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31 May 2016

"Saving the Reef": The triumph of politics over science?

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by David Spratt The Great Barrier Reef is an election issue.  Labor has just promised $400 million for the Reef. The government had pre...
09 May 2016

After record, mind-numbing coral bleaching, what would it take to "Save the Reef"?

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Charlie Veron has identified a third of all known coral species by David Spratt Global warming impacts right now are beyond some of th...
03 May 2016

Arctic sea ice is falling off a cliff and it may not survive the summer

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Note: Thanks to robertscribbler.com for this excellent post on the eye-popping circumstances of Arctic sea-ice this melt season. Near ...
16 March 2016

As planet burns hot, new report shows Paris a relic of historic failure

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Download 'Climate Reality Check' Prof. Kevin Anderson of the UK Tyndall Centre for Climate Change is fond of quoting the twenti...
14 March 2016

Mind-blowing February 2016 temperature spike a "climate emergency" says scientist, as extreme events hit Vietnam, Fiji and Zimbabwe

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by David Sprat t Where do you start when climate data comes out that scientists simply call "jaw dropping", "alarming"...
11 March 2016

Beware the "fat tail": Climate risk and scientific reticence

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by David Spratt How should we respond to climate change, avoid catastrophe and get back to safer conditions?  The question is often posed ...
03 March 2016

Public ideas leadership on climate? The truth rarely sees the light of day.

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by David Spratt One of the most disturbing aspects of the public discussion of the climate change is its delusional character. The truth...
26 February 2016

International climate solidarity is more than plane fares and conferences

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By Nic Maclellan For much of the Australian climate movement, international solidarity has focused on travelling to the UNFCCC Conferen...
08 February 2016

Global warming linked to spread of zika virus

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Countries Where The Zika Virus Is Spreading. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pan American Health Organization Scient...
04 February 2016

Building common cause for social movement events

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By David Spratt and David McKnight Mass rallies, marches and protests have been and are a vital feature of social, liberation and demo...
27 January 2016

Climate and renewables strategy In Victoria will not work without a plan to retire coal

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by David Spratt Victorian Premier Dan Andrews says he wants to be a leader on climate change, but he has no plan to retire dirty coal ge...
20 December 2015

Climate plans outdated in wake of Paris talks

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By Margaret Klein Salamon and Ezra Silk , The Climate Mobilisation For years, advocates of action on climate change have debated the me...
14 December 2015

A Paris view from the global South

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by Joseph Purugganan , Focus on the Global South The Paris climate deal is out and as expected it is being hailed by proponents as a...
22 November 2015

How 2015's record-breaking El Niño emerged on a warming planet

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by Climate Nexus Between the official arrival of El Niño in March and NOAA’s November update , the scope of the long-awaited global p...
08 November 2015

Misleading UN report confuses Paris climate talks outcome of 3.5C by 2100

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by Joe Romm, Climate Progress Memo to media: If countries go no further than their current global climate pledges, the earth will warm a...
19 September 2015

Atlantic Ocean excited to move into beautiful beachfront mansion soon

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This article first appeared in The Onion , and it's too good not to repost. WEST PALM BEACH, FL—Admitting it has had its eye on the...
08 September 2015

Why we need a politics of the far future

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By Richard Eckersley , first published at On Line Opinion on 4 September 2015 If you were to assess various personal life paths and th...
24 August 2015

As 2015 smashes temperature records, it's hotter than you think

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by David Spratt Spanish There is an El Nino in full swing which helps push average global temperatures higher, and records are being br...
13 July 2015

After the encyclical, lessons for climate activism?

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by David Spratt Note: This blog is based on and extends a short presentation at a Lighter Footprints climate action group monthly meetin...
02 July 2015

Our zero emissions imperative: existential crisis demands emergency action

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by Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr and Tom Weis via Ecowatch Last year, we wrote an article explaining why zero has become the most important...