The map here is “sea surface temperature anomaly,” and is described as follows: The Atlantic Ocean basin is facing unprecedented conditions in 2024. A severe marine heatwave has developed in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and off Florida’s coast, with …
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The Hottest Year
The battles we’re fighting on present-day Earth include putting an end to military hostilities and preventing the spread of world fascism. At the same time, it would be a very good thing if we could apply the brakes to global …
Conservatives and Climate Change
This from Norm Ornstein, emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a Washington, D.C., conservative think tank. Good for a conservative to put science in front of politics and religion. Also, good for a conservative to give a damn …
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Oil Companies May Soon Be Forced to Pay for the Long-Term Environmental Damage They’re Wreaking
Will the oil companies attack the living hell out of Vermont’s new law? Of course. Will the legislation survive the onslaught of law suits that Big Oil brings against it? Probably not. But the point is that it’s the first …
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Investing in “Space Tourism”
A reader offers this: Why are visionaries like Tony Robbins investing in space tourism? Simple: the space tourism industry is projected to capture a significant share of the $2.25 trillion luxury travel market. With unprecedented growth and major players like …
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Our Planet’s Future?
Here’s another clever message to the effect that we’re failing miserably to take care of our only home, and that it’s our money-motivation that’s driving this catastrophe. When I was a small boy, I read that the side effects of …
Inside the (Climate) Movement
The good people at Inside the Movement write: (We’re) the action toolkit for the climate movement. Come find your place (and your voice!). Here’s how you can join us: Be a part of the Summer of Heat, and join those shutting …
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ExxonMobil Tests Their Techno-Ruse “Direct Air Capture”
In a previous post, I presented this short and extremely general video, in which a representative of ExxonMobil explains Direct Air Capture (DAC), a set of technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. I mentioned that the concept is doomed …
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Climate Change Mitigation: World Governance?
Here’s a review of the new book Children of a Modest Star that ponders the consequences of governance that would sit above the 206 sovereign nations when it comes to climate change mitigation and pandemic control. There is no doubt …
ExxonMobil and the Ruse Called “Direct Air Capture”
In this short and extremely general video, a representative of ExxonMobil explains Direct Air Capture (DAC), a set of technologies that remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Anyone seeking to solve this problem needs to deal with the challenge that the …
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