Friday, November 16, 2018

Radical Realism for Climate Justice

A Civil Society Response to the Challenge of Limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C


Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial is feasible, and it is our best hope of achieving environmental and social justice, of containing the impacts of a global crisis that was born out of historical injustice and highly unequal responsibility.

https://www.boell.de/en/2018/09/17/radical-realism-climate-justice?dimension1=ds_radicalrealism

Thursday, November 15, 2018

U.S. judge bars Trump administration from OKing fracking off California coast - SFChronicle.com

A federal judge barred the Trump administration Friday from approving oil companies’ requests to use the high-pressure drilling technique known as fracking in offshore wells along the Southern California coast until a review of the possible effects on endangered species and state coastal resources.





Pump jacks at the Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site which is the fourth largest oil field in California. 
Photo: Education Images, UIG via Getty Images


U.S. judge bars Trump administration from OKing fracking off California coast - SFChronicle.com

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires » Yale Climate Connections

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires

by Dana Nuccitelli



Years of record-setting California wildfires are consistent with mounting evidence of climate change as a principal factor.



NASA photo

Now designated as California’s deadliest fire, the still-raging Camp Fire by November 13 had led to 42 deaths, with many residents still unaccounted for and more than 7,000 structures destroyed. (Image credit: NASA)

The many ways climate change worsens California wildfires » Yale Climate Connections

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Opinion | We Have to Save the Planet. So I’m Donating $1 Billion. - The New York Times

If more billionaires are following we might have a chance?



Tourists in Argentina viewed the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park in March.CreditCreditWalter Diaz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images


Opinion | We Have to Save the Planet. So I’m Donating $1 Billion. - The New York Times