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Global Warming Has Accelerated

by James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha

Here we make available “Global Warming Has Accelerated,” including the Supplementary Material (SM), in one document and the webinar discussing the paper.

The SM shows that the rate of freshwater injection on the North Atlantic Ocean assumed in “Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise, and Superstorms” was realistic, averaged over […]

World to Breach Warming Limit

What’s This Costing Us ($)?

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Martin Wahl

Well, Earth, we did it! Scientists have determined that 2024 likely exceeded the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7 degree Fahrenheit) limit set for global warming above the average temperature between 1880 and 1900 at the 2015 Paris Agreement. While this breach is a landmark, it doesn’t […]

Where Are You Safe From Wildfires and Other Climate Disasters?

Palisades fire, as seen from a rooftop in downtown Los Angeles on January 7. The fire only got worse over the next week, and it’s not done yet. (Toastt21, CC-BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons).

George Harvey and N.R. Mallery

Sometimes, as I read a story in the news, I can just picture […]

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COP29 and What’s Next for Int’l Climate Policy Register

This past November, world leaders gathered at the United Nations annual climate talks (COP29) with the main goal of securing an ambitious climate finance agreement, alongside reaffirming that nations will take meaningful steps to cut emissions and transition away from fossil fuels as was agreed […]

Talk Climate with Candidates

John Gage

This year’s presidential election is the last one that matters for the goal of holding global warming to +1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels. Limits determined by physics will be breached if the U.S. and the world fail to make significant policy changes before the next U.S. presidential election. We cannot undo this […]

The Costs of Climate Chaos to U.S. Debt

Hurricane Helene hitting the Big Bend region of Florida. (EOSDIS Worldview, NOAA).

Can we save the country’s budget?

George Harvey

Bloomberg NEF has estimated that it would cost $196 trillion to bring us to net-zero emissions, globally, by 2050. Countries have promised to do just that, but they are failing (tinyurl.com/CostToNetZero). […]

Applications Open for VCRD’s Climate Catalysts Innovation Fund

The Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) announces the opening of applications for the fourth competitive round of the Climate Catalysts Innovation Fund.

In collaboration with VLITE, Vermont Community Foundation’s Sunflower Fund and others, VCRD is supporting innovators in developing solutions that move Vermont closer to its climate and energy goals. The first […]

Record Growth is the Only Way to Hit the COP28 Target

Power County Wind Farm. Image from Energy.gov via Wikimedia Commons.

George Harvey

We have a lot of work to do on the climate crisis. We have everything we need to do it, in terms of equipment and knowledge, but there is still a big question about how it will be done.

COP28, […]

Climate Change Fuels Catastrophic Wildfires Across the Western U.S. and Canada

From Union of Concerned Scientists: The Equation

July 26, 2024 | 1:00 pm

Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director

Over the past few weeks, many large wildfires have broken out across the Western United States and Canada, forcing thousands of people to evacuate. Hotter, drier conditions driven by climate change are a significant underlying factor […]

Agriculture Answer to Eliminating Fossil Fuels is Right Under Our Feet!

Moonshot Farm has two 3000 square foot greenhouses where flowers are grown directly in the floor soil. (Courtesy photos)

Joanne Coons

A geothermal system was installed to maintain the proper temperature to grow the flowers.

Sometimes proven technology is the solution to doing things a little differently and a little better. […]