When MLK said this in the 1960s, he was probably referring to war, specifically nuclear war. In any case, it was a time when there was very little awareness that humankind was on course to ruin our planet’s environment and …
Category: Climate Change
Good News from Montana in Climate Change Mitigation …. Or Is It?
From the Daily Montanan: The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial, affirming that the youth plaintiffs have a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment” while …
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Yes, Our Leaders Should Believe in Science, But That’s Irrelevant
It would be great if we could pull off what Harrison Ford is suggesting i.e., that our leaders believe in science and create policy that is informed accordingly. The problem is that our elections here in the United States are …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Why Primatologist Jane Goodall Is Optimistic about Earth’s Future
Question: In my recent post: Young People and the Environment, I noted that Primatologist Jane Goodall gives three reasons that she’s optimistic about Earth’s future. One is the enthusiasm of young folks. What are the other two? Answer: Can be found …
The U.S. Isn’t Leading the World on Climate Change Mitigation, and That’s Not Likely to Shift
From Bloomberg: The House Judiciary Committee said it’s found “substantial evidence of collusion and anticompetitive behavior” by the financial industry to “impose radical ESG goals” on U.S. companies. An interim report published by the Republican-led committee said “a cartel” of …
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Why Today’s Corruption in the United States Is Worse than Ever Before
At left is the essential tragedy of American politics of the last ten years. But were our citizens’ dealings with the U.S. governments ever honest, at any real level? Of course not. Consider the robber barons of the late 19th …
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Are We Looking at the End? — a Few Further Thoughts
In my recent post Are We Looking at the End? I quoted a few scientists who claim that human civilization will “unravel” somewhere between 2040 and 2050, due primarily to climate change and the loss of biodiversity, particularly the insects. …
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What Trump Wants on U.S. Climate Progress
It’s true that Trump is probably the greatest single one-person threat to our capacity to address climate change mitigation and adaptation, not only in America, but in the world as a whole. That’s because a) he won the 2024 U.S. …
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Dealing with Global Warming: Sorry, We’ve Already Been Warned
At left is an ad for an environmental conference in Dubai. While the event itself may be interesting, the answer to the question posed here is No. The entire world and everyone living on it has been warned for many …
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Our New Gilded Age
The big difference between the current Gilded Age and the last one is the fragility of the environment. In the late 19th Century, we weren’t roasting our planet and losing tens of thousands of species annually. Sure, environmental science was …
