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Next-generation climate models: worse than ever!

July 14, 2020 admin

Back in February, Pat Michaels dropped something of a bombshell. It was an exposé of the Achilles heel of alarmist…

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Mega drought or mega propaganda?

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For some seeking attention — or possibly grant money — bad news can never be bad enough without adding a…

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50th Earth Day: Compassionate concern for humans and their habitat

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A measured response to COVID-19 must balance health and economic needs Fifty years of weather have passed since the first…

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Corruption destroying South Africa’s Energy Giant

July 13, 2020 admin

Privatisation may be the only hope of meaningful reform The energy security of millions of South Africans has been jeopardised…

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GWPF Launches “Energy For Africa” Week

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Today the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) is launching its Energy Justice project, seeking to highlight how reliable energy access…

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Green Haste Will Trash The Promise Of Hydrogen

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London, 19 June: Desperate policy makers trying to reach Net Zero targets that are unaffordable and infeasible are rushing into the…

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Hot enough for you? The faster it warms the hotter it gets

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An interesting if ominous paper was recently published in Nature Climate Change. It came out just before Christmas, at the height…

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  • First Person: Turning ‘apathetic people into climate activists’; a young person’s view

    An 18-year-old environmental campaigner from the United States has told UN News how she wants to “turn apathetic people into climate activists”. Sophia Kianni, whose family originally comes from Iran, is one of seven young people from across the world who have been selected to participate in the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change. The group which was launched at the end of the July aims to engage young people in “an open and transparent dialogue” about climate issues.

  • Five things you should know about disposable masks and plastic pollution

    The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use of disposable masks, gloves and other protective equipment soars, but UN agencies and partners insist that, if effective measures are put into place, the amount of plastics discarded every year can be significantly cut, or even eliminated.

  • Thousands suffer extreme rights abuses journeying to Africa’s Mediterranean coast, say humanitarians

    Thousands of refugees and migrants in eastern and western Africa, are dying while others face harrowing abuse in their attempts to reach the continent’s Mediterranean coast in search of a better life, a joint UN/Danish Refugee Council report said on Wednesday.

  • An Unusual Annual Meeting Season Saw Investors Ratchet Up Climate Pressure on ExxonMobil and Chevron

    Michael Fleshman/FlickrEarlier this year, we promised to watch fossil fuel companies’ statements and actions carefully over the annual general meeting season. While COVID-19 changed how activists and investors were able to engage with companies, as well as the way companies presented themselves, we and others were still able to hold fossil fuel companies and the financial firms that back them...

  • Groundwater Sustainability is a Necessity More Than Ever

    Without bold action and preparation, climate change threats may bring similar impacts to those of COVID-19 Self-Help EnterprisesThe immediate emergency of COVID-19 has been a powerful reminder that the most valuable things in our lives are our families, friends, and the welfare of our communities. The current pandemic is a threat to those closest to us today in a way...

  • Massachusetts, Act Now on Environmental Justice and Climate Action

    Tony Hisgett/FlickrUpdate, 7/31/2020, 11 a.m.: The Massachusetts 2050 Roadmap bill is on the move — the House is voting today! Call your representative right now to ask for the strongest possible version — including voting yes on amendment #51, which is the House’s environmental justice bill.   The two-year Massachusetts legislative session is down to the wire, scheduled to end this Friday....

  • U.S. West Faces a Grim Summer as Red Flag Fire and COVID-19 Warnings Mount

    Forest Service Photo by Kari GreerAcross the Western U.S., surges of COVID-19 cases are colliding with wildfires. New warnings that states with the highest number of cases in the country are now facing immediate fire risk mean the picture is about to get grimmer for this region. National monthly outlooks of significant wildfire potential, put out on the first of each...

  • Researchers Find Deadliest Aspect of COVID-19 for People of Color: Racism

    Retha Ferguson/PexelsI published my first blog post about COVID-19 on March 13. I remember because it was my Mother’s 84th birthday. In that post I talked about some of the growing concerns around COVID-19, and yet nobody had any idea of the very real impact that COVID-19 would have over the next few months and throughout the year. As the pandemic...

  • How Will People Cope With Extreme Heat and Rising COVID-19 Risks This Week?

