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The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has once again reached record highs, according to a UN report published Monday, putting the planet on course for warming that far exceeds critical limits to stave off catastrophic climate change. © Pierre Crom/Getty Images WIJK AAN ZEE, NETHERLANDS – AUGUST 20: Fumes from the Tata Steel plant are seen … Read more

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said the world’s current climate situation is “a one-way ticket for disaster”, reiterating the urgency of agreement at the COP26 climate conference at the end of the month. © Provided by Al Jazeera The world has been rocked by increasing incidences of extreme heat, flooding and drought with leaders under … Read more

Article today in the Washington Post: As the United States and nations around the world struggle to blunt the effects of rising temperatures and extreme weather, sweeping assessments released Thursday by the White House, the U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon conclude that climate change will exacerbate long-standing threats to global security. Together, the reports … Read more

Oct 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world is on track to see “terrifying” climate impacts as stepped-up emissions-cutting plans filed by countries so far fail to limit fast-accelerating global warming, analysts said on Wednesday. More than two-thirds of about 195 countries that signed the 2015 Paris climate accord submitted a new or updated climate … Read more

I am always looking for good news but frankly, it is hard to find.  I did see that Norway (population 5.5 million) is seeing 80% of all new car sales as electric or electric/hybrid, but unfortunately that is only a drop in a rather large bucket of humanity.  Today there was an article that says … Read more

NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) ism, an interesting response by some of the most ardent climate change and environmental people was featured in the Sierra Club September magazine issue (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-4-fall/feature/nimby-threat-renewable-energy). It demonstrates just how hard it is going to be to make the conversion to a low carbon emission society despite a worsening environment.  Mark … Read more

With all the news about climate change; hurricanes, fires, floods and heat waves, the question is, how fast will humanity respond?  In short, not fast enough.  Joe Manchin is fighting the infrastructure bill on behalf of his constituents in West Virginia who have a very narrow viewpoint.  The auto workers union is now pushing back … Read more

I constantly get feedback that I am too pessimistic about how humanity will respond to addressing climate change and its potential impact over the next 30 yrs or so.  Of course, no one wants to hear that our lives may be subject to changes beyond our control and our children’s lives may be difficult.  The … Read more

From IPCC: Rising seas, melting ice caps and other effects of a warming climate may be irreversible for centuries and are “unequivocally” driven by greenhouse-gas emissions from human activity, a scientific panel working under the auspices of the United Nations said Monday in a new report. Issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an … Read more

As I have said many times in this blog space, signs and the impact of climate change is happening much faster than the models predicted.  Almost every day now, there are articles in the news that highlight fires, drought, heat waves, etc…  Yesterday a scientific study was release that talks about AMOC (Atlantic meridional overturning … Read more