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We Need Clean Air, Not Another Billionaire
The first time I heard the chant it was while helping to block the street in front of leading fossil fuel financer Black Rock in lower Manhattan last Wednesday the 13th: “We need clean air, not another billionaire!” The dozens of people I was taking action with also liked it, and we kept chanting loud […]
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Climate Emergency Update, September 2023
Earth’s climate system is in a state of emergency. Emergencies are defined by four specific elements; i.e., (1) seriousness (2) unexpected (3) dangerous, and (4) requiring immediate action. Based upon a new YouTube broadcast by the inveterate commentator Dr. Peter Carter, all those elements are in-play in a very big way. Dr. Carter, expert reviewer […]
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Global Warming Did The Unthinkable
Jungfraujoch’s foreboding temperatures this September at the top of the world in Switzerland at 2.25 miles altitude alarmed glaciologists. If anybody has lingering doubts about global warming’s strength of power to directly impact Earth’s ecosystems, think again. Antarctica, at the bottom of the world, experienced record high temperatures during its winter, as record high temperatures […]
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We’re rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic: don’t ask me to help out
A small section of my followers are excited that someone on Substack has written a “rebuttal” that supposedly “tears apart” my recent article on the climate crisis. Loathe as I am to promote climate scepticism, for those who are interested it can be read here. Its supporters seem to believe it outs me as a […]
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A Challenge to Environmental Activism
Looking at the world with perspective, it is clear that there are an overwhelming number of issues of concern needing general recognition and action. Most often, people moved to action by these concerns see the immediate need or danger with clarity: people are hungry, give them food; people are sick, give them medical care; a […]
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Mega Risks Threaten Earth
The Council for the Human Future, which is a dedicated group of intelligent well-informed people, has identified ten Mega Risks to Earth. As it happens, all ten risks are threatening the planet all at the same time. Consequently, the board of the Council has called for an Earth System Treaty. This may be one of […]
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The Criminal Insanity of Climate Change
Climate change – climate change – climate change – the world is burning. The Global North with the CO2 emission is the culprit. Weather maps in Southern Europe and Australia are deep red. Add an invented degree or two, and they are going to be black. News are talking about 48 to 50 and more […]
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Ecuador: Victory for Uncontacted Tribes as Oil Drilling Blocked in Historic Referendum
Contacted Waorani woman in the Yasuní National Park © Anka Maldonado/Yasunidos In a historic referendum, people in Ecuador have voted to block oil drilling on uncontacted tribes’ land in the Yasuní National Park. Leonidas Iza, President of Ecuador’s national Indigenous organization CONAIE, said today: The Ecuadorian people, mindful of life, in solidarity with our uncontacted […]
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Biden’s tepid response to Maui’s furnace-hot cataclysm
Pablum. “Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families…” buh buh bup bup buhhh. “…our prayers are with those who have seen their homes…” yada yada yada. “…grateful to the brave firefighters and first responders…” wretch, gag, hurl. Weak. fucking. tea. And it took this papier-mâché president of ours a day AFTER the […]
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