Six degrees – Our Future on a Hotter Planet, is the title of Mark Lynas’s 2007 book (this review is from the updated 2008 version) which seeks to give a broad overview of what mainstream scientific opinion (ie those which have appeared in reputable peer reviewed journals) suggests the world might look like over the [...]
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Mark Lynas – Six Degrees
Posted in book review, climate change, tagged climate, climate change, global warming, Lynas on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Guided Tour of Climate Camp
Posted in climate change, media, media activism on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Climate Camp: Mainstream Media Yearn for Riot Porn
Posted in activism, climate change, media, tagged activism, blackheath, climate camp, climatecamp, grassroots, guardian, london, media, protest on August 31, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So it seems that after a flurry of activity for the climate swoop last week where climate activists met at six strategic locations before converging on Blackheath to set up this year’s Climate Camp the mainstream media have largely lost interest in events.
On the Guardian website today we have bibi van der Zee claiming that [...]
Thoughts on ‘Should we Seek to Save Industial Civiliasation’
Posted in Ecophilosophy, activism, climate change, cultural criticism, environmentalism, tagged activism, climate change, grassroots, Kingsnorth, mon, Monbiot on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently George Monbiot has been in the blogosphere for his exchange with Iam Plimer in which he joined the bastion of scientists, bloggers and journalists condemning Plimer’s recent book. Personally I found his debate with Paul Kingsnorth far more interesting,
Kingsnorth criticises Monbiot for seeking to create ‘Liberal Democracy 2.0′ arguing that
‘What we face is what [...]
Operation Bentham
Posted in activism, climate change, tagged activism, Bentham, climate, climate camp, climatecamp, police on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having mounted a public relations campaign in an attampt to restore the image of the met after the G20 debacle, the police have decided to codename their operation for this year’s Climate Camp Operation Bentham.
The operation’s moniker is a reference to the English social theorist and philosopher Jeremy Bentham. Bentham’s most frequently used concept is [...]
University of Copenhagen Climate Change Synthesis Report
Posted in climate change, environmentalism, tagged climate change, copenhagen, global warming, science on June 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The synthesis report from this year’s Copenhagen conference on climate change gives dire warning of the consequences of inaction about global warming. The report contains the most comprehensive update to climate science since the IPCC AR4 report. The report emphasizes six key messages, each of which is given its own chapter. Find the pdf of [...]
G20 Death: Police Story in Tatters
Posted in activism, climate change, media, media activism, tagged climate camp, g20, guardian, ian tomlinson, police, protest, violence on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This from the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/05/g20-protest-ian-tomlinson
The man who died during last week’s G20 protests was “assaulted” by riot police shortly before he suffered a heart attack, according to witness statements received by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Investigators are examining a series of corroborative accounts that allege Ian Tomlinson, 47, was a victim of police violence in the [...]
Mark Lynas, Nuclear Power, and the Age of Stupid
Posted in Ecophilosophy, activism, climate change, environmentalism on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last night I went to see the Age of Stupid at the Watershed followed by a brief talk by author and activist Mark Lynas.
During the Q+A session I asked Mark to clarify why he has recently come out in support of nuclear power on his blog in a piece entitled Why Greens must Learn to [...]
The G20 and Changes to Emissions since the Kyoto Protocol
Posted in activism, climate change on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As we all know, the scientific consensus on Anthropogenic Climate Change tells us that we urgently need to curb our greenhouse gas emissions, and in the 17 years since the Kyoto Protocol was established, this is what most of the world’s nation states have been attempting. This post is designed to look at how we’ve [...]
97% of Climatologists who are Actively Publishing work on Climate Change Believe…
Posted in climate change, media, tagged climate change, climatology, consensus, media, public opinion, science on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
that human activitity is a significant contributing factor to the observed changes we have seen in global temps over the last century according to a newly published study in EoS link to article. the entire results can be found published as a book here
Despite the concerted efforts of industries connected with fossil fuel production and [...]
