Guest essay by Eric Worrall Climate activists are distressed that their push to make 2020 a big year for international climate agreements is being thrown into disarray by the Covid-19 Chinese Coronavirus outbreak disrupting all the lead up international meetings they normally attend. How Coronavirus Could Set Back the Fight Against Climate Change BY JUSTIN WORLAND MARCH…
University of Washington A subalpine meadow on Mount Rainier in the summer. Credit: Elli Theobald Spring is coming, and with it comes the promise of warmer weather, longer days and renewed life. For residents of the Pacific Northwest, one of the most idyllic scenes of this renewed life is the wildflowers that light up Mount…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall These poor climate scientists are sacrificing everything in their passion to save the world, but nobody cares. ‘I’m profoundly sad, I feel guilty’: scientists reveal personal fears about the climate crisis Feelings of powerlessness and despair for the future are evident in letters written for a six-year ‘passion project’ Graham…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to researchers Lauren Rickards and James E. M. Watson, scientific researchers are woefully unprepared for the climatic conditions they themselves have predicted. Science Is Already Being Disrupted by Climate Change, And We’re Woefully Unprepared CARLY CASSELLA 1 MAR 2020 The climate crisis poses an escalating threat to scientists everywhere and…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall John Cook and Lewandowsky appear to have moved on from claiming climate skeptics are mentally defective to a new position, a claim that climate skeptics don’t actually exist, that we are mostly software masquerading as humans. Revealed: quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots Draft of Brown…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to UNSW psychology doctoral candidate Belinda Xie, everybody is somewhere on the spectrum of climate denial. Climate change denialism is something we all suffer from Twitter Facebook LinkedIn 07 FEB 2020 CAROLINE TANG Even those who don’t question human-induced climate change can fall on the spectrum of climate denialism if they…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Dr. Willie Soon; how should Universities respond to demands they divest from fossil fuel? By rubbing the protestors’ noses in reality, of course. A Heated Oxford Education Protesting students get a personal lesson about fossil fuels. By The Editorial BoardFeb. 2, 2020 4:49 pm ET … The students want the…
Guest “sports commentary” by David Middleton RISING RISKSClimate change is threatening sports stadiums and arenas, and teams like the Yankees and Dolphins are battling back PUBLISHED MON, JAN 27 2020 Diana Olick Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium will host about 65,000 fans on Super Bowl Sunday. While the biggest battle in football will last just one…
From The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter January 29, 2020 11:17 AM ET The Guardian announced Wednesday that the news outlet is banning fossil fuel company advertisements, even as the newspaper pushes back against activists who want it to nix automotive ads. “Our decision is based on the decades-long efforts by many in that…
People send me stuff. This story is making the rounds on Facebook. From Goods Home Design: 60 Minutes On This Bicycle Can Power Your Home For Twenty-Four Hours Wouldn’t it be great to power your home without having enormous costs to starting a journey on the alternative road? Now, you can achieve that and also…