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Climate Leadership | Climate Leadership Plan | Alberta.ca

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Climate Leadership | Climate Leadership Plan | Alberta.ca: WOW. On the eve of the humongous climate meetings in Paris next week (week after Thanksgiving in USA), Canada has stepped up to the plate on addressing climate changes. Alberta is the home of Coal and Oil Sands: two of the great game changers in addressing pollution in general and Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG). There are several reports, but one is to simply charge a tax per…

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Why are so many Americans skeptical about climate change? A study offers a surprising answer. – The Washington Post

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Why are so many Americans skeptical about climate change? A study offers a surprising answer. – The Washington Post: So lots of money used to confuse and misinform can go a long way if you want to make sure that no one knows the truth and no meaningful action is taken. That brings us to Super PACs. They mostly lie, and always obfuscate the issues. Since there’s no one responsible, they are free to throw…

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More than three in four Americans believe in global warming – UPI.com

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More than three in four Americans believe in global warming – UPI.com: Finally. Even republicans have shifted to a majority accepting climate change. This is not a party thing; this is a human thing. Once people start to realize that the earth is warming. And that people are generally responsible. There tends to be a some obvious actions that we all must do, soon or later. Sustainability is a law of nature that it is…

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Ain’t no Global Warming Here. {insert your facts here}

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In comes another commentary saying 10 reasons why there is definitely no such thing as global warming. This one includes evidence that the mooses (moose population) are doing much better. Huh!… I simply direct people to look at the multiple databases of actual real-live data related to each and every conceivable measure of global warming. Look at the data yourself. Draw it out, and then start discarding junk that misrepresents the facts. There are between…

Obama to Unveil Tougher Environmental Plan With His Legacy in Mind – The New York Times

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Obama to Unveil Tougher Environmental Plan With His Legacy in Mind – The New York Times: There’s some good and some bad about this. We really should have an energy policy in the country, but we don’t. And the congress should be doing that planning and guiding of long-term energy and economic development. But no. The video says saving on energy. That’s not true, it will cost more for energy, the massive savings will come…

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Climate-change deniers are in retreat – The Washington Post

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Climate-change deniers are in retreat – The Washington Post: It will be nice to move past the non-debate about is there global warming, and move off into the real debate. We are all living unsustainable lives with non-sustainable business models. What is our plan to move toward sustainability. Singly and collectively? The argument that it doesn’t do any good for us to do something if China and India continue consuming is sad and ironic. For…