Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to veteran climate conspiracy theorist Michael Mann, climate “deniers” are deflecting attention from large scale societal reform by deceiving people into focusing on climate friendly lifestyle changes. Climate change deniers’ new battle front attacked‘Pernicious’ campaign is unfair on well-meaning people who want to help – expert Robin McKieScience editorSun…
Guest Ron White impression by David Middleton “You can’t fix stupid”… Activists call on BlackRock to divest from fossil fuels Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech 5 days ago Protesters also called for the company to invest its money into clean energy. Climate change activists blocked the entrance to BlackRock’s midtown headquarters early Tuesday morning during a protest of…
Guest “I couldn’t make this sort of schist up, if I was trying,” by David Middleton Academics Demand Sabbaticals to Save World from Climate Change by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D. 31 Oct 2019 More than 1000 British professors have signed a letter requesting more time off from teaching so they can tackle climate change and…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t Dr. Willie Soon; Climate Scientist Dr. Jonathan Foley wanted to be an Astronomer, but when he heard the call to save the world, he sacrificed his personal desires to become GlobalEcoGuy, planetary saviour. Dr. Foley is executive director of Project Drawdown. At the top of the page is a…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Naomi Oreskes, who is so prolific with her public name calling she once called NASA climate scientist James Hansen a denier, climate scientists are frightened to speak up when their findings diverge from the public positions of their colleagues. The real reason some scientists downplay the risks of…
From AAAS Timothy A. C. Gordon1,*, Andrew N. Radford2, Stephen D. Simpson1 See all authors and affiliations Science 11 Oct 2019: Vol. 366, Issue 6462, pp. 193 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz2422 ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER Rates of environmental destruction are greater today than at any previous point in human history (1). This loss of valued species, ecosystems, and…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Extinction Rebellion’s official website, the angry commuters who attacked the protestors holding up their train reacted violently to the protest because they are stressed by climate change. Today’s tube action: how it happenedOctober 17, 2019 by Extinction Rebellion This morning, members of Extinction Rebellion climbed onto trains at…
From Popular Mechanics A protester did it. We can do it better. By Andrew Daniels Oct 11, 2019 Popular Mechanics HQ was predictably spellbound yesterday when news reports trickled out concerning a protester who glued himself to the top of a British Airways plane at London City Airport. On top of that, the protester, identified…
Guest essay by Eric Worrall So much white… etc.
Guest humor by David Middleton What would happen if science went stupid? “Science” articles like this would become the norm (H/T ozspeaksup): Here’s What Would Happen if All The Ice on Earth Melted Overnight ANDREA SCHMITZ & BOB HUNT, BUSINESS INSIDER 12 OCT 2019 Ninety-nine per cent of all freshwater ice on Earth is sitting…