A Huge Climate Change Movement Led By Teenage Girls Is Sweeping Europe: BuzzFeed

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"LONDON — A huge student protest movement led almost exclusively by teenage girls and young women is sweeping Europe, and it's on the brink of breaking through in the US."


"The protests are injecting a new urgency into the debate around climate change, and calling attention to a lack of action by governments. They are also a sign of the new political power of young women, especially in Europe. 
Climate strikes have also been organized by students in Australia, and US organizers are planning to participate in an international day of action on March 15.
Jamie Margolin, the 17-year-old founder and executive director of Zero Hour, a group working on the March 15 protest in the US, told BuzzFeed News that climate activism has given young women like her a chance to be heard."

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Rolling Stone: What’s Another Way to Say ‘We’re F-cked’? One of the leading climate scientists of our time is warning of the horrifying possibility of 15-to-20 feet of sea-level rise

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In A.C., farmers talk climate change Feb 8, 2018

Farmers talk Climate Change

The predicted effects of a warming planet on Garden State farmers are grim: crop failures, plant diseases and an influx of pests.

The topic was front and center at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City earlier this week, where hundreds of growers from the state's billion-dollar farming industry gathered for New Jersey's 104th State Agricultural Convention.

"There were people for years that denied there was climate change ... Now I think there's more acceptance because they can see it on their farms and fields," said Douglas Fisher, secretary of the Department of Agriculture.

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Rolling Stone: What’s Another Way to Say ‘We’re F-cked’? One of the leading climate scientists of our time is warning of the horrifying possibility of 15-to-20 feet of sea-level rise

Australia can meet Paris targets if government doesn't hinder progress, report claims

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ANU research suggests net cost of achieving Paris targets is zero because renewables are now cheaper than fossil fuels

New research finds Australia is installing renewable energy faster than any other country, a trend that will allow Australia to meet its economy-wide Paris targets five years ahead of schedule if politics doesn’t derail the trend, according to new research from the Australian National University.

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"Dr Teske said ANU's research focussed on the energy market and not the entire sector.

"We also need to take into account our emissions and transport [and] if we want to electrify our transport system, we need to take into account that the electricity demand in Australia will roughly double," he said.

"Even if we meet our, let's say, 2025 or 2030 targets, we need a long term target and we don't have long term energy policies in place right now."  From ABC NEWS


Rolling Stone: What’s Another Way to Say ‘We’re F-cked’? One of the leading climate scientists of our time is warning of the horrifying possibility of 15-to-20 feet of sea-level rise

Is this the incentive we need? — IPCC Climate Report: Medium

Climate Catastrophe?

The IPCC is currently conducting a study in South Korea — and it is likely to report that keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius is possible — with immediate, radical action.

 

  Could this finally be the thing that kickstarts the green revolution, with governments not just meeting targets but far exceeding them? I’m sceptical, but optimistic at the same time.

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GAME-CHANGING LEGAL DECISION ON COAL in Australia

*JUST IN: GAME-CHANGING LEGAL DECISION ON COAL*

As we sat awaiting the verdict, the tension was palpable.

But then - euphoria swept across the courtroom.

In an Australian first, the NSW Land and Environment Court this morning rejected the Rocky Hill coal mine near Gloucester, on social and climate change grounds.

Video: Busting Climate Change Myths \ Answers with Joe/ You Tube

Earth Day was this weekend, so I thought it would be a good opportunity to look at some of the most common myths promoted by climate change skeptics and see what the science has to say about it. Links to supporting material below.


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Cave Experiment: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2...

More about the fossil fuel industry and tobacco companies using the same tactics:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar... Peter Doran's Climate Science Survey: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c... Climate change consensus same as smoking and cancer: https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar... Why CO2 alone won't help plants grow: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-... Lori Fenton's paper on Mars warming: https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...

On the single cause fallacy that climate change in the past is the reason why it's changing now: https://www.skepticalscience.com/clim...

Sulphur Dioxide trends in relation to volcanic activity: https://www.epa.gov/air-trends/sulfur...
An article about Debbie Dooley: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/bu...
Military Times article about pentagon planning for climate change: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/yo...
Exxon Mobil new CEO embracing the carbon tax: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
Study on Exxon Mobil scientists and internal communications: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22...

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The case for “conditional optimism” on climate change: Vox

"Yes, it’s going to get worse, but nobody gets to give up hope or stop fighting. Sorry."

"In sum: humanity faces the urgent imperative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, then eliminate them, and then go “net carbon negative,” i.e., absorb and sequester more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits. It will face that imperative for several generations to come, no matter what the temperature is.

Yes, it’s going to get worse, but nobody gets to give up hope or stop fighting. Sorry.

Rather than just rejecting the question, though, let’s give it a little more specificity, so we can discuss some real answers. Let’s ask: What are the reasonable odds that the current international regime, the one that will likely be in charge for the next dozen crucial years, will reduce global carbon emissions enough to hit the 2 degree target?"

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