Excellent article (and idea) on how to make climate mitigation actions palatable. An emission tax. Again, this is an example wherein a small minority is holding the majority to ransom. http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-climate-for-change-a-solution-conservatives-could-accept/2014/08/27/782cba4e-2a01-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html What are the band-aids we can apply now to mitigate the impacts of climate change: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trees-offer-a-way-to-delay-the-consequences-of-climate-change/2014/09/19/8b24b636-3d04-11e4-b0ea-8141703bbf6f_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost Will this help? or is this a case of …
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Daily Reading – 17/09/14
A great endorsement of pricing CO2 emissions from the corporate angle: http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/energy-ceo-california-shows-how-carbon-pricing-can-reduce-emissions-cost-effectively?hootPostID=414f71427b0494a772a16cf9bee36a7d What if we didn't have to sacrifice growth, jobs etc. to protect our climate. A new report: http://newclimateeconomy.report/overview/ And then you have these; 97% of scientists agree the world is warming and humans are responsible for that. But this institution is balancing this …
Today’s Reading List – 09/09/14
The Way Ahead: Fascinating. How Sweden has managed to solve the problem of (a) managing its waste; (b) reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels.: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/developmental-issues/99-per-cent-of-swedens-waste-is-now-reused/articleshow/41962012.cmshttps://sweden.se/nature/the-swedish-recycling-revolution/http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2013/10/17/is-burning-garbage-green-in-sweden-theres-little-debate/Interesting point: the CH4 (methane) generated from landfills has twice the warming potential as the CO2 (carbon dioxide) generated from burning the waste to produce energyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste-to-energy#HistoryAnother way to combust biowaste - …
Today’s reading list
the business of water: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/8e42bdc8-0838-11e4-9afc-00144feab7de.html#slide0 Some quotes from the article: Since 2011 companies have spent more than $84bn worldwide to improve the way they conserve, manage or obtain water, according to data from Global Water Intelligence, regulatory disclosures and executive interviews with the Financial Times. The $550bn global water market – which covers everything from water …
A start
My 12 year old niece and I were speaking the other day. She's very smart - wants to be a Supreme Court Judge. I asked her "Do you know what Climate Change is". She replied while Instagramming: "Its stuff that's going to happen billions of years from now". I said, "No, its already happening. In …
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