Over at the Star, Linda McQuaig writes about how taking action to stop climate change is often thwarted at the political level, often by politicians more beholden to Big Oil’s interests …
How India’s battle with climate change could determine all of our fates
Developed nations have been the largest contributors to the world’s carbon debt, but how up-and-comers like India manage their new development will have a large impact on whether the world …
Rising Seas Spark Tobacco-Style Lawsuits in California
All those years of fossil fuel companies obfuscating data are finally coming home to the legal roost as municipalities and other affected parties are starting to file lawsuits similar to …
These ‘missing charts’ may change the way you think about fossil fuel addiction
Cue sad trombone music. The National Observer examines BP’s energy review report and notices some basic missing charts, which—once reconstructed from the data—tell a different story from the general optimism …
On The Flip Side – Corporate Responsibility For Climate Change
Our last post discussed individual options for reducing one’s carbon footprint. However, that can seem like a drop in the bucket when one looks at where, exactly, most carbon emissions …
Solar power is already saving lives in the US. Here’s how.
The benefits of solar are often tallied on a purely economic basis, which is starting to include offsetting the costs of climate change, but often neglects to include the “social …
World’s first floating windfarm to take shape off coast of Scotland
What’s interesting about this project is that it opens up a serious amount of ocean real estate to wind farms, given that current fixed wind turbines are really only mountable …
Exxon’s support for a carbon tax is the first step in big oil’s long, negotiated surrender
Vox has a very interesting analysis of the reasons Exxon and other oil and gas companies might support a carbon tax. Some of them are counterintuitive. Some of them are …
Liquid Fuels from Sunshine
What if it were possible to use the carbon dioxide from emissions and turn it into actual fuel? This intriguing option is now closer to reality with the discovery of …
Solar power breaks UK records thanks to sunny weather
Another country is reaching new solar power records: the UK. Thousands of photovoltaic panels across the UK generate 8.7GW, smashing previous high of 8.48GW earlier this month. Solar power has …
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