Environment

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Hanna Ziady at CNN Business reports that just next year, in 2020, the world’s largest offshore wind farm will open 75 miles off the eastern, Yorkshire coast of Britain. Hornsea I alone will power 1 million homes. Britain, with a population of 66 million, has 27 million households. It has […]

Climate Crisis

As humans burn fossil fuels, global sea level is rising 2x the rate of the 20th century

The Conversation

By Cassandra Brooks | – The U.N.‘s climate panel report released Sept. 25 makes crystal clear that the planet’s oceans, snow and ice are in dire trouble and the damage is causing harm to the people who depend on them. Even with aggressive efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions, many nations will struggle to adapt. […]

Climate Crisis

What exactly Happens to Us if we make the Average World Temperature go up by 2.7° F., or (Oh No!) 3.6° F.?

The Conversation

By Rachel Warren | – Many numbers are bandied around in climate emergency discussions. Of them, 1.5°C [2.7° F.] is perhaps the most important. At the Paris Agreement in 2015, governments agreed to limit global warming to well below 2°C [3.6° F.] and to aim for 1.5°C. By 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change […]

Climate Change

Greta Thunberg’s Generational J’accuse: It’s a Crime to Cause the Climate Crisis

contributors

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Greta Thunberg, in her speech to the United Nations General Assembly, let them have it.(See below.) Over a century ago, when authoritarian elements in the French officer corps trumped up a treason case against a Jewish officer, Alfred Dreyfus, novelist Émile Zola wrote an open letter to the president of […]

Climate Change

The Anti-Trump: Germany’s Merkel Commits to Ambitious 2030 Climate Goals

Clean Energy Wire

With Incentives, CO2 Price

Climate Crisis

How the youth-led climate strikes became a global mass movement

Waging Nonviolence

The Global Climate Strike is the result of a whole new generation taking bold action and could be the turning point for grassroots resistance to fossil fuels.

Climate Crisis

I stand with the climate striking students – it’s time to create a new economy

The Conversation

By Julia K. Steinberger | – I initiated a letter of support to climate striking students – an English version of the German letter coordinated by ecologist Gregor Hagerdorn, signed by more than 1,000 academics – for many reasons. My role as a university lecturer means that I am committed to fostering better lives and […]

Climate Crisis

The 3.5% Rule: The next stage of the Global Climate Movement is Nonviolent Civil Disobedience

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – On the heels of Friday’s mainly student-led global climate strike, some activists believe that they must next resort to Gandhian nonviolent civil disobedience, becoming disruptive of the fossil fuel normal. The research of Erica Chenowith finds that if 3.5 percent of a population joins protests in a concerted manner, they […]

Climate Crisis

Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal

Yes! Magazine

By Eleanore Catolico | – (Yes! Magazine ) – In Detroit, more than 8,000 residents live in what has been called one of the most polluted ZIP codes in the state. Located in the city’s southwest corner, 48217 is known for its persistently poor air quality, where hundreds suffer from asthma, cancer, and other related […]