Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Jessica Glenza reports on a new survey showing that the overwhelming majority of U.S. youth are (rightly) worried about the climate crisis. Pamela Swanigan…
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Greenpeace message
By exploiting coal, oil and gas, fossil fuel companies are inflaming extreme weather, making climate disasters more frequent and more severe–from hotter heatwaves to more destructive wildfires and unsafe air…
We need the emissions cap
Conservatives love rhyming slogans. Alberta’s Conservative government has come up with a dandy in their... The post We need the emissions cap first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Saskia O'Donoghue reports on the continued recognition by both risk experts and the general public that the climate crisis is the most important…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The American Institute of Biological Sciences weighs in on the growing scientific recognition that we're approaching - and indeed barreling toward - irreversible climate…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Alan Rusbridger highlights the glaring gap between the devastating extreme weather events caused by a climate breakdown in progress, and the complete lack…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Charlie Warzel warns that the level of disinformation saturation in the U.S. has reached the point of organized violence and sabotage. H. Colleen Sinclair…
What happens to the Alberta Energy Industry when Buildings can produce more energy than they consume?
To me the idea that a building can produce more energy than it consumes is a bit mindblowing. It sounds like a crazy idea. When I first heard it, I…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Emily Atkin writes about the importance of continuing to highlight the dangers of climate change even if - and indeed because - our political…
Forests need protection, not exploitation
Plants, People, Planet is a peer-reviewed bi-monthly scientific journal established by The New Phytologist Foundation, a non-profit that promotes plant science. In 2022, the journal warned about the dire consequences…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- William Ripple et al. provide an update on the state of the Earth based on 2024 data, and warn that we're continuing to…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Darius Snieckus reports on a new International Institute for Sustainable Development study finding that Canada is still spending three times as much subsidizing fossil…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Elizabeth Kolbert discusses the immense damage and disruption which we can anticipate if Greenland's massive ice sheet melts due to global warming, while…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Lauren Rosenthal, Brian Sullivan and Christopher Cannon examine how the prospect of extreme weather and associated disasters is a reality everywhere in the U.S.…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Geoffrey Deihl warns that this year's U.S. election may represent a point of no return in trying to avoid civilization-shaking climate breakdown (even…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Melissa Hanson writes about life as a climate refugee from what was billed as a relatively safe area - making for a particularly painful…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Daron Acemoglu highlights the dangers of a new gilded age - particularly as increasingly large concentrations of wealth are taken for merit or wisdom.…
Symbolic win on climate change
One hundred and forty-two years ago the world’s first coal-burning power station went on line... The post Symbolic win on climate change first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Amy Goodman calls out the media's failure to connect the devastation of Hurricane Helene with the global warming which is exacerbating extreme weather,…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Joelle Gergis offers a reminder that we're running out of time to avert a climate calamity - and that the only reasonable goal…