Great Lakes Are Record Warm Right Now. Here’s Why That Matters. By Tom Niziol July 15 2020 01:30 PM EDT weather.com Hundreds of Toxic Superfund Sites at Risk of Flooding, Study Finds A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists warns that hundreds of toxic Superfund sites could flood in the next two decades and […]
Kearl Bitumen Mine by David Dougherty
David Dougherty, member of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome, writes: Synopsis of the Review Panel Report on the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Kearl Bitumen Mine. June 2019 This is a very quick analysis of the archived review panel report on the environmental impact assessment (EIA). I have not covered everything in the panel […]
reminding–1.5 degrees
Nearing 1.5 degrees I try not to be repetitive here, but,…
God, Man, Tech and Climate: Hans Joachim Schellnhuber paints a picture for the Club of Rome
The Club of Rome, an organisation of experts on the state of the planet long concerned about that state, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a conference. Some four hundred souls gather in muggy Rome, in an airless auditorium in the shadow of the Vatican. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, one of the world’s greatest climate scientists, has […]
15-year-old activist inspiring crowds of thousands to fight for the planet.
At just 15 years old, Greta Thurnberg is leading a revolution that’s growing beyond her home country of Sweden. For a month and a half, instead of sitting in a classroom, Greta Thurnberg has been sitting on the steps of Sweden’s parliament building. Her full-time sit-in, which drew other students, lasted three weeks. Now it […]