From “David Attenborough Fans”: 150 ft. Iceberg passing through Iceberg Alley near Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada. Only a few of us live around see in-your-face evidence of glaciers calving and floating around in our front yards. Yikes.
Category: Climate Change
Putting One’s Head in the Sand Doesn’t Change the Facts
School boards in deeply red states like Florida are using textbooks with all reference to the subject of climate change removed. Of course, that does not change the fact a warmer climate is one in which storms become more destructive …
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Public Opinion on Climate Change
Right now, we are seeing a slow but steady increase in the recognition that our climate is warming due primarily to the consumption of fossil fuels. However, as 81-year-old climate scientist James Hansen said recently, it’s possible that, in his …
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Creating Massive Suffering with Misinformation
How much misery can be created by inventing stories about Haitians’ eating Ohioans’ pet dogs and cats? I don’t know, but it’s limited. Trying to convince folks that climate change is a hoax, on the other hand, is deliberately creating …
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How Much, If at All, Do We Honestly Care about Our Children?
The author of the meme here has nailed something very important. It’s the reason people sound so selfish and stupid when they say something like, “Oh, I’m not interested in politics.” It’s just another way of of saying, “I don’t …
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Understanding Trump’s Appeal and Where This May Be Going
Trump is revered by two groups: The uneducated, whose ignorance on subjects like climate change prevents them from seeing that they are being lied to, and educated people of horrific character, who are thrilled that there are enough of these …
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Replacing Fossil Fuels
I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve had this conversation with someone. While it’s true that we can’t stop using fossil fuels tomorrow, we can establish an energy policy that calls for phasing them out at the …
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The Heritage Foundation Faces a Limit as to How Much Damage It Can Inflict on Earth’s Environment
The abolition of NOAA will put an end to the flow of weather-related information that helps to protect Americans’ lives and property from natural disasters like hurricanes. If the Heritage Foundation, as a representative of the extreme right-wing in the …
Project 2025 and Climate Change Denial
One of the many casualties of Project 2025 will be NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its subsidiary, the National Hurricane Center. The motive for dismantling NOAA? It’s “one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm …
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What’s Our Excuse?
We don’t have an excuse, but we do have an explanation, and that is that human society is built around money. “Money talks and bullshit walks,” as they say. As you’re reading this, there are uber-wealthy people all around the …
