Richard Alley speaks about climate change and some of the opportunities we have to build a better future by using renewable energy sources and moving away from dependence on fossil fuels. His talk was part of the symposium put on by the Smithsonian Institution and the Club of Rome to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Limits to Growth study.
Richard [...]
By Paul Krugman
The following article was originally published in the New York Times Magazine on April 7, 2010.
If you listen to climate scientists — and despite the relentless campaign to discredit their work, you should — it is long past time to do something about emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. If we continue with business as usual, they [...]
By Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows
The following piece is a short synopsis of Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update. The full length book is available at Chelsea Green’s website.
A Synopsis: Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
The signs are everywhere around us:
Sea level has risen 10–20 cm since 1900. Most non-polar glaciers are retreating, and the extent and thickness [...]
By Donella Meadows
–February 1, 2001–
The place to watch for global warming — the canary in the coal mine — is the poles. If the planet as a whole warms by one degree, the poles will warm by three degrees or so. Which is precisely what is now happening.
The Arctic Ocean has 15 percent less ice cover than it did 20 [...]
by Donella Meadows
— October 26, 2000 —
Awhile ago I wrote about Dr. Jonathan Foley, a climate researcher at the University of Wisconsin, who is so worried about global warming that he has reorganized his life so he and his family don’t contribute to it. No net carbon dioxide emissions. That means no burning gas, oil, or coal. Or, if there [...]
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