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Shell knew (half a century ago!) that CO2 was a problem
Fossil fuels are the very bedrock of our global civilization; but oil and gas ‘production’ is nothing of the sort: it’s not production, it’s extraction. Those who ‘produce’ these resources are profiteering from their historic control of them, and actually … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Climate, Communication, Education, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, History, Phlyarology
Tagged climate change, denial, Justice, lies, Shell
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Old MacDonald’s climate change
Old MacDonald had a farmEe i ee i oAnd on his farm he had a floodEe i ee i oWith some drowned cows hereAnd some drowned cows there.Here a bull, there a calf,Everywhere an oh no.Old MacDonald had a farmEe … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, balance, Climate, collaboration, Environment, Just for laughs, Poetry
Tagged climate change
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The future is now, and it is us; we must choose to act.
Posted in ... wait, what?, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Energy, Environment, Food, GCD: Global climate disruption, perception, Strategy, Water
Tagged act, AGW, climate change, now
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Greta Thunberg says, “Enough is enough!”
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. Me, Just now† I received an email today, imploring me to sign yet another petition. Those tend to have little effect, but, still, we … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Biodiversity, Climate, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, People, Strategy
Tagged activism, AGW, Big Oil, Change, climate change, Greta Thunberg
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Is it only a dream that there’ll be no more turning away
There are now eight billion of us on Spaceship Earth (and counting), and although it’s only a relatively small proportion of the total, a great many of our fellow travellers are undergoing tremendous suffering while the rest of us turn … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Climate, Core thought, crowdsourcing, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, Music, News and politics
Tagged Avaaz, Famine, On the turning away, Pink Floyd, Somalia
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We are getting close to it being too late!
Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
As in we humans living on this planet. Next Saturday I am giving a talk to our local Freethinkers and Humanists group on climate change. As a result of this I was doing some…
Revealed: oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years
Vast sums provide power to ‘buy every politician’ and delay action on climate crisis, says expert Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltdunder guardiansyndication Open Licence Terms The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure … Continue reading
We need to treat climate change as the emergency it is
There are still far too many in denial of reality. I’ve said it all before. I’m tired of being told I’m an ‘alarmist’. ‘Enjoy’ the heatwave, folks. And remember, from here on it only gets ‘better’.
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Climate, Communication, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Phlyarology, Rants, Strategy
Tagged 1976, 2022, climate change, emergency, Heatwave
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An update on how we’re handling the climate crisis
Overpopulation is a problem, but it’s not the biggest problem. The biggest problems are: 1) serious inequity in terms of the emissions generated by the most wealthy and 2) serious incompetence and corruption on the part of governmental institutions – most of which are in thrall to those in (1) Continue reading
Ten new insights in climate science (Johan Rockström at #COP26)
We are on average, moving towards four degrees warming this century. And we haven’t been in a four-degree warmer world for the past four million years. So it’s not as if it’s a place we know very well. Johan Rockström … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Communication, Core thought, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, People, Strategy
Tagged Change, climate change, environment, Johan Rockström
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