NotesWhat if we imagined âwealthâ consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil-fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness to flourishing nature, to good food produced without abuse of labor? What if we were to think of wealth as security in our environments and societies, and as confidence in a viable future?Unfurl
NotesâThere are a couple of things that you canât really dispute,â Nye explained to CNNâs Carol Costello. âSixteen of the last 17 years have been the hottest years on record. Thatâs just how it is.â
âI appreciate that we want to show two sides of the stories â thereâs a tradition in journalism that goes back quite a ways, I guess â but the two sides arenât equal here. You have tens of thousands of scientists who are very concerned and you have a few people who are in business of equating or drawing attention to the idea that uncertainty is the same as doubt. When you have a plus or minus percentage, thatâs not the same thing as not believing the whole thing at all.âUnfurl
NotesToday, an American electronics company can only be exempt from Chinaâs rare earth export quotas by manufacturing within China. So thatâs what most companies, including Apple, are doing. The only other solution is for us to stop consuming so muchâan option that people rarely find appealing. Not as appealing as a retina display, at least.FeedUnfurl
Notes In other words, we've got five years to make a dramatic shift in the sorts of power plants we're building, or there's no way we're going to limit climate change to stated goals. It's also worth noting that the IEA ran a "New Policies" scenario that takes into account all current pledges by national governments. It resulted in much higher emissions and a likely temperature rise of 3.5°C. Still, if the New Policies targets aren't implemented, then the IEA estimates that we would be on track for a rise of 6°C. Unfurl
Notes"100 years ago this year, the founders of General Motors convinced the world to give up their horses and saddles and buggy whips to try a new form of transportation. Now it is time for us to say goodbye to the internal combustion engine. It seemed to serve us well for so long. We enjoyed the car hops at the A&W. We made out in the front -- and the back -- seat. We watched movies on large outdoor screens, went to the races at NASCAR tracks across the country, and saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time through the window down Hwy. 1. And now it's over. It's a new day and a new century. The President -- and the UAW -- must seize this moment and create a big batch of lemonade from this very sour and sad lemon. "Unfurl
Notes"When the organic matter left behind by mammoths and other wildlife is exposed to the air by the thawing permafrost, his theory runs, microbes that have been dormant for thousands of years spring back into action."Unfurl
Notes"the cautionary tale catalogued in ancient rocks warns us that the environment is certainly not impervious to the actions of those living in it."Unfurl
Notes"When you give people the option and make it easier on them, you find that people will recycle on a much higher level" Seems like this will be very useful for when the oil runs out.Unfurl
Notes"Norway is to build a "doomsday vault" in a mountain close to the North Pole that will house a vast seed bank to ensure food supplies in the event of catastrophic climate change, nuclear war or rising sea levels, New Scientist says."Unfurl
Notes"A major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water, killing thousands. Human activities along the Mississippi River have dramatically increased the risk, and now only massive reengineering of southeastern Louisiana can save the city"Unfurl
Notes'Welcome to "The Detroit Project," our grassroots campaign to prod Detroit automakers to build cars that will get Americans to work in the morning without sending us to war in the afternoon -- cars that will end our dependence on foreign oil.'Unfurl
Notes"...millions of Christian fundamentalists may believe that environmental destruction is not only to be disregarded but actually welcomed â even hastened â as a sign of the coming apocalypse." Wow. Can we ship these people off to their own Earth, soUnfurl
Notes"European winters will disappear by 2080 and extreme weather will become more common unless global warming across the continent is slowed, warns a major new report."Unfurl
Notes"It appears that nearly all the rise in sea level since Roman times has happened in the past 100 years, and is most likely the result of human activity."Unfurl
Notes"Aircraft sampling in the 24 hours following the blackout found a 90 percent drop in sulfur dioxide and a 50 percent cut in ozone levels, while visibility increased by more than 25 miles, University of Maryland researchers report."Unfurl
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