    This post was coauthored with Juan Declet-Barreto. Over the last 30 days, hundreds of daily high temperature records have been broken across the United States, and extreme heat is expected to continue across much of the Southeast and Southern Great Plains regions this week. In a new analysis, detailed below, UCS evaluated the current COVID-19 public health guidance for 26 highly populated counties expected to experience extreme heat this week. We...

  • More Bad Energy News For California

    California just experienced a catastrophic loss from the COVID-19 impact on the economy, as one of its major refineries, Marathon Martinez, has just announced it will be idled indefinitely. With airlines and cruise ships virtually shut down, and vehicle transportation at an all-time low, the demand for fuels and petroleum-derivative products is at an all-time low. The Northern
    California refinery, one...

  • The Future Of Academic Freedom Rests With Australia’s High Court

    Scott Morrison once stated that he was unconcerned about ongoing attacks on free speech because he thought that free speech “does not create a single job.” Well, prime minister, it is now patently clear that people can lose their job for the “crime” of daring to express an opinion that challenges the dogmatic assumptions of the country’s academic elite. On May 2,...

  • New Climate Report: Meat, Livestock Have Little Climate Impact

    American ranchers and U.S. meat consumption have virtually no impact on greenhouse gas emissions or climate, reports a compelling new climate summary. The new climate summary, “Climate at a Glance: Livestock and Methane,” documents that cattle and beef account for just 2% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. All livestock combined account for less than 4% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Climate activists, many...

  • At Peak Of Last Ice Age, Fires Raged As Summer Temps Were 3-4C Warmer

    A new study finds that 26 to 19 thousand years ago, with CO2 concentrations as low as 180 ppm, fire activity was [10 times more common] than today near the southern tip of Africa – mostly because summer temperatures were 3-4°C warmer. We usually assume the last glacial maximum – the peak of the last ice age – was significantly colder...

  • Supreme Court Tells Sierra Club That Border Wall Can Proceed

    The Supreme Court handed President Trump another victory on his signature immigration agenda Friday, refusing by a 5-4 vote to temporarily block construction of a wall at the southern border with Mexico. Groups like the Sierra Club and the American Civil Liberties Union had asked the court for a temporary stoppage of construction while they argue their case that the administration...

  • Why Radical Greens View People As A Scourge On The Planet

    Most of the doomsaying elites are candid about their contempt for the value of human life and about their political endgame. They are defined by the term misanthropes, “people who dislike humankind.” Liberal ideologues preach that an all-powerful central government on a global scale is necessary to save the planet. It is also necessary to equitably distribute the world’s financial and...

  • First Person: Turning ‘apathetic people into climate activists’; a young person’s view

    An 18-year-old environmental campaigner from the United States has told UN News how she wants to “turn apathetic people into climate activists”. Sophia Kianni, whose family originally comes from Iran, is one of seven young people from across the world who have been selected to participate in the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change. The group which was...

  • Five things you should know about disposable masks and plastic pollution

    The fight against plastic pollution is being hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the use of disposable masks, gloves and other protective equipment soars, but UN agencies and partners insist that, if effective measures are put into place, the amount of plastics discarded every year can be significantly cut, or even eliminated.

  • FROM THE FIELD: Frontline resilience in Somalia

     One hundred thousand households in Somaliland in northwest Somalia have better access to water, protecting them not just from the ravages of climate change but also against the spread of COVID-19, thanks to a project supported by the UN Development Programme.  

  • Thousands suffer extreme rights abuses journeying to Africa’s Mediterranean coast, say humanitarians

    Thousands of refugees and migrants in eastern and western Africa, are dying while others face harrowing abuse in their attempts to reach the continent’s Mediterranean coast in search of a better life, a joint UN/Danish Refugee Council report said on Wednesday.

  • Climate emergency ‘a danger to peace’, UN Security Council hears

    The climate emergency generated by global warming, is exacerbating existing risks to international peace and security, while also creating new ones, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Friday, making the case for swift climate action on multiple fronts.

  • Dramatic Arctic fires and sea ice melt, show need for urgent climate action

    “Exceptional and prolonged” temperatures in Siberia, have left parts of the Arctic warmer than sub-tropical Florida, and fuelled “devastating” wildfires for a second consecutive year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday, while warning also of rapidly decreasing sea ice along the Russian polar coast.

  • Deforestation has slowed down but still remains a concern, new UN report reveals

    Although some 178 million hectares of forest has been lost worldwide over the past three decades, the rate of loss has declined substantially during this period, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.

  • Dump fuel-hungry AC units to cut years of emissions and save trillions: UN report

    A wholesale switch to efficient, “climate-friendly” appliances could make a huge dent in environmentally harmful emissions, says a new UN report released on Friday.

  • Young innovators vying for top UN environmental prize

    Thirty-five young people with innovative ideas for tackling challenges such as protecting indigenous Amazonian land through adventure travel, converting harmful emissions into valuable commodities in the United States, and generating electricity from water in Nigeria, have been named as regional finalists for one of the UN’s most prestigious environmental awards.

  • World off track in meeting 2030 Agenda, UN deputy chief warns, calls for solidarity in COVID-19 recovery

    The world was off track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, even before the COVID-19 crisis erupted, but can get back on course by increasing investment in public services, showing solidarity on financing, and “reshaping” how people work, learn, live and consume.

  • Women and girls deserve more protection in emergencies, UN rights council hears

    The collective impact of climate change, COVID-19 and conflict mean that well over 200 million people will likely need humanitarian assistance by 2022, the UN’s deputy rights chief said on Monday.

  • Rising global temperature shows ‘enormous challenge’ of meeting climate goal

    Annual global temperature is likely to be at least 1°C warmer than pre-industrial levels in each of the coming five years, putting globally agreed climate change targets in jeopardy, new data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reveals.

  • Could COVID-19 Have Seasons?

    Scientists are probing environmental data from reanalysis models in the hopes of finding answers.
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  • Cultivating Ideas for Mars

    Plants that can survive in harsh environments like Canada’s Devon Island may be good candidates for eventually terraforming the Red Planet.
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  • Cooper Creek, Australia

    The combination of stable, ancient dunes and water channels displaying both braided and cross-connecting patterns make this region a planetary analogue for Mars.
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  • Checking on Chikungunya

    Researchers can predict potential outbreaks of the mosquito-borne virus months in advance by using satellite data.
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  • Early Detection of Algae Yields Savings

    Satellites can spot some blooms earlier, resulting in significant savings on health care, lost work hours, and other economic costs.
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  • Intense Flooding in Bangladesh

    Monsoon-related flooding, which has been ongoing since June 2020, has inundated a quarter of the country.
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  • Phytoplankton Surge in Arctic Waters

    The floating plant-like organisms are showing up in higher concentrations across the Arctic Ocean.
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  • Jez like Mars

    Though located a world away, Lake Salda, Turkey, shares similar mineralogy as Jezero Crater on Mars.
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  • The Parched Paraná River

    A drought around South America’s second longest river has grounded ships and contributed to a rash of fire in the delta and floodplain.
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  • Alaska’s Vegetation is Changing Dramatically

    Tree and plant cover has deteriorated considerably in some areas, while advancing in other areas that previously burned or used to be frozen.
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  • Death Valley Landscapes

    The area is known for its extreme dryness and dangerous heat records. However, traces on the land indicate that water sometimes flows here.
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  • Going, Going, GONE: Two Arctic Ice Caps Have Disappeared

    "All that’s left are some photographs and a lot of memories.”

  • Things to Know Before Spraying Pesticides On Your Garden

    A guide on how to keep insects and pests from destroying your garden veggies and plants.

  • The Science Behind Cancer, Roundup Herbicide and Bayer's $10 Billion Settlement

    More studies are needed on glyphosate, the controversial pesticide in Roundup, to determine how it affects humans.

  • Why Light Pollution is a Crucial Test of Humanity's Problem-Solving Skills

    A new way to think about light pollution in Europe and the U.S. should help policy makers take its measure. But if they can't solve it, what hope for more complex problems like global heating?

  • Another Month Gone, Another Month Entering the Global Warming Record Books

    With Siberia burning under unprecedented heat, our planet experienced a virtual tie for warmest June on record.

  • Cities are Eliminating Your Excuses to Skip on Composting

    Even if you don’t have a personal garden to sprinkle compost in, there are other ways the soil additive can be helpful.
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