#peter gleick

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[tomorrowusa]

«It's just an unbelievable summer. It's the kind of extreme weather that we climate scientists have been warning about for decades – it just now seems to be happening everywhere, all at once.»

—Climate scientist Peter Gleick, a senior fellow at the Pacific Institute, on the torrent of climate disasters over the past few months. Quoted at the journal Foreign Policy.

Yep, they've been warning us for decades, but the fossil fuel companies have have devoted copious amounts of money to try to stifle those warnings.

Even as I type this in late afternoon in the Northeast of the US, another potential disaster is looming. Wildfires are threatening Yellowknife – the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories.

Yellowknifers head to Alberta as serious wildfire conditions continue

The mayor is still in the city coordinating efforts.

Also in Canada, British Columbia is experiencing a wildfire emergency near West Kelowna.

Letting people know about such occurrences is what Republicans like Ron DeSantis call "politicization of the weather". 🙄

[oilchangeus-blog]

Scientist urges mass protest against Trump administration amid denial of climate change, evolution and vaccines

A leading climatologist has warned US democracy is under attack from the “uninhibited use of lies, false statements and bad science”, as he urged people to take part in public demonstrations in support of science.

[lamajaoscura]

I’m a Climate Scientist. I Refuse to Give Up Hope

We can solve the climate challenge. But I also have to acknowledge my growing worry that I’m wrong, and the remaining steep obstacles ahead.

[protoslacker]

The free market model assumes that the system is made up of “ideal free actors.” Ideal free does not mean free of ideals! (Maybe there should be a comma there.) The actors in the market are “ideal” in that they are identical in their access to information and ability to act on it, and they are free in the sense that there are no external constraints on those actions. So, ideal actors regulated (not free) do not make up a free market (that is the point usually made by Libertarians) but more often than not, the actors are not “ideal.” It is a major failure of integration of economics theory and social theory to place the non-ideal parts in the category of “external costs” and ignore them. One actor’s external costs is another actor’s non-idealness.

Greg Laden at ScienceBlogs. The Hydraulic Hypothesis and the End of Civilization

[moccelin]

Muitas de nossas preocupações com recursos naturais não serão com petróleo, mas com água. Há substitutos para o petróleo, mas não há substitutos para a água.

Peter Gleick criou e dirige o Pacific Institute, uma ONG da Califórnia que há 27 anos vem tratando dos problemas da água e do clima. Vai além: "Manejar recursos naturais, mesmo que renováveis, exige mais inteligência do que temos empregado até aqui... Água continua a ser o serviço mais barato que pagamos. Eu pago muito pela minha água, mas é menos do que pago por eletricidade, celular, TV a cabo, internet, e provavelmente é a coisa mais importante que uso. Se você acordar de manhã, abrir a torneira e não sair nada dela, aí você entenderá o valor da água".

[earthicide]

"If we were smart we would dramatically rethink agriculture and urban water use."

Peter Gleick, Last Call at the Oasis.