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Archives: Environment
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Rate of Sea Level Rise increasing, As Greenland Melts
By John Church, Christopher Watson, Matt King, Xianyao Chen, and Xuebin Zhang | (The Conversation) | - - Contributions to the rate of global sea-level rise increased by about half between 1993…![The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/the-world-is-burning-stop-burnin-187x137.jpg)
The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)
By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are to come. This implies more drought, more…![How Soon until we’re Using More Than The Earth Can Provide?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/how-soon-until-were-using-more-t-187x137.jpg)
How Soon until we’re Using More Than The Earth Can Provide?
By David Korten | ( Yes! Magazine ) | - - Forget the GDP, it’s time for our leaders to pay attention to metrics that matter. Four days after President Trump announced…![Don’t get mad over Trump’s Climate Policies, Get Even](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/dont-get-mad-over-trumps-climate-187x137.jpg)
Don’t get mad over Trump’s Climate Policies, Get Even
By Michael Brune | ( Otherwords.org ) | - - The White House may have accidentally sparked a revolution in efforts to address climate change. If it makes you mad that President…![Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/why-saudi-extremism-instability-187x137.jpg)
Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Arabia has gotten too big for its britches, and the oil-producing Middle East is turning even more unstable. Not to mention that…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/file-20170612-10193-dgxxt2-187x137.jpg)
Science: Back Electric Cars if your City wants to defy Trump & Go Green
By Daniel Cohan | (The Conversation) | - - President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement reaffirmed what was already clear: The federal government is no longer leading American…![Why the melting Arctic matters to us all (Economist Video)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/why-the-melting-arctic-matters-t-187x137.jpg)
Why the melting Arctic matters to us all (Economist Video)
The Economist | (Video report) | - - "Donald Trump is pulling America out of the Paris climate agreement. But if nothing is done to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, cities such as New…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Trump’s new Clash of Civilizations: Carbonites v. Greens
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - That Donald Trump is a grand disruptor when it comes to international affairs is now a commonplace observation in the establishment…![Sorry, Trump, Electric Car sales doubled last Year, dooming dirty Fossil fuels](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/sorry-trump-electric-car-sales-d-187x137.jpg)
Sorry, Trump, Electric Car sales doubled last Year, dooming dirty Fossil fuels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road doubled worldwide to 2 million in the past year with 40% of EVs being…![Hawaii defies Trump, commits to Paris Accords](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/hawaii-defies-trump-commits-to-p-187x137.jpg)
Hawaii defies Trump, commits to Paris Accords
TeleSur | - - Even the limited environmental reforms of the Paris Agreements were too much for the United States. Hawaii has broken from the White House's abrupt exit from the Paris…![The Climate Catastrophe Trump Promotes: Bangladesh between Flood and Drought](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/the-climate-catastrophe-trump-pr-187x137.jpg)
The Climate Catastrophe Trump Promotes: Bangladesh between Flood and Drought
World Bank | (Video Clip) - - "Due to its geographical position, Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Watch how communities in areas afflicted by recurring floods…![No, Republicans… God Won’t “Take Care Of” Global Warming](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/no-republicans-god-wont-take-car-187x137.jpg)
No, Republicans… God Won’t “Take Care Of” Global Warming
By Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | - - "Congressional Republicans threatening the survival of the human species are telling fairy tales about heavenly carbon bailouts to help…![How bad could Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal be? A scientist’s perspective](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/how-bad-could-trumps-paris-agree-187x137.jpg)
How bad could Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal be? A scