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After the Tipping Point
Bill McKibben recently spoke on the PBS podcast, “The United States of Anxiety.” We have passed the tipping point on climate change but there is much we can still do to address climate change and avert unmitigated disaster. You can…
Read MoreUsing Bureaucracy
When Vice News interviewed the mayor of an Oregon town that lost a third of its housing to last year’s wildfires, the mayor offered the following sentiment. She was asked if encouraging people to return was a good idea with…
Read MoreIPCC Report is a Potent Tool
The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was released this week and the media acts surprised by the dire warnings, blaring that the red alerts and apocalyptic alarms are sounding. They did until Governor Cuomo resigned the next day over…
Read MoreNaming Names: The Exxon 11
The Exxon-Mobil corporation relies on eleven senators to silence attacks on the fossil fuel industry and to defeat legislation that would hurt their business. They particularly detest the Carbon Tax proposals, which are necessary to convert the economy to a…
Read MoreKudos Rabbi Resnikoff
Rabbi Haggai Resnikoff offers a vibrant sermon on Jewish thought and solutions to the climate crisis:
Read MoreThe Phony Cry of Doomerism
The reports from the field observations on climate are returning with ever worsening reports, as predicted. Heat absorption, the Arctic and Antarctica, mounting land degradation tallies are ticking upward, which again, were explicated in the climate models. Last week, Greenpeace…
Read MoreNew graphic depicting climate change over time.
Thank the New York Times for this excellent rendering of warming trends in the United States over time.
Read MoreThe Limits of Religion and How It Informs the Religious Response to Climate Change
Part of addressing climate change is the technical challenges. The methods of science and engineering have proven themselves to be far more capable in providing probable solutions to climate change than religion. The sacred foundational texts and the subsequent holy…
Read MoreSolutions!
Confused as to what we need to do to solve climate change? Welcome to the club. MIT has a new interactive website that lays out all the pieces of the climate puzzle on one screen. Move the slides and see…
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