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One of my most-visted posts August 4, 2023 quotes Graham Readfearn at The Guardian, July 29, 2023, and others, “[In Antarctica] an area bigger than Mexico has failed to freeze, worrying scientists.” Jess Thomson reported at newsweek.com July 26, 2023, “Eliot Jacobson, a retired professor of mathematics and computer science, using data from Japan’s National Institute of Polar…

Other Christians and I were discussing what a climate sermon would be. At first, I suggested the story of Gideon which shows how a small group of committed people make all the difference when supported by God. Later, I thought the story of Cain and Abel may be better. I mean Cain did not give…

I ran Climate Conversations for professors and students two years at one of the colleges where I taught. In one meeting I tried to make it simple. I said, “It’s like we’re on a plane that pilots will crash into a cliff [unless they get political clearance to land which seems unlikely]. There are some…

I was encouraged by former UN chief Christiana Figueres’ comments reported by The Guardian‘s Dharna Noor September 21, 2023, “If [fossil fuel companies] are going to be [at COP28] only to be obstructors, and only to put spanners into the system, they should not be there.” The subtitle notes, “‘My patience ran out,’ said Christiana Figueres,…

Video begins at 33:47. Unsaid in the above video is that world leaders would rather use risky, and possibly war-producing, unilateral geoengineering than lose privilege and negative emission technologies fantasy. As Al Gore, former Harvard Fellow Ye Tao, and Kevin Anderson (above) have clearly shown, negative emission technologies are not realistic solutions given scale, rate…

I was fishing in Canada, and took a lunch break in a lodge where I sat beside two men in heated conversation. I wrote about this in my September 6, 2018 post. One was jilted by an attractive woman, and ranted about the injustice. The other listened awhile then said, “Look around!” In other words, “Notice…

August 17, 2023 Update — CBS News anchor Errol Barnett interviewed Washington Post reporter Evan Halper about the multibillion dollar “Giant Direct Air Capture Vacuums” being built in Texas and Louisiana, and planned for other states. Halper said, “You just need to look outside to know the situation is desperate, and [ . . . ] we’re way behind…

May 11, 2023, NASA scientist Peter Kalmus wrote, “I was just at a NASA team meeting for 3 days in DC. The scientific findings are so fucked up. Experts on tropical rainforests told me privately that they think the Amazon has already passed its tipping point. Let that sink in. The world needs to know.” I…

Erin Stone reported July 31, 2023, at laist.com/news “How Resilience Hubs Can Help Communities Face The Heat And The Climate Emergency.” Her article noted, “In 2021, the state [of California] launched the Community Resilience Centers program to support and speed up resilience hub efforts [ . . . . ] [It was] originally allocated $160…