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2C + 565 + 2,795 is only part of the story

19 August, 2012

I’ve been asked by several folks to comment on the recent Bill McKibben feature column in Rolling Stone magazine that has caused quite a stir. Bill, as we know, single-handedly willed 350.org into becoming one of the most influential climate-change … Continue reading

Population growth is once again being identified as the primary cause of environmental destruction. And not just by right-wing bigots, but by sincere but confused environmental activists.

The return of the population bombers

6 August, 2012

Overpopulation ideology undermined the environmental movement in the 1970s, diverting social protest into harmless channels. To prevent a similar setback today, we must understand populationism’s conservative role, and why it is attractive to a growing number of green activists. As … Continue reading

The wind-farm on Ovenden Moor near Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK. Photo by Rick Harrison.

Green energy alone won’t save the earth – social change is also needed

17 April, 2012

The most popular techno-fix for global warming is green energy. If energy companies would only deploy wind, hydro, solar, geothermal or nuclear, then emission-intensive fossil fuels will eventually disappear. But will that actually work? A new study by Richard York … Continue reading

Ted Baillieu is the leader of the new ultra-conservative and pro-coal, anti-environment government of Victoria, Australia.

High polluting Victoria, Australia, hell-bent on increasing greenhouse gas pollution

11 April, 2012

The State of Victoria, Australia, is the worst polluting state in Australia which in turn is one of the worst countries in the world for annual per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution. However the new ultra-conservative government of Victoria is … Continue reading

Julia Gillard

Australian PM Julia Gillard’s appalling record of climate change inaction

8 March, 2012

Australia is a world leader in annual per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution. Pro-coal, pro-gas Australian PM Julia Gillard has an appalling record of climate change inaction falsely dressed up as the opposite. The biggest and most outrageous untruth of … Continue reading

RIO+20

Are the Rio+20 goals too green-as-usual?

20 February, 2012

Great piece by the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) Switchboard blog on efforts afoot in Latin America to step up on green in anticipation of Rio+20, which will be held here in the region this June. The goals and standards … Continue reading

Hurricane Andrew

2011: A Year of Weather Extremes, with More to Come

31 January, 2012

The global average temperature in 2011 was 14.52 degrees Celsius (58.14 degrees Fahrenheit). According to NASA scientists, this was the ninth warmest year in 132 years of recordkeeping, despite the cooling influence of the La Niña atmospheric and oceanic circulation … Continue reading

Analysis by country of fossil fuel burning-based Carbon Debt and Carbon Credit

25 January, 2012

Fossil fuel burning yielding the greenhouse gas (GHG) carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major component of man-made global warming. In relation to carbon pollution from the burning of fossil fuels, Net Carbon Debt is equal to the Historical Carbon Debt … Continue reading

Graph on world fossil fuel consumption subsidies in 2010.

Governments Spend $1.4 Billion Per Day to Destabilize Climate

20 January, 2012

We distort reality when we omit the health and environmental costs associated with burning fossil fuels from their prices. When governments actually subsidize their use, they take the distortion even further. Worldwide, direct fossil fuel subsidies added up to roughly … Continue reading

Photo by Flickr user transplanted mountaineer.

Obama Keystone statement bodes ill for future of climate

19 January, 2012

If President Obama’s thoroughly embarrassing stumbling-block posture at Durban left any doubt about the softness of his conviction on climate change, the Keystone decision has just nailed the notion. Yes, it’s great that the pipeline is dead, and everyone from … Continue reading

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