Most Vulnerable Towns and Cities

The Conversation

Communities need help with engineering, geographic information systems (GIS) and climate analysis

Climate Change

Feeding us in a Climate Friendly Way requires Reducing Livestock

Clean Energy Wire

( Clean Energy Wire) – Greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030 in the agriculture sector cannot be reached without implementing measures to reduce the livestock, according to a report by the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut), commissioned by environmental umbrella organisation Climate-Alliance. Gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere are called greenhouse gases (GHGs). […]

Climate Change

To Survive our Climate Crisis do we need New Marxist, Feminist Economics?

The Conversation

Neoclassical economics rewards individuals and companies for exploiting resources to generate profit, despite ecological or social damage