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Aug. 29, 2019 / Gordon Price

Extinctionism in Action

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Aug. 24, 2019 / Gordon Price

Extinctionist

David Koch in the New York Times:   For more on ‘Extinctionists’ – go here.…
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Aug. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

Extinction Porn

Extinctionists: Leaders and decision-makers who accept extinction – minor or major, local and global – as an acceptable outcome of…
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Aug. 16, 2019 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Extinction Scenarios

  Two recent stories, the first from Brazil: President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil fired the head of a government agency…
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Aug. 08, 2019 / Alexandra Doran

The Iconic VW Van Returns – Electrified!

One of the world’s most iconic vans is making a comeback… But this time, it’s electric. Slated for production by…
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Jul. 05, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Scientists Say Stop Climate Change by Planting Trees

I’ve heard this twice from people that are experts in their fields, and now the BBC News writer Matt McGrath…
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Jun. 28, 2019 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets

These two items came within minutes of each other (one from Durning).  Can you guess the connection? European heatwave this…
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May. 23, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Eric Doherty, The New Green Deal & the Missing Link

Transportation and Land Use Planner Eric Doherty in The Observer has written a thoughtful piece that drills down on the…
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May. 15, 2019 / Colin Stein

As Climate Alarms Continue to Sound, Some Governments Prefer to Move Slow and Break Things

Like some unprecedented mass shooting, it’s the kind of record-breaking news one tends to think twice about discussing at the…
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May. 09, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Climate Emergency: Looking for Generals

In David Wallace-Well’s worthwhile and worrying book on climate change – “The Uninhabitable Earth” – he writes this: The United…
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Apr. 26, 2019 / jamesavbligh

Friday Funny: Wet City

“In a lot of ways it was the best apartment I’d ever had. Partly just the proximity to the ocean…”…
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Mar. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

Who will really determine our response to climate change

  Munich Re (the insurer’s insurer) may have more impact on society’s response to climate change than scientists and legislators.…
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Feb. 19, 2019 / Gordon Price

Thoughts Down Under at 42 Degrees

Australian friend Peter Berkeley, who thought climate change was a concern back in the 1990s, now has a farm in…
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Feb. 18, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

A Shift to Renewables in Alberta?

  Here are three interesting items that are linked to sustainability and surprisingly  involve the province of Alberta. As noted…

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