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Whatās in a name?
Whatās in aĀ name?
A recent Bloomberg piece by Faye Flam, āInspiring Terms Are Simple. āClimate Changeā Isnāt,ā makes the point, I guess, that climate change as a term is not very effective.
Flam writes, āAs scientific terms go, āclimate changeā is failing. Good terms are specific, descriptive and help people to understand complex concepts. Climate change is ambiguous, referring perhaps to the most pressingā¦
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James Balog and geologic-scale change
James Balog and geologic-scaleĀ change
āWe are in the midst of geologic-scale change, and we humans are causing it.ā
James Balog says this during Chasing Ice, a masterpiece of filmmaking and science. Itās perhaps the one film that that those who have any doubts about climate changeāand even those who donātāshould watch, and maybe watch again with a group of friends.
Balog,Ā an American photographer who explores the relationship betweenā¦
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Oil-by-rail project gets derailed
Itās tough to find good things toĀ write about on the climate change front these days, especially with the abomination that is Scott Pruitt in charge of the EPA, and Trumpola still aroundā¦has it been only one year?
Anyway, something positive did happen recently when Washington Governor Jay Inslee rejected a permit that was required for Tesoro-Savage to build the Vancouver EnergyĀ oil-by-railā¦
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Things in the wind
Recent news on the environmental front is full of wind chimes.
Did you know, for example, that Mars Inc. is making M&Ms with wind power? In fact Mars has engaged two popular spokespersons from its M&M entourage, āRedā and āYellow,ā Red, the self-proclaimed leader and Yellow, his faithful sidekick, have become the latest advocates for renewable wind-powered energy, tackling climate change in theā¦
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Canadian retailer puts organic on top
Canadian retailer puts organic onĀ top
You probably donāt travel to Montreal to visit the local IGA, but make an exception because the roof of an IGA Extra store in Montreal, owned by theĀ Duchemin family, has a huge organic garden, billed as the largest in Canada. Itās worth a look-see.
The grocery chain has been working with urban gardening and agriculture company La Ligne Verte and the urban beekeeping companyĀ AlvĆ©oleto grow a rangeā¦
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Shame and outrage ā withdrawal from the Paris climate accord
Shame and outrage ā withdrawal from the Paris climateĀ accord
Just when you thought Trump and his administration lackeys/weasels/fools could not be any more ignorant and despicable ā they surpass themselves.
The Paris climate agreement was the most comprehensive international accord to fight climate change ever. It was signed by all but two countries (Syria and Nicaragua), and hailed as an historic effort to save our planet.
So of course, Trump now saysā¦
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Washington State lawsuit hits Feds after Hanford tunnel collapse
Washington State lawsuit hits Feds after Hanford tunnelĀ collapse
Washington state is taking legal action against the āother Washingtonā after a tunnel full of mixed radioactive and chemical waste collapsed on May 9 at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.
āThis alarming emergency compels us to take immediate action ā to hold the federal government accountable to its obligation to clean up the largest nuclear waste site in the country,ā said Washington Department ofā¦
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Bill Maher: Make Earth Great Again
Bill Maher: Make Earth GreatĀ Again
Bill Maher concluded Fridayās show explaining why we should concentrate on saving our planet rather than dreaming about colonizing Mars:
Iām a big fan of science fiction and space exploration, but colonizing Mars makes no senseā¦it might be a neat adventure to visit the place, but not now; $450 billion would be better spent here onā¦
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Itās not nice to ignore Mother Nature
Itās not nice to ignore MotherĀ Nature
A new book by Geoffrey Heal, professor at Columbia Business School, makes a trenchant point thatās ignored by those currently in power: our prosperity depends on protecting the planet.
Heal did a Q&A interview about his book, Endangered Economies, in the current issue of the Union of Concerned Scientistsā magazine Catalyst. (Heal is also UCS board member and an expert on economics and theā¦
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The EPA climate change
The EPA climateĀ change
With Scott Pruitt now installed at the EPA, what is arguably one of the most successful government agencies everāremember the dousing of the Cuyahoga River fire? Or the reduction of smog in LA?āis now itself gasping, on life support.
Those environmental advances were in large part because the EPA was around to protect the nationās air, water, ground and health. Now itās pretty clear that anā¦
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Putin smirks: welcome to Trumpistan and "American carnage"
Putin smirks: welcome to Trumpistan and āAmericanĀ carnageā
So the deed is done and suddenly, we live in an āAmerican carnageā that only DJT can remedy, apparently. His dark message was a paean to nationalistic jingoism, fear mongering and isolationism.
Some apt points inĀ articles today from David Remnick (New Yorker) and Paul Krugman (New York Times);
Remnick: āSince Election Day, Trump has managed to squander good faith and guarded hope with flagrantā¦
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Foxes guarding the henhouse
Foxes guarding theĀ henhouse
The emerging Trump administration/cabal is taking shape, and itās not looking good for the environment and climate change. What is emerging, for the most part, is a group of rich peopleĀ in tune with the āpresident-electāsā version of business intrusion, anti-regulation and crony capitalism.
With respect to the environment, and specifically the Environmental Protection Agency, DJT selected aā¦
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āThis is the way the world endsā¦ā
āThis is the way the worldĀ endsā¦ā
Get set for a rough ride on climate change policies and inactions under Trump. Actually it will be a full-on climate disaster, with all of the progress of the past eight yearsāwhich wasnāt all that great in any case, but at least were crucial steps in the right directionāalmost certainly reversed, undone, scrapped.
This is what is likely to happen, post-Jan. 20, based on reporting by various newsā¦
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āDouble, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubbleā
āDouble, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldronĀ bubbleā
I donāt think we āby āweā I mean writers, journalists, editors, bloggers, etc.āunderstand the disaster facing the country with respect to many issues ā most importantly (to me) on climate change, renewable energy, sustainability, the Supreme Court, free speech, civil and gender rights, corporate power and influence, democratic institutions and equal justice.
Here is what David Remnick wrote lastā¦
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Climate Change: the clock is ticking (pt.1)
Climate Change: the clock is tickingĀ (pt.1)
Hereās some news we already know or thought we knew. Yes, climate change is here and here to stay according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and its effects are no longer subtle or easily argued away.
NOAA and the American Meteorological Society released the āState of the Climate in 2015ā, a 300-page document published the AMS Bulletin last month.
It makes forā¦
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Bionic leaf beats photosynthesis, creates liquid fuel
Bionic leaf beats photosynthesis, creates liquidĀ fuel
Now this from Harvard University researchers: ābionic leaf 2.0,ā which turns sunlight into liquid fuel, introducedĀ in the academic journal Science earlier this month.
In what is called an artificial version of photosynthesis in plants, the study says the ābionic leaf 2.0ā āaims to make use of solar panels for splitting molecules of water into oxygen and hydrogen. On separation of the waterā¦
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Trump Opting for Big Oil and Climate Change Denial
Trump Opting for Big Oil and Climate ChangeĀ Denial
Another reason ā among many ā not to vote for Donald Trump, the likely Republican nominee for president. (Those words still sound absurd and bizarre, the world according to Dali or Pirandello.)
Reuters reportedthat Trump has chosen Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, one of the countryās most ardent oil and gas drilling advocates and climate change skeptics, to advise him on energyā¦
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