January, 2020 | Climate Change Resources

BLOGS

A curated collection of blog posts from across the web relating to climate change, with new ones added to as important, original articles become available. Contributors include CCR co-founder Mike Shatzkin and experts such as Gordian Raacke, John Englander, Steve Cohen, Richard Heede, Mary Foster Morgan, and Joel Stronberg, as well as friends of CCR such as authors Cyril Christo, Linda Sunshine, Abby Luby, Paige Peterson, and Biddle Duke.

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Courting Solutions to the Climate Crisis — In All the Wrong Places?

By Joel Stronberg, Esq. and 01/29/20

The problem deserves a solution on a more vast scale than can be supplied by a district judge or jury in a public nuisance case[i]. If ever there was a case that called out for judicial intervention and a court to answer the call, it is Juliana v. US and the Ninth Circuit Court of…

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New Poll: Americans Alarmed by Global Warming Triples

By John Englander and 01/20/20

The latest annual poll by Yale and George Mason Universities on public attitude about global warming has taken a dramatic turn upwards. As shown in the bubble graph above, 31% now identify as “Alarmed” compared to just 11% five years ago – that’s essentially TRIPLING. Combined with the 26% identifying…

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Retreat Varies: California, Florida, and globally

By John Englander and 01/14/20

Retreating from the coastline as sea level rises is one of the most sensitive topics. Homeowners, business leaders, bankers, and elected officials all want to put off the day of reckoning as long as possible. However the ocean cares not about our preferences. As the ice on Greenland and Antarctica…

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We need an international environmental criminal court now

By Cyril Christo and 01/08/20

“Confraternity of the living sun, make the embers of financial and industrial internationalism pale upon the hearth of the earth.” – DH Lawrence “The major problems in the world are the result of the differences between how nature works and the way people think.” – Gregory Bateson It was not…