Guest post by Charles G. Battig, M.D. At the September 4, 2019 Albemarle County board of supervisors meeting, members of an environmentalist group spoke in support of a county plan to meet the goals of the U.N. Paris Climate Accord. The following is a rebuttal to that proposal. It will be presented at the board…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Analysts are shocked that oil and gas companies are still investing substantial sums in developing fossil fuel assets, almost like they don’t care about the Paris Agreement. Oil and gas companies investing £40bn in projects that ‘undermine’ fight against climate change ‘Every oil major is betting heavily against a 1.5C…
From Reuters David Stanway, Muyu Xu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Approvals for new coal mine construction in China have surged in 2019, government documents showed, with Beijing expecting consumption of the commodity to rise in the coming years even as it steps up its fight against smog and greenhouse gas emissions. Long-term cuts in coal consumption…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall A new study suggests China’s shift from heavy industry to a high tech service economy will cause CO2 emissions to peak well before the 2030 goal – though the study authors admit they haven’t considered smaller cities. China is on track to meet its climate change goals nine years early…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Paris Agreement Architect Christiana Figueres has urged Australians to vote for independent Zali Steggall, in an effort to purge former Prime Minister Tony Abbott from the Australian Parliament. Appalling’ policy inaction draws former UN climate leader into federal election campaignBy Stephen Long The United Nations’ former climate change czar has intervened…
From the Express FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has snubbed trade talks between Brussels and the US over Donald Trump ‘s dismissal of climate change policies. By Carly Read PUBLISHED: 20:35, Thu, Apr 11, 2019 | UPDATED: 20:44, Thu, Apr 11, 2019 The young Frenchman attempted to speak for all of Europe before stating that France…
From Green News (.ie) Greens and the EU are fretting that Ireland just doesn’t do enough. The Commission’s 2019 Country Report for Ireland states that we are “falling further behind” our EU compatriots in decarbonising the economy, raising “health, climate and environmental concerns”. The report points to “severe challenges” in tackling rising emissions in transport,…
The degree of precision of these “projections” makes my jaw drop to the floor~ctm Public Release: 27-Feb-2019 University of British Columbia Achieving the Paris Agreement global warming target could protect millions of tonnes in annual worldwide fisheries catch, as well as billions of dollars of annual revenues for fishers, workers’ income and household seafood expenditures,…
Well well well, the Dicaprio Foundation gives birth to something.~ctm Public Release: 5-Feb-2019 New open-access book presents 2 years of research on how to best tackle climate change and its negative effects, funded by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation as part of its new One Earth initiative Springer In October of 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Greens attacking Bangladeshis for trying to build a better future for their children. From Paris to Bangladesh, how the climate change accord is imploding By Divya Rajagopal The onslaught of a new power plant on the fragile ecology of the Sunderbans is fresh proof of the futility of climate reforms.…