Don’t confront drivers of gas-guzzling SUVs about climate change — talk to them about it instead – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times Don’t confront drivers of gas-guzzling SUVs about climate change — talk to them about it insteadLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: I applaud Virginia Heffernan’s piece exhorting all of us to stop blaming and arguing with people who don’t agree with us on climate change. (“Stop playing the climate blame game. We’re all…
Michael Gove is an environmental disaster waiting to happen – The Independent
The Independent Michael Gove is an environmental disaster waiting to happenThe IndependentMore recently, Gove has been a cheerleader for ditching EU environmental laws designed to protect many of our most precious and wildest places. Much of the UK’s environment safeguards come from Brussels, and, with Brexit negotiations set to start …Michael Gove as environment secretary is…
Essay: Americans Are Skeptical of Global Warming Out of ‘Selfishness’ and ‘Hypocrisy’ – Breitbart News
Breitbart News Essay: Americans Are Skeptical of Global Warming Out of ‘Selfishness’ and ‘Hypocrisy’Breitbart NewsA recent essay declares that Americans are much more skeptical of “global warming” than citizens of other countries, a phenomenon the author attributes to “selfishness” and “hypocrisy.” In an essay appearing in inverse.com, Firmin DeBrabander asserts …
How Much Do You Know About Solving Global Warming? – The … – New York Times
New York Times How Much Do You Know About Solving Global Warming? – The …New York TimesThere is no silver bullet for climate change, because slowing planetary warming will require a variety of strategies. “Drawdown,” a new book edited by the green … and more »
San Francisco Mayor Reposts Deleted EPA Global Warming Web Pages – The Daily Caller
San Francisco Mayor Reposts Deleted EPA Global Warming Web PagesThe Daily CallerSan Francisco Mayor Ed Lee became the 13 U.S. mayor to use public resources to repost Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) web pages on global warming that were deleted by the Trump administration earlier this year. Lee said the “American people … and more »
Pope, Italian president talk migrants, environment, jobs – Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service Pope, Italian president talk migrants, environment, jobsCatholic News ServiceMattarella told Pope Francis safeguarding the environment is another area where he sees a convergence of Christian values and the democratic ideal of seeking the common good. Thanking Pope Francis for his encyclical, “Laudato Si’,” the president … and more »
If You Think Fighting Climate Change Will Be Expensive, Calculate the Cost of Letting It Happen – Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review If You Think Fighting Climate Change Will Be Expensive, Calculate the Cost of Letting It HappenHarvard Business ReviewI’d like to point out the flip side: that climate change itself is bad for the economy and investing in climate resilience is not only a national security priority, but an enormous economic opportunity. The…
Blaming global warming on our ‘creator’ abdicates our responsibility to act – DesMoinesRegister.com
DesMoinesRegister.com Blaming global warming on our ‘creator’ abdicates our responsibility to actDesMoinesRegister.comOnce again, simplistic thinking and binary choices are the only ways that deniers of global warming can analyze the issue. Max Isaacson’s June 7 letter stated that he “concedes” there is global warming, but believes since volcanoes and other natural …
Pyatt: Fixing global warming tough, but why just give up? – Carroll County Times
Pyatt: Fixing global warming tough, but why just give up?Carroll County TimesThe knowledge that carbon dioxide pollutes our air via global warming was a kick in the teeth in the 1990s when Al Gore popularized it in a movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” After surviving Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) during the Cold War, what a …Paris…
Frank R. Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb: Global warming, Gary Ott, and 3rd District produce hot politics – Deseret News
Deseret News Frank R. Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb: Global warming, Gary Ott, and 3rd District produce hot politicsDeseret NewsWith our shades on, we explore the warming global political discussions in Utah. President Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, an agreement among almost 150 countries designed to reduce greenhouse gases and slow…