There’s much that intrigues me about this recently published study, but let’s start with the University of Utah press release, titled, “Is Global Warming Unstoppable?” In case that didn’t catch your eye, here’s the dek: “Theory also says energy conservation doesn’t help.” Now let’s go to the first three concise graphs of the release, which,…Continue Reading…
Are they coming? You can find out by listening to this CBC radio show. On the program’s website, Gwynne Dyer discusses how his interest evolved a few years ago from passing curiosity to a serious exploration into this idea that global warming could lead to wars. It turned into a year-long trek talking to scientists,…Continue Reading…
We interrupt the bloggy flame wars to bring you this important discussion on global warming from the Colbert Report. Extra bonus coverage of Al Gore’s most appealing trait. As anyone who remembers his hot tub experience with a Joe Lieberman stand-in on Saturday Night Live, the man can be very funny. The Colbert Report Mon…Continue Reading…
Guess what? Your dog is part of a carbon emissions, greenhouse gas factory. I can only imagine the horror my crunchy green, dog-loving friends in Boulder, Colorado, will feel when they read this post at High Country News. For the record, no pets in my household, thanks to wicked allergies on both sides of the…Continue Reading…
The NYT has a nice round-up of perspectives on this recent Pew poll, which finds: There has been a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising. I tend to think this poll is more a snapshot in time. We’re still…Continue Reading…
If we really want to lick this global warming problem, then we need to be scared straight, says an Australian ethics professor: There is a view we should not scare people because it makes them go down their burrows and close the door but I think the situation is so serious that although people are…Continue Reading…
The flip side of climate change coverage is energy. CJR offers a prescription for how to revitalize the beat. Broadly speaking, the authors argue: if energy news is to engage and inform the decisions of politicians, industry executives, and the public, the media must think more strategically about what they cover, how they cover it,…Continue Reading…
That’s how Oxford economist Dieter Helm describes global efforts to stem greenhouse gas emissions, in a brutally candid interview with Nature. Warning! The contents of his interview are for mature audiences only. For example, wind power advocates might want to close their eyes during this part: What exactly will windmills across Europe do to address…Continue Reading…
The tragedy of Kenya’s latest drought is captured in all its complexity by Jeffrey Gettleman. His deeply contextual story won’t lend itself to climate advocates who’d probably like nothing better than to tag it as another cautionary tale of global warming. As Gettleman explains, The aid community here has been predicting a disaster for months,…Continue Reading…