Looking Reality in the Face
Rebecca Solnit and Nafeez Ahmed have thoughtful essays on our quandary writ large. [more]
Beyond Planet Three
Conversations about worthwhile sustainability readings from elsewhere on the web
At Lima Conference, World Bravely Decides to Take Modest Action Later Maybe
Three degrees is the new two degrees. [more]
Lac Megantic Tragedy Revisited
Inside Climate News has an excellent report and an effective accompanying video. Apparently the railroads are not a reasonable delivery system for petroleum products. Who knew?
Major hurricane direct hit on Manila megacity
The Manila metro area is in the expected track of a large hurricane (“Hagupit”) that peaked at Cat 5.
Storm surge and winds will have somewhat subsided by the time it hits Manila but the storm is moving slowly and producing enormous rainfall rates over a large area. Severe disruption can be anticipated. [more]
Scientists’ Emotional Response to Environmental Decline
Original advice is appearing for people burned out on environmental degradation. [more]
Pierrehumbert on the US-China Agreement
Promising New Renewable Solar -> Hydrogen Tech
Ensia reports:
Ensia reports that Daniel Nocera … at Harvard University, as well as scores of other researchers around the world, are on the verge of turning the promise of artificial photosynthesis into reality. This could be a gigantic win. But it still needs a regulatory push. [more]
Recent Readings on Capitalism in Crisis
http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/bruce-berkowitzs-bogus-bombast/
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/capitalism-in-crisis-amid-slow-growth-and-growing-inequality-a-998598.html
h/t Tokyo Tom for the previous two
related: the big splash from Matt Taibbi last week:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-9-billion-witness-20141106
That’s even without the core issue:
Excellent Interview with Michael Mann
An hour, and very much worth your time.
Greenland Ice Sheet Failure May Be More Rapid Than Previous Estimates
New research suggests that the sub-glacial surface in much of Greenland is more muddy than rocky in structure, which would imply that he Greenland ice sheet may fail more quickly than heretofore expected. [more]
Limits to Growth in Science Itself
Geneticist Casey Bergman argues convincingly that the era of exponential growth in academic research is over. The argument is very similar to arguments about the end of growth in general. [more]
Everybody Has Seen Jon Stewart vs Congressional Climate Denial, Right?
It’s pretty funny. Also, while I think Holdren overreached vs Pielke a few months back, he handles himself very well here. [more]
This Also Changes Everything
Some good news for a change via Peter Sinclair via several reliable sources: Battery backup to rooftop solar is on the threshold of going commercial.
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TransCanada Pipeline Stomps a Rural Texas Family into Sewage Nightmare
TransCanada made small Texas landholders feel like they were trespassing on their own property while destroying their house and damaging their health, according to a story in The Texas Observer [more]