Bill McKibben [search] writes in "
Civilization's last chance" [
ark] the best summing up of the known threats facing humanity now from climate change if major emission cuts are not pursued immediately. His latest
campaign efforts highlight the number 350, which he calls "the most important number on Earth" because of scientific understanding that if carbon emissions are not stablized at 350 ppm, it will not be possible "to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed." It has been...
Much ado has been made [
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climate skeptics [search] and charlatans to suggest climate change is not so important after all. I have three brief responses. Firstly, the rise in average global temperature is only one way to characterize change in atmospheric patterns and processes. It is becoming apparent that broader extremes...
TAKE ACTION! Plantation expansion for agrofuels remains a major threat to the lives, livelihoods and the environment of Afro-Colombian and other peasant communities in Chocó, Colombia. This is one of the world's most biodiverse regions, with large areas of rainforest now facing destruction. The
Chocó rainforests [search] are home to 7,000 to 8,000 species, including 2,000 endemic plant species and 100 endemic bird species. Even before the current palm oil and agrofuel expansion, 66% had been destroyed. Communities and rainforests are...
Over 110 global environmental groups have came out against chimerical
coal industry plans to bury carbon emissions [
ark]. This coincides with Greenpeace's release of a new report entitled "
False Hope" which correctly concludes that false promises of
carbon capture and storage (CCS) [search] prolong the agony of coal dependence. CCS is revealed to be an untested myth that threatens to lock us into antiquated
coal energy [search] and an obliterated atmosphere. CCS will not be ready in time (or maybe ever), wastes climate...