Environment

(Otherwords.org )- As far back as 1982, fossil fuel executives knew they were trading a few decades of profits for the entire future of the planet. Years ago, tobacco companies discovered the link between their products and lung cancer. Did they warn their customers? No — they denied the link entirely, misleading the public for […]

Climate Change

Are ExxonMobil Executives the most evil people in the 200K-yr-long History of Humanity?

Juan Cole

They are Darth Vaders and Thanatoses, they are destroyers of a planet

China

You’ll Soon be Driving an Electric Car, but it will be Made in China and You won’t be Great Again

The Conversation

A major player is BYD, which stands for “Build Your Dreams,” headquartered in Shenzhen

Environment

Our CO2, Pesticides & Plastics Threaten a Million Plant and Animal Species with Extinction

contributors

By Mike Shanahan (China Dialogue ) – Major UN report warns 1 million species are at risk of extinction, with key threats to China Nature loss is accelerating worldwide at an unprecedented rate, with grave impacts for human wellbeing, according to a major report approved by more than 130 of the world’s governments. The report […]

Climate Change

Effing Earth on Fire: Bill Nye is Extremely Disappointed in Your Science Literacy

contributors

John Oliver | Last Week Tonight | HBO Video Clip | – With the Green New Deal sparking a national conversation about all the ways to combat climate change, John Oliver looks at a few potential solutions. Green New Deal: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Climate Change

It will be Very Hot and very Wet–We’ve exceeded 415ppm of Carbon Dioxide for the first Time since the Pliocene

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration measures atmospheric carbon dioxide at its Moana Loa observatory. You can see that on May 11 we were just about at 415 parts per million of CO2. A couple of days this week, we’ve gone over 415. When I say that, you should run […]

Climate Change

The Meaning of the Green New Deal: Tackling Climate Change but with Good Union Jobs

OtherWords

By Héctor J. Figueroa | – Across the country, you’ll find millions of working families whose wages haven’t budged in a generation, even as the cost of living has skyrocketed. Many of these same communities are now getting hit hardest by floods, droughts, storms, and other climate disasters. How are workers going to withstand rising […]

Green Transportation

All Cars in Los Angeles to be Electric by 2050– but is that too Late?

Climate Home News

By Natalie Sauer | – Los Angeles’ car-choked arteries will run clean within decades, according to a green reform package unveiled by mayor Eric Garcetti in late April. Speaking only a week after New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced his own framework climate legislation, Garcetti presented plans to revolutionise local car culture and […]

Climate Change

Tipping Point: For 1st Time in US History, Renewables made more Electricity than Coal in April

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Avery Thompson Popular Mechanics reports that in the month of April for the first time in US history, the country produced more electricity with renewables than with coal. Part of the solution to this puzzle is economic. In much of the US, Thompson notes, you could actually make more money […]