24 Monday Oct 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
With atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations having reached a “symbolic and significant milestone” in 2015—and with no signs of them abating this year—the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Monday that “a new era of climate change reality” is upon us.
Source: ‘New Era of Climate Change Reality,’ WMO Warns
05 Wednesday Oct 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
On October 5, 2016, the U.N. Secretary-General Ban K-moon announced that the Paris Climate Change Agreement will enter into force on November 4, 2016.
Read his full statement.
21 Wednesday Sep 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
The campaign to hold Exxon accountable for their climate cover-up just took a big step forward.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on September 20, 2016, that they’re opening an investigation into whether Exxon has failed to account for the risk climate change and climate regulations could pose to their business model.
Learn more at 350.org.
14 Sunday Aug 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption, United States
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2016 US Presidential Elections, Climate Change, Climate disruption, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, Hillary Clinton, Jill Stein, Nature & Environment
Photo Credit: Maps of World
Here’s how our top four presidential candidates propose to address climate change.
Hillary Clinton – Democratic Party
I won’t let anyone take us backward, deny our economy the benefits of harnessing a clean energy future, or force our children to endure the catastrophe that would result from unchecked climate change.
~ Hillary Clinton, November 29, 2015
On day one, Hillary Clinton will set bold, national goals that will be achieved within 10 years of taking office. Learn more at https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/
Jill Stein – Green Party
A Green New Deal: Create millions of jobs by transitioning to 100% clean renewable energy by 2030, and investing in public transit, sustainable agriculture, and conservation.
Protect Mother Earth: Lead on a global treaty to halt climate change. End destructive energy extraction: fracking, tar sands, offshore drilling, oil trains, mountaintop removal, and uranium mines. Protect our public lands, water supplies, biological diversity, parks, and pollinators. Label GMOs, and put a moratorium on GMOs and pesticides until they are proven safe. Protect the rights of future generations.
Learn more at http://www.jill2016.com/plan
03 Wednesday Aug 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
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American Meteorological Society, Climate Change, Climate disruption, Nature & Environment, State of the Climate in 2015
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The year 2015 saw the toppling of several symbolic mileposts: notably, it was 1.0°C warmer than preindustrial times, and the Mauna Loa observatory recorded its first annual mean carbon dioxide concentration greater than 400 ppm. Beyond these more recognizable markers, trends seen in recent decades continued.
~ American Meteorological Society, State of the Climate 2015, August 2016.
DOWNLOAD STATE OF THE CLIMATE 2015
The report, compiled by NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate at the National Centers for Environmental Information is based on contributions from scientists from around the world. It provides a detailed update on global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space.
26 Thursday May 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
Last week, we were among a handful of organizations who received a letter signed by 13 members of Congress claiming that we may be violating Exxon’s right to free speech. They’re requesting that we divulge any communication we may have had with state officials and many private organizations with regard to looking into what Exxon knew about climate change and when. At face value this request is a threat to constitutional rights.
Source: Climate Action is Needed Whether Exxon Likes it or Not.
30 Saturday Apr 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
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Break free from fossil fuels, Climate Change, Climate disruption, Climate Movement 350.org, Film Disobedience, Fossil fuel industry, Nature & Environment
The new film Disobedience about the global movement to break free from fossil fuels is now available for free download and streaming at watchdisobedience.com!
The film is a powerful journey, featuring Break Free organizers in Canada, Germany, Turkey and the Philippines as they prepare to mobilize for major actions this May. It shows that the global movement to keep fossil fuels in the ground is growing in size and courage.
Disobedience features author and activist Naomi Klein, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, as well as board member Lidy Nacpil and dozens of inspiring voices from front-line fights around the world.
It’s about 40 minutes long, and I think it makes for inspiring watching ahead of the Break Free wave of action starting a few days from now.
If you’re inspired by what you see — and I think you will be — then I hope you will both share the film, and join thousands of people across the planet in Break Free actions next month. Across the United States, people are standing up to the power and pollution of the fossil fuel industry — from the frack fields of California, to the tar sands networks of the Midwest, to the oil train rail lines in the Northeast. This is where you can go to join Break Free.
Onwards, to a future beyond fossil fuels,
Duncan Meisel
350.org
29 Tuesday Mar 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
Photo Credit: CommonDreams
In a move many are hailing as a “turning point” in the climate fight, 20 state Attorneys General on Tuesday launched an unprecedented, multi-state effort to investigate and prosecute the “high-funded and morally vacant forces” that have stymied attempts to combat global warming—starting with holding ExxonMobil and other industry giants accountable for fraud and suppression of key climate science.
Source: Turning Point in Climate Fight as AGs Unite to Target Exxon Crimes
17 Wednesday Feb 2016
Posted in Anthropogenic Climate Disruption
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Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Climate disruption, Existing Coal Plants in the USA, Nature & Environment, USA Clean Power Plan 2015
Coal-fired Power Plant
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USA Clean Power Plan on Hold
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday [February 9, 2016] delivered a major blow to President Barack Obama by putting on hold federal regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions mainly from coal-fired power plants, the centerpiece of his administration’s strategy to combat climate change.
~ U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Obama’s Clean Power Plan by Lawrence Hurley & Valerie Volcovici, Scientific American, February 9, 2016
~ Learn more about the EPA Clean Power Plan for Existing Power Plants
~ Existing coal plants in the USA from SourceWatch
27 Wednesday Jan 2016
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Brazil, Climate Change, Climate disruption, Microcephaly, Threat to human reproduction, Zika Virus
Video: Zika Virus: What you need to know
Zika Virus: Our Dystopian Climate Future
I’ve spent much of my life chronicling the ongoing tragedies stemming from global warming: the floods and droughts and storms, the failed harvests and forced migrations. But no single item on the list seems any more horrible than the emerging news from South America about the newly prominent Zika disease.
~ Bill McKibben, “The Zika virus foreshadows our dystopian climate future,” The Guardian, January 25, 2016
