Tagged: Climate Change

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort

Via: • News Viners • 1 Comments • 2 months ago

What does aerial fire fighting have to do with sea level rise? Those fire fighters won't saturate the ground with sea water. There was only one Super Scooper working the fire and it has been...

Noah’s ark: Lessons for humanity’s survival in a changing world

Via: • Confucius • 26 Comments • 4 months ago

Sen. Whitehouse: Climate change could crash the financial system

Via: • News Viners • 2 Comments • 11 months ago

Right on cue. There's talk of more stringent 'Basel III' regulation of bank financing for climate mitigation projects and a Democrat threatens to drown the puppies. Sen. Whitehouse likes to cite...

Taxpayer subsidies haven't made wind and solar power cheaper or better for Americans

Via: • Today's America • 9 Comments • 11 months ago

We Are Witnessing the First Stages of Civilization's Collapse

Via: • News Viners • 45 Comments • 2 years ago

Our 'elites' have pushed a narrative that climate change is being caused by fossil fuels and that eliminating fossil fuels will fix the problem. The problem is that carbon dioxide (and, now,...

Opinion | Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue - The New York Times

Via: • NEWSMucks • 0 Comments • 2 years ago

This Bacteria Can Turn CO2 Into Biodegradable Plastic

Via: • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 4 Comments • 2 years ago

Wonking Out: Why Growth Can Be Green

Via: • The Beacon • 6 Comments • 2 years ago

The escalator rises again

Via: • The Beacon • 6 Comments • 2 years ago

I remember when this first was published. It was useful for ending debates, both genuine and artificial.

Permafrost Thaw in Siberia Creates a Ticking 'Methane Bomb' of Greenhouse Gases, Scientists Warn

Via: • News Viners • 9 Comments • 3 years ago

And then there is this. The headline is little misleading because the increased methane emissions were coming from limestone outcrops and not from decaying organic material.

Greta Thunberg says it's 'strange' Biden is considered a leader on climate change

Via: • The Deplorables • 28 Comments • 3 years ago

The more these activists bleat 'somebody has to DO something' while doing nothing themselves, politicians take advantage of that lack of leadership to create a power vacuum for their own benefit....

Climate change: On the edge and nowhere to go

Via: • SiNNERs and ButtHeads • 51 Comments • 4 years ago

Democrats Call for a Tax on Imports From Polluting Countries

Via: • News Viners • 5 Comments • 4 years ago

Democrats were against tariffs before Democrats were for tariffs. Is that why John Kerry is the Climate Envoy? Tariffs is one area where Joe Biden doesn't need Congress. Tougher trade policy is...

Climate Change and Creation Care - biologos

Via: • Critical Thinkers • 5 Comments • 4 years ago

This is scheduled to air live today at 8pm EDT.

Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite

Via: • News Viners • 1 Comments • 4 years ago

NIMBY, NIMBY, who gets the blame? The article is a bit technocratic but reveals the nuts & bolts of how climate negotiations really work behind closed doors. We shouldn't delude ourselves...

Obama admin scientist says climate 'emergency' is based on fallacy

Via: • News Viners • 9 Comments • 4 years ago

Climate science has been churned into climate hype pursuing an agenda that really isn't supported by science. Climate change is being used as a framework upon which to hang social reforms,...

CBS News poll: Eye on Earth — climate change and a pandemic year

Via: • News Viners • 2 Comments • 4 years ago

The public recognizes that using technology less often and curtailing nonessential activities helped the environment. The pandemic essentially shut down tourism and reported results shows a large...

We must stop cutting China slack on climate

Via: • News Viners • 2 Comments • 4 years ago

There is a question. The question disregarded, avoided, and ignored in climate diplomacy. The question that must be answered. How? China is still building toward peak emissions. While the rest...

Energy Policy After the Texas Blackouts

Via: • We the People • 17 Comments • 4 years ago

Chuck Schumer rips Texas for ignoring climate change

Via: • News Viners • 4 Comments • 4 years ago

Hey, Chuckie, didn't you get the memo? The Biden administration is trying to get the rest of the country to ignore climate change the same way Texas has.

College students turned out in droves for Biden: Here's what they want in return

Via: • We the People • 61 Comments • 4 years ago

Can he take the heat? We shall see................or will this be similar to other silver tongued politicians

How Buying Stuff Drives Climate Change

Via: • News Viners • 5 Comments • 4 years ago

Consumers pay for everything. Consumers pay for the sign on the building, the automatic doors, the store shelves, the advertising, the packaging, the greeter at the door. Consumers have paid...

They're Arctic Survivors. How Will They Adapt to Climate Change?

Via: • The Beacon • 6 Comments • 4 years ago

A good photo essay on one of North America's most fascinating hunters.

Climate Change Survey: Majority of Voters Support Initiatives

Via: • News Viners • 61 Comments • 4 years ago

Political science won't address climate change. The only thing political science accomplishes is misleading the public into accepting bad policy. We know human activities can affect climate....

Trump Administration Declines to Tighten Soot Rules, Despite Link to Covid Deaths

Via: • The Beacon • 2 Comments • 5 years ago

Hey! You gotta unnerstan! Ain't got much more time... Gotta kill as many as we can!

The Climate Debt the U.S. Owes the World

Via: • News Viners • 5 Comments • 5 years ago

Another variation of the dying polar bears theme. Environmentalism has become nothing more than a sentimental guilt trip. The nonproductive activism of justice warriors will still leave Blanca...

General Motors Drops Support for Trump Climate Rollbacks

Via: • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 5 years ago

The automobile industry is facing huge challenges. We don't need conflict between it and the government.

David Legates to Lead National Climate Assessment

Via: • The Beacon • 4 Comments • 5 years ago

I'm going to lay off the Trump childishness. Too much messaging kills the auditory nerves...

What Contains 3 Times More Energy Than Gasoline, But Produces Zero CO2?

Via: • News Viners • 11 Comments • 5 years ago

For those telling us to follow the evidence, the suitability of hydrogen as fuel should be obvious. The evidence for hydrogen as fuel surpasses that for other alternatives hyped by...

Planes, Cows and Cortez

By: • We the People • 30 Comments • 6 years ago

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AKA Little Miss Space shot) has released an outline of her notorious plan, "the Green New Deal", today. Rep Ed Markey (MA) will join her in introducing this...

Evidence of Anthropogenic Global Warming

Via: • Critical Thinkers • 24 Comments • 7 years ago

Similar to the attempts to counter science on the poisoning effects of lead-based fuel or the health risks of using tobacco products, we have serious forces trying to keep the science of AGW at...

Climate change could affect human evolution. Here's how. Global warming will likely alter the internal workings of our bodies — and cause a noticeable shift in our appearance.

Via: • Religious and not News Chat • 17 Comments • 6 years ago

As climate change brings rising temperatures, droughts, shifting patterns of precipitation and longer growing seasons, plants and animals are evolving to keep pace.Biologists have observed...