Gaius Publius: Fracking Has Brought the World to the Brink of Disaster
Fracking is one reason why our bad climate change picture is getting even worse.
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World May Hit 2 Degrees of Warming in 10-15 Years Thanks to Fracking, Says Cornell Scientist
A sobering take on the impact of fracking on climate change.
Read more...Confidential Shell Oil Report Prompts Lawsuit: They Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago
RNN interview with Carol Muffett discussing what Royal Dutch Shell knew about fossil fuel driving climate change and when they knew, as confirmed in a Confidential 1986 Report published last week by a Dutch source. Let the lawsuits proceed.
Read more...Climate Policy: When Starting With the Most Expensive Option Makes Sense
Why much of what you thought you knew about climate change mitigation is wrong.
Read more...Biodiversity Plummets, Posing Grave Global Threat
Three years in the making, comprehensive UN report on declining biodiversity identifies this trend as a major threat to continued survival.
Read more...Global C02 Emissions Rise for the First Time in 3 Years
Bad news on the carbon emissions front.
Read more...Humanity’s Meat and Dairy Intake Must Be Cut in Half by 2050 to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
An update on meat consumption as an environmental hazard.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Why Climate Activists Must Include Supply-Side Restrictions in Their Recommended Policy Mix
Another important, indeed necessary, policy measure in the climate change toolkit.
Read more...J.D. Alt: Fiat Money and Three Big Societal Challenges
How fiat money denialism, also know as austerity and deficit scaremongering, is undermining the public’s ability to tackle pressing challenges like climate change.
Read more...Criminalizing Peaceful Pipeline Protests: Are Oil Billionaires Trying to Undermine Our First Amendment Rights?
RNN interview discussing oil funding of state measures to criminalize peaceful pipeline protest as ‘eco-terrorism’. Penalties up to 25 years in jail and $100 k in fines. Others to follow?
Read more...Puerto Rico Update: Forests, Power, Depopulation, and Privatization
Puerto Rico’s situation is causing Naomi Klein to rethink “shock doctrine.”
Read more...Trump’s Tariff Threat to Kick Off Trade War?
Trump is threatening to kick off a trade slugfest via tariffs on steel and aluminum. Will he follow through?
Read more...Melting Ice Could Release Hazardous Waste from Abandoned Cold War Site
Melting Greenland ice will release chemical and some radioactive nasties from an old US Cold War base. Expect more of this sort of thing.
Read more...Dire Consequences of Ignoring Trade in Climate Change Targets: On Track to 3.5 C Temperature Increase by 2100
Astonishingly, climate change accords like Kyoto and Paris ignore the impact of trade. That omission means our collective goose is cooked.
Read more...Exxon’s Conspiracy Charges Aim To Derail Climate Lawsuits
ExxonMobil is engaged in unprecedented efforts to sue and harass in court those are investigating and suing the company over global warming
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