Coral Davenport – The Independent US US president regularly questions science of human-caused global warming and is working to encourage burning of coal The Trump administration is widely expected to discount or ignore the findings from its own climate change report as it…
By Daniel Gutman “In the south, Argentina had the worst drought in 50 years this year, after crops had been lost to flooding the previous year. And in the Caribbean, Dominica’s entire agricultural crop disappeared from the map in 2017 because of devastating hurricanes.” — Julio…
Damian Carrington* – The Guardian Spreading particles in stratosphere to fight climate change may cost $2bn a year Cooling the Earth by injecting sun-blocking particles into the stratosphere could be “remarkably inexpensive”, according to the most detailed engineering analysis…
By Diego Arguedas Ortiz* – BBC Future Images like that of a polar bear on a melting ice field are iconic. But in terms of getting people to act on climate change, they may be ineffective.
By David Brennan – Newsweek Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is part of a plot by so-called “globalists” to help China overtake western economies and destroy traditional culture Ernesto Araujo was appointed to the key post on Wednesday by president-elect…
By John Feffe – TomDispatch It’s called climate change, and we’re running out of time to solve it. The mid-term elections are over, and the Democrats have regained the House, but the rest of American political reality remains intact.
BY NATHANIEL RICH* – The Atlantic William T. Vollmann’s latest opus is brilliant, but it offers no comfort to its readers.
Luciana Porfirio, David Newth, John Finnigan (*) – The Conversation (**) Ending world hunger is a central aspiration of modern society. To address this challenge – along with expanding agricultural land and intensifying crop yields – we rely on global agricultural trade to meet…
University of Pennsylvania – EurekAlert! * A study from the Annenberg School for Communication shows that exposure to anonymous, bipartisan social networks can lead liberals and conservatives to improve their forecasting of global-climate trends Social media networks, which…
Ecojesuit* Divestment and re-investment is one of the key strategies in approaching the sustained use of fossil fuels. Meanwhile, significant green energy sources are emerging and decisions being made at the domestic level.
