Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Rolling Stone: Big Oil Kills Carbon Initiative in Washington State

Out-of-state fossil-fuel money drowns out local support for key climate policy

Last night in Washington state, Big Oil bought another election and pushed the world a little deeper into climate chaos. What else is new?

Rolling Stone: Federal Climate Change Report Warns of Bleak Economic, Societal Impact

Climate-related events “expected to continue to damage infrastructure, ecosystems, and social systems,” study states

 The U.S. government quietly issued a troubling new report on climate change and mankind’s impact on the environment Friday. The 1,600-page document, scheduled for release next month but instead dumped on Black Friday, paints a bleak overview of the threat global warming poses in the United States, both climatically and economically.

“Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities,” National Climate Assessment researchers wrote in Volume II in their report on climate change.

Keep reading Rolling Stone article


Monday, 26 November 2018

London Climate Protests / Video





Published on Nov 21, 2018
Activists from the Extinction Rebellion campaign group blocked traffic on Lambeth Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge in an attempt to bring London to a standstill during the morning rush hour. The protest is part of a campaign of civil disobedience to try to force governments to treat the threats of climate change and extinction as a crisis. 

RT America Video: Climate change causing California wildfires



'Evidence of human-caused climate change is strengthening, a new report from 13 federal agencies says. It could cost hundreds of billions of dollars from rising sea levels and infrastructure damage, among other impacts.'

NBC News Published on Nov 24, 2018

NBC News Video: Climate Change Is Worsening And Will Have Economic Impact, Federal Report Warns




NBC News

Published on Nov 24, 2018

"Evidence of human-caused climate change is strengthening, a new report from 13 federal agencies says. It could cost hundreds of billions of dollars from rising sea levels and infrastructure damage, among other impacts."

Published on Nov 24, 2018
Evidence of human-caused climate change is strengthening, a new report from 13 federal agencies says. It could cost hundreds of billions of dollars from rising sea levels and infrastructure damage, among other impacts.

Video of maps showing sea rise, wildfires and more





BBC News
Published on Jun 24, 2018
A new website that lets people delve into data on the world's cities has been launched. Dr Robert Muggah from the think-tank Instituto Igarapé showed the BBC some of his favourite maps from EarthTime.

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Sunday, 25 November 2018

PBS Eons Video: the Last Time The Globe Warmed

... when the world warmed more than any human has ever seen. (So far).

We are warming faster and faster now.



Published on Dec 4, 2017

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"Imagine an enormous, lush rainforest teeming with life...in the Arctic. Well there was a time -- and not too long ago -- when the world warmed more than any human has ever seen. (So far)"

Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: http://youtube.com/pbsdigitalstudios

Special thanks to Nobumichi Tamura for allowing us to use his work: http://spinops.blogspot.com/

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