Climate

entering unchartered waters

Human civilization developed on Earth under certain climate conditions. Over the last 150 years, however, we have released so much carbon into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels that the climate is changing — and not for the better. Rising sea levels mean devastating storm surges for low-lying farmlands and cities. Disappearing glaciers mean less water for vast areas of India, China, and the American West. Shifting climate zones mean many plants and animals will no longer survive where they've been — and may not be able to survive in new areas.

Climate change is real — the scientific debate on has long been over. What remains is to build the political will to do something about it.

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Dr. Cindy Parker: Why I Joined the Tar Sands Action

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Post Carbon Fellow Dr. Cindy Parker describes why she is risking arrest in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.

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Enemies of the State

Asher Miller    Jan 31, 2012   

Almost exactly nine years ago, opposition to the US invasion of Iraq was reaching a fever pitch. On February 15, 2003 millions of people around the world rallied to protest the inexorable march to … >>

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The great carbon bubble: Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard

Bill McKibben    Feb 07, 2012   

  If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon bubble, whose bursting someday … >>

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REPORT: Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Shale Gas Compared to Coal: An Analysis of Two Conflicting Studies

David Hughes

A recent series of studies and rebuttals have debated the greenhouse gas impacts of shale gas production as compared to coal. Post Carbon Institute Fellow David Hughes, author of the … >>

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