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Archives: Acidification of Oceans
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In Rejecting Carbon Tax HR Clinton is playing Russian Roulette with our Future
Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) | - - The Clinton presidential campaign has indicated that it will not support a carbon tax. But we simply cannot meet greenhouse gas reduction goals without…![The Hottest Year on Record: 12th month in a row of unprecedented heat](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/05/the-hottest-year-on-record-12th-187x137.jpg)
The Hottest Year on Record: 12th month in a row of unprecedented heat
Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | - - "The planet keeps getting warmer. The level of destruction from natural disasters is also climbing. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks…![As Coasts Flood, why isn’t the Corporate Press asking Candidates about Climate Change?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/03/as-coasts-flood-why-isnt-the-cor-187x137.jpg)
As Coasts Flood, why isn’t the Corporate Press asking Candidates about Climate Change?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US corporate press is letting the presidential candidates set the agenda. Occasionally someone will step out of line, as Fox's Megyn Kelly…![Great Barrier Reef Endangered: Ocean turning Acidic from our Our Coal, Oil, Gas emissions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/02/great-barrier-reef-endangered-oc-187x137.jpg)
Great Barrier Reef Endangered: Ocean turning Acidic from our Our Coal, Oil, Gas emissions
By Mathieu Mongin, Andrew Lenton, Jennifer Skerratt & Mark Baird | (The Conversation) | - - Those of us who have been fortunate enough to have travelled to spectacular coral reefs marvel…![The Question isn’t of Saving the World via Renewables but of how Much can be Saved](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/01/the-question-isnt-of-saving-the-187x137.jpg)
The Question isn’t of Saving the World via Renewables but of how Much can be Saved
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Humanity is not abandoning fossil fuels fast enough to avoid some massive changes to our world's climate, with all the implications that change…![Even After World has Acted: GOP candidates on climate change](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/even-after-world-has-acted-gop-c-187x137.jpg)
Even After World has Acted: GOP candidates on climate change
Touchvision | (Video News Report) | - - "What would happen to the committments President Obama is making at this week's Paris Climate Conference if a Republican wins the 2016 election?" Touchvision:…![Paris COP21 will only slow Climate Change: Here’s What’s going to happen to you and your children](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/12/paris-cop21-will-only-slow-clima-187x137.jpg)
Paris COP21 will only slow Climate Change: Here’s What’s going to happen to you and your children
By Katja Frieler | (The Conversation) | - - At the Paris climate summit, delegates are deciding on a global goal for temperature rise. At the time of publication, the latest draft…![Exxon investigation: A warning shot for fossil fuel companies as climate lies unveiled](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/exxon-investigation-a-warning-sh-187x137.jpg)
Exxon investigation: A warning shot for fossil fuel companies as climate lies unveiled
The Tree | - - In the first concrete legal action against ExxonMobil’s web of climate lies, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced he will investigate whether the oil giant…![Climate Change to throw 100 mn. People into Poverty](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/11/climate-change-to-throw-100-mn-p-187x137.jpg)
Climate Change to throw 100 mn. People into Poverty
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The UN’s heavily-hyped Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were approved by more than 160 world leaders at a…![“We’re talking Survival”: Pacific Islanders call out Australia on Coal](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/09/were-talking-survival-pacific-is-187x137.jpg)
“We’re talking Survival”: Pacific Islanders call out Australia on Coal
The Tree | - - Pacific Island nations have stepped up pressure on their reckless neighbours, warning Australia and New Zealand that their inadequate action on climate change will doom island states…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2015-08-19-at-2.31.11-AM-187x137.png)
Defying Saudis, Iran: Muslim thinkers call for Action on Climate Change at Istanbul Conference
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Attendees at the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in Istanbul from 20 countries produced, and 60 of them signed, a declaration this week…![Major Indirect Benefits of Obama’s Climate Plan that could save the World](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/08/major-indirect-benefits-of-obama-187x137.jpg)
Major Indirect Benefits of Obama’s Climate Plan that could save the World
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama spoke on Monday on his plan to use the Environmental Protection Agency to pressure states to close high-carbon power plants and…![Are the Courts the next decisive Arena of Climate Activism?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/are-the-courts-the-next-decisive-187x137.jpg)
Are the Courts the next decisive Arena of Climate Activism?
By Emily Schwartz Greco | (Foreign Policy in Focus/ Otherwords) People from Seattle to Fiji are filing lawsuits over global warming — and they just might have a case. Climate action is…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/04/flooding-dominica-629x420-187x137.jpg)
While Americans obsess about ISIL, Rest of World Fears Global Warming
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The world at large is apparently divided over what constitutes the biggest single threat to human kind: the…![If World Refuses to Act on Carbon, Oceans Doomed to ‘Irreversible’ Damage](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/07/if-world-refuses-to-act-on-carbo-187x137.jpg)
If World Refuses to Act on Carbon, Oceans Doomed to ‘Irreversible’ Damage
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) New study warns, 'any new global climate agreement that does not minimize the impacts on the ocean will be inadequate.' Without "immediate and substantial" reductions…![5 Radical Takeaways from the Pope’s Letter on Climate](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/5-radical-takeaways-from-the-pop-187x137.jpg)
5 Radical Takeaways from the Pope’s Letter on Climate
By Janet Redman | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - Francis recognizes that there's no way to stop climate change without confronting the way the world does business. That's huge. Pope…![Climate Denial as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/climate-denial-as-a-corporate-cr1-187x137.jpg)
Climate Denial as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy
By Naomi Oreskes | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Recently, the Washington Post reported new data showing something most of us already sense: that increased polarization on Capitol Hill is due to the way the Republican…![The Immorality of harming the Earth: Burning Fossil Fuels is Today’s Golden Calf](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/the-immorality-of-harming-the-ea-187x137.jpg)
The Immorality of harming the Earth: Burning Fossil Fuels is Today’s Golden Calf
By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) - - In the latter half of the nineteenth century, we began to burn fossil fuels rather casually, without much reflection, as if an epoch-marking discovery…![World’s Richest Nations at G7 Imperil Earth by Slow CO2 Reductions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170115165021im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2015/06/worlds-richest-nations-at-g7-imp-187x137.jpg)