Debunking One “Global Cooling” Argument
A quick kneecapping of some deliberate misconstruction on the global warming front.
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The Fracking Industry’s Wastewater Injection Well Problem
The fracking industry has a wastewater disposal problem and finds itself in a pick your poison situation, with no good alternatives. Americans will continue to bear the environmental costs of the nationwide fracking experiment.
Read more...Sunrise Movement and AOC Push Pelosi for a Green New Deal, Highlighting Job Creation
Young climate change activists and AOC push Pelosi for a Green New Deal, despite expected hostility in the Senate.
Read more...High Stakes, Entrenched Interests And The Trump Rollback Of Environmental Regulations
Trump’s “progress” in gutting environmental protections.
Read more...Australia’s New Grain Deliveries Plunge Due to Drought
Another sign of climate change induced stress, this one from Australia.
Read more...The Rapid Acceleration Towards Peak Oil Demand
A rare bit of positive news on the global warming front: oil demand topped out in developed economies and emerging economies are increasingly fighting both internal combustion engines and single use plastics.
Read more...Why Plans to Turn America’s Rust Belt into a New Plastics Belt Are Bad News for the Climate
This important post discusses the link between climate change and increased plastics production via the creation of a Plastics Belt in the former Rust Belt, using natural gas derived from fracking.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Five Flaws in the EU’s Single-Use Plastics Plan
Plastic Watch: The European Parliament recently approved a plan that will ban outright certain single-use plastics. Alas, these measures fall far short of what’s necessary, both in timing and scope, to address the burgeoning plastic crisis. And they would only apply to the EU.
Read more...Estimating the Impact of Climate Change Costs on Growth: Is Degrowth Already Here?
Some back of the envelope estimates show that the economic cost of climate change is already cutting into growth in a big way….and it will only get much worse.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Pathology, Khashoggi, Capitalism & Climate Change
Does capitalism breed pathology?
Read more...Michael Mann: We’re Already On Our Way to “Blowing Past” 1.5 Degrees Global Warming
How global warming is increasing at a faster rate than most realize.
Read more...Man Whose Mexico Beach House Was One of Last Standing After Hurricane Michael Calls Out Climate Denier Politicians
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Read more...Why Are We Mostly Ignoring the Climate Crisis? The Message Is Wrong
Why is there so little urgency about combatting climate change? What can be done to reverse that?
Read more...Trump Bails On Coal Industry Incentives
Trump is abandoning coal industry subsidies after running into a buzz saw of opposition.
Read more...New Study Highlights Collapse of Insect Populations
Very sobering news on the insect front. Species die-off is progressing faster than you probably thought.
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