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May 16, 2014 by Joshua Holland (article posted at http://billmoyers.com/2014/05/16/eight-pseudo-scientific-climate-claims-debunked-by-real-scientists/) Most people who deny that human activity is warming the planet just dismiss a massive body of scientific evidence as a big hoax. But there’s a more sophisticated set of climate “skeptics” who make arguments that, at least to the lay ear, sound like they’re …
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CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” — Edward Abbey By Joe Romm for Think Progress – posted Oct. 14, 2014 FDR famously saved capitalism from itself, from its worst excesses and most venal practitioners. Now eight decades later, scientists, environmentalists, and progressives are in a similar position. Unchecked capitalism is a Ponzi scheme that …
by Rob Hopkins, Asher Miller September 30, 2013 Why Environmentalists Must Embrace Post-Growth Economics and Community Resilience In this provocative paper, PCI Executive Director Asher Miller and Transition Movement Founder (and PCI Fellow) Rob Hopkins make a convincing case for why the environmental community must embrace post-growth economics and community resilience in their efforts to address the climate crisis. Executive …
by David Roberts- October 3, 2014- GRIST http://grist.org/climate-energy/no-we-should-not-abandon-the-2c-target/ On Wednesday, academics David G. Victor and Charles F. Kennel published a paper in Nature arguing that the international community should abandon the long-held, much-discussed target of limiting global average temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius or less. In its place, they propose a more finely …
Congress should boost worker ownership over corporate subsidies September 11, 2014 6:00AM ET by Matthew Harwood When American politicians and commentators discuss inequality and poverty, they do so almost exclusively in ways that do little to empower workers. Instead the debates typically focus on what government can do in a top-down fashion to either diminish inequality …
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Four decades after the book was published, Limit to Growth’s forecasts have been vindicated by new Australian research. Expect the early stages of global collapse to start appearing soon By Graham Turner and Cathy Alexander- The Guardian– Sept. 1, 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/02/limits-to-growth-was-right-new-research-shows-were-nearing-collapse Piles of crushed cars at a metal recycling site in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Photograph: Alamy …
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By Mark D. Thomas In July 1843, Joseph Smith delivered a series of remarkable sermons outlining what he called the three Fundamental Principles of Mormonism. On Sunday, the 9th, he introduced the first of these three: “One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from where it may.”1 …
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By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | News Analysis http://truth-out.org/news/item/25051-dahr-jamail-the-brink-of-mass-extinction “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” – Native American proverb March through June 2014 were the hottest on record globally, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. In May – officially the hottest May on record globally – the average temperature of the …
By Mark Kinver, Environment reporter, BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28132555 The invasive non-native Australian fern tree stands out against the canopy of the native forest species. US conservationists and a satellite imagery company have teamed up to use the power of crowdsourcing to halt the spread of destructive invasive plants. Species such as the Australian tree …
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You can actually be better off, healthier and happier with less consumption, says Munasinghe. And it’s not just rich countries that need to change, he told Noah Sachs – poor countries too must develop sustainably, or the Earth’s resources will simply run out. http://www.theecologist.org/Interviews/2408513/confronting_consumption_an_interview_with_mohan_munasinghe.html Mohan Munasinghe shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize as Vice-Chair of …
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