Reversing Climate Change with Nuclear Power [PODCAST]

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:47:10 +0000

According to the Energy Impact Center, a Washington, D.C.-based research institute focused on deep decarbonization, CO2 emissions “must go net-negative by 2040, globally across all energy sectors” to begin countering climate change. The only way it sees to accomplish this is to “produce energy inexpensive enough to make carbon negative fuels that compete with fossil […]

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Rich can leave poor to bear brunt of climate change

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 23:23:48 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The world is increasingly facing a “climate apartheid” where the rich would pay to escape the worst effects of global warming while the poor would be left to suffer, the United Nations warned.

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Pressure mounts on aviation industry over climate change

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 09:28:54 +0000

Under pressure from frequent flyers alarmed over climate change, the aviation industry says it is “hellbent” on reducing emissions.

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Climate change is hot topic in the European Parliament vote

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 01:20:12 +0000

Climate change is hot topic in the European Parliament vote

Hungry tourists stream into the glass-fronted balcony of Michael Recktenwald’s restaurant on the German island of Langeoog, with its splendid view of the North Sea and the blue skies above.

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UN leader travels to Pacific to see climate change firsthand

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 08:50:31 +0000

UN leader travels to Pacific to see climate change firsthand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that he’s traveling to three South Pacific island nations to see the effects of climate change firsthand.

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UN chief says ‘total disaster’ if warming not stopped

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 09 May 2019 13:06:37 +0000

UN chief says 'total disaster' if warming not stopped

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations secretary-general said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future warming to a level scientists call nearly impossible.

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How to fix nature and avoid human misery — UN report

Credit to Author: ceridio| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 10:05:04 +0000

UN Report biodiversity

Up to a million of Earth’s estimated eight million species face extinction, many of them within decades, according to a draft version obtained by AFP.

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Unraveling the mystery of whether cows fart

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:02:51 +0000

WASHINGTON — Let’s clear the air about cow farts. In the climate change debate, some policymakers seem to be bovine flatulence deniers. This became apparent in the fuss over the Green New Deal put forward by some liberal Democrats. More precisely, the fuss over an information sheet by the plan’s advocates. With tongue in cheek […]

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