Since being elected to the position of Supreme Pontiff in March, 2013, Argentine-born Pope Francis has shaken things up in the Vatican—to say the least. Long recognized as a champion of the poor, during his time as archbishop of Buenos Aires the pontiff was known for taking public buses to work and preparing his own meals. Now the pope is setting his sights on another glaring global injustice: climate change. Continue reading

Presented here are two opinions on the related topics of the price of oil and carbon taxes Continue reading

Wind energy is the primary, ready to install renewable energy resource today. It’s cheap, extremely quick to deploy, easy to integrate into an electric grid, and there’s plenty of it to go around. The levelized cost of electricity from wind power is about the same or cheaper than that from coal, the current fuel source of choice for much of the world’s electricity generation. Continue reading

Reuters describes an oil oversupply in a recent article. But shouldn't we call this price volatility instead? After all, it was just 2007 when oil was regularly cheaper than the currently "low" prices of around $60 to $70 per barrel. Continue reading

This evolving global holocaust has been weighing on my mind for several years now. As a PhD ecologist I have looked deeply into the science portending this disaster and it scares the heck out of me, so much so I am getting 'religion'. Continue reading

The lack of demands at the People's Climate March is a golden opportunity. We, the marchers, will determine the demands. Continue reading

A roundup of climate-related headlines from the past two weeks of August, 2014. Continue reading

These charts show the past 800,000 years of the Antarctic air temperature record (from deuterium in ice cores), along with: CO2, CH4, and the amount of summer sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere. Continue reading

It seems like the summer on the US East Coast has been unusually cold so far, but the truth is that it's only been cold compared to the recent dramatic warming caused by the rapidly rising greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere. Continue reading

The main point of this book is that we can still escape from the fossil fuel trap, and we can even prosper while we do it. But the details are kind of important..! Now, since this whole topic is somewhat dry, and talk of climate change can get to be very depressing very easily, I wanted to shatter the mold, and put the issue into a new context. And that’s what I did. And, the result of the investigative process shocked even myself. Continue reading

The feverishly followed games of the World Cup are thrilling soccer (or football) fans around the world. And although the games have an enthusiastic international following, the World Cup, and its organizing body, FIFA, are hardly without controversy. Even in soccer-loving Brazil, a number of protests have been sparked by the tournament, in large part drawing attention to the astronomical amount of energy and capital devoted to infrastructure to the World Cup, while many social programs remain underfunded. Continue reading

Chile’s Atacama Desert, an area with exceptionally few clouds, will soon be home to South America’s first and largest solar thermal plant. Continue reading

New EPA emission rules fall short of an actual solution, but perhaps this plan will serve as an icebreaker and open discussion about the climate issue, and that could be productive. There are solutions to global warming. Continue reading

Mudslides are being caused by worsening global climate conditions. Continue reading

So, this vegetarian walks into a barbeque…an awkward hush falls over the party but for the distinct sizzle of meat on the grill. Continue reading

Starfish along the Pacific coast have been dying in considerable numbers since last June, and marine scientists are still struggling to pinpoint the specific reason. Some researchers have suggested a connection to climate change. Continue reading

We are responsible for fighting climate change, not because of our paltry individual carbon emissions, but because we are alive during an unprecedented moment. The greatest catastrophe in history is unfolding on our watch. We can either be bystanders and passive victims, letting climate change happen to us and watching as it horrifically reveals itself, or we can be active agents in fighting for what we hold dear. We can use our skills, talents, relationships, and resources to fight climate change with everything that we possess. Continue reading

Cows, take heed, it’s about to get personal. Very personal. Continue reading