The Swedish Green Party has released a report which shows that Sweden will reach the EU’s climate targets in 2205 instead of 2050 – 195 years too late. During the last four years with a right-wing Government in Sweden the … Continue reading
A new report released by the Met Office and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has come to the conclusion that there is "unmistakable signs" that "the world is warming". The report is based on 10 different indicators of … Continue reading
This past week the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull was officially declared dormant. The volcano, which you almost certainly remember from the news, had a big eruption in the early months of this year effectively grounding flights all over Europe. “This second … Continue reading
Climate institutions and scientists are warning that 2010 might end up as one of the hottest years ever recorded in human history. According to new data from the US National Snow and Ice Centre Data Centre (NSIDC)arctic sea ice levels … Continue reading
What kind of role does our mass media play in how we perceive and react to environmental problems around us? Who are currently the owners of our mainstream media? And how does corporations use it to their own benefits? The … Continue reading
In one of his recent New Rules segment Bill Maher said that Al Gore should "come out with a sequel to his movie about climate change and call it, An Inconvenient Truth 2: What the Fuck Is Wrong with You … Continue reading
Recently Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spoke out against climate change deniers labeling them as anti-science “flat-earthers” who are spreading outdated information: “Mr Brown last night insisted that the science on climate change in settled, and … Continue reading
The surface of the Earth receives an amount of solar energy equivalent to roughly 10 000 times the worlds energy demand. Of course there isn’t always sunlight, but the solar panels can store the energy, and they are getting better … Continue reading
During a visit to Henderson Nevada, President Obama explained basic climate science for the people who had gathered to listen to him at the town hall. “First of all, we just got five feet of snow in Washington and so … Continue reading
Karl Marx came up with the term “metabolic rift” to explain the crack or rift that capitalism has created between social and natural systems, humans and nature. This rift, he claimed, led to the exploitation of the environment and ecological … Continue reading
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