Trumpwatch – How Elon Musk can overcome Trump’s climate-change obstinacy
Ironically, big corporations have parted company with Trump and the American Right, siding instead with the science community;
Climate change
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Kiwis say ‘no’ to Trump’s climate denial – Wellington protest at Tillerson visit
As the policeman noticed that he was being observed, and his actions photographed, he turned and walked away, escorted by one of his colleagues;
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Maybe Trump doesn’t realise – this changes everything
Civil society is also mobilising and activists are mobilising to seize the opportunity. At last there is a deeply offensive target and outrageous behaviour to protest against, instead of the smooth lies and hypocrisy that have been covered over for years by clever PR strategies funded by ExxonMobil and the fossil fuel lobbies.
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Trump fiddles while Paris burns but is criticism cheap hypocrisy?
In short, Paris was a complete failure to begin with because it simply did not go anywhere near far enough. Trump pulling out is the least of our concerns.
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Trumpwatch – What’s a few more nails in the planet’s coffin?
Trump’s First 100 Days can boast of several “achievements”. But not the variety that progressive-minded people – especially those concerned with global environmental problems and threats to peace – would welcome with a cheer.
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At a time of rising sea levels due to climate change, Phil O’Reilly wants to build an underwater stadium in Auckland?
Wanting to plonk an underwater waterfront stadium on the Auckland waterfront when our future will see more and more extreme weather events and a dramatic jump in sea levels looks like a recipe for a mass drowning.
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Welcome to 500 year floods – The only hopeful part that climate change will cause in NZ
Watch how quickly our gutless political class will suddenly change their tune on environmental solutions once the rich white volk start screaming.
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The whole world is burning
‘On the last day of the world / I would want to plant a tree’ wrote US Poet Laureate WS Merwin. Indeed, sometimes it feels like the whole world is burning, and to act in the spirit of hope is to plant a whole forest.
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Why are the words ‘climate change’ and ‘global warming’ not part of the Christchurch fire?
…the fire in Christchurch right now is our climate change future staring us in the face without any recognition from the present.
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Too Little, Too Late: Rachel Stewart On Climate Change
Neoliberalism has immobilised humanity in the manner of those parasitic wasps whose offspring excrete a chemical which fatally overpowers their host’s self-protective reflexes. Aware that we are being destroyed, we are nevertheless incapable of resisting our destroyers effectively.