Planet3.0 Blogs

Over the summer, there was a smattering of concern over white nationalists who depart from the usual right-wing, conspiratorial denial of climate change. Instead they incorporate the threat of climate immigration as part of their "Great Replacement" theory of white…

Taku Glacier in 2016 and 2019 Sentinel 2 images.  The Hole in the Wall Tributary  (HW) is upper right, Taku Glacier main terminus (MT). Yellow line is the 2016 terminus location.  The arrows denote locations where thinning is apparent as…

A while ago, I was interviewed by Christel van Eck, who is a PhD student at Wageningen University & Research. It was for a project about the journalistic norms adhered to by bloggers. There should be a paper appearing quite…

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Stop apologizing for acting on climate change. Dammit. Atlantic: Voters are more worried about climate change than ever, but they also seem to dislike the Democratic Party’s move to the left. So how do voters feel about this new set…

I used an  iPhone recording from youtube to open a 2016 video on weather casters and climate science. Now NPR is profiling the demise of Ellicott City, one of America’s most vulnerable towns – which looks like a dress rehearsal…

Dave Burton has visited, and commented extensively on this post. He takes exception to the sea level data I used, and suggests that sea level has been rising at a steady, unchanging rate “since the late 1920s.” To quote him:…

#GretaThurnberg mashed with @FatboySlim – Right Here, Right Now. pic.twitter.com/InbZLf3awU — David Scott (@TheKiffness) September 24, 2019 Guardian: Fatboy Slim has paid tribute to Greta Thunberg in a performance in Gateshead over the weekend, mixing her speech to the United…

It’s been a while since Foster & Rahmstorf (2011) took global temperature time series and removed our best estimate of the changes due to known fluctuating factors, the el Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), aerosols from volcanic eruptions, and variations in…

“Great and unmatched wisdom” guy stiffs Scottish Court on costs of his predictably dumb war on wind turbines. Guardian: Donald Trump’s family firm is refusing to accept a legal bill worth tens of thousands of pounds after he lost a…

I’m participating in a survey of climate blogs conducted by Cambridge University and Wageningen University, which should take about 12 minutes to complete. I invite any and all readers to participate as well. Details below. ——————————- Please share your views…

I’ve written about extinction rebellion before. Although I think they get some of the science wrong, and some of their demands seem unrealistic (we can’t get emissions to zero in 7 years), they are having an impact. We keep getting…

Greta Thunberg is having a phenomenal success as climate messenger. Good targeting, flawless performance, the right person at the right moment. A little more than one year ago, I wrote a post titled "Why, in a Few Years, Nobody Will be…

USAToday: DES MOINES, Iowa – A Waterloo high school teacher is on administrative leave after he left a threatening Facebook comment on a news story about climate activist Greta Thunberg’s Iowa City visit Friday. Matt Baish, a science teacher at…

Spending a lot of time last few months talking to citizens and officials in rural Mid-Michigan, where wind development is transforming hard-pressed small towns and rural areas with new revenue and opportunities. Advertisements…

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I’ve been thinking a bit more about the debate around high emission scenarios, which I found rather frustrating. I think it’s an important issue, but the manner in which some people choose to frame this does make it difficult to…

The streets flood even without storm, rain, wind, even on a calm sunny day. It didn’t used to happen, but now the highest spring tides of the year (around October) bring flood waters, septic systems back up, waste oozes onto…

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I’ve pointed out that Acting White House Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, who has facilitated the President’s ongoing treasonous behavior, is a major climate denier. In this case, you could argue “useful idiot” rather than out and out criminal, but…

Global, Arctic, and Antarctic sea ice area September 2019.https://t.co/cZNU94d632#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #FridaysForFuture #DataViz pic.twitter.com/0ut2Gmn7bs — ⚫️ Kevin Pluck (@kevpluck) October 4, 2019 Advertisements…

Washington Post: Annmarie Eovaldi used to hit Forever 21 just about every week. It was the perfect place, she said, to pick up an $18 romper or orange high heels — the fashion equivalent of a cheap thrill. But a…

McDonald’s Press release: CHICAGO – September 26, 2019 – McDonald’s will be conducting a 12-week test of a new plant-based burger called the P.L.T., which stands for Plant. Lettuce. Tomato. in 28 restaurants in Southwestern Ontario, starting September 30. The…

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CBS News: Saint George, South Carolina — A rare October heatwave in the Southeast and Midwest pushed into the Northeast Wednesday and sent temperatures soaring. Records were broken in 164 cities Wednesday as nearly half the country had temperatures above…

Been saying for years, we’ll hear a lot more of this as things get worse. From 2013: It’s because of abortion. Advertisements…

Music has always been part of the war effort: a way to build up network connections in such a way to make the fighting system more resilient and more effective. Here, an especially effective version: "The Sacred War" sung by…

You’ve probably seen Coal Baron Bob Murray on TV railing against climate science, demanding a coal bailout,  and extolling the brilliance of the Trump administration. Above, John Oliver recounts his own amusing legal run-in with Murray, who typically sports a…

“Russia helped Trump get elected…right after they did a half TRILLION dollar oil deal with Rex Tillerson..and then Rex Tillerson became the person in charge of US Foreign Policy…under Donald Trump, who Russia had just helped install in power –…