Dec 19 2009
…in simple terms that mere mortals can understand. Naturally, this is an oversimplification, and you could nitpick each of these things. What’s critical is that you understand, generally, what the numbers in question mean. From the Guardian: Copenhagen climate summit: Five possible scenarios for our future climate With talks in Copenhagen descending into chaos, the [...]
Dec 19 2009
From Bill McKibben and company: Dear Friends, We need you to read this closely, if you would. You’ve always counted on us to tell the truth, and it would be useless to pretend we’re happy with the outcome of the Copenhagen climate talks. You’ll likely hear the Copenhagen drama spun in a thousand different ways, [...]
Dec 17 2009
My heroes are in tears. http://rozsavage.com/2009/12/17/cop15-t-1-weeping-for-the-world/ http://www.350.org/about/blogs/end-day-update http://tcktcktck.org/stories/campaign-stories/open-letter-president-obama I was so hoping for some kind of grand gesture. And I suppose Obama might yet swoop in and deliver. If so, I’ll even forgive him the finance crisis. But so far? It’s looking like business as usual, where the rich and powerful make theater and the [...]
Dec 13 2009
I can’t imagine what it must be like for Ian Fry to say what he says in front of the world. I wonder if any of our pampered, entitled, mostly-useless elected officials (I will not call them leaders) are listening? I wonder if our “change” president will actually do something, instead of simply mouthing platitudes [...]
Oct 22 2009
This just in from the fine folks at 350.org: Dear friends, For 20 years the world has managed to do very little about the greatest problem it’s ever faced. In three days time, you can help change that–and if you step up you’re going to have a lot of company! It looks like the International [...]
Mar 16 2009
Lately, when people ask us where we’re heading, on our family’s adventure, I tell them that I can’t decide whether I want my kids to see glaciers before they melt, or islands before they’re drowned. Drowning islands warn of future perils for ‘environmental refugees’ Apparently I have less time to decide than I thought. It [...]
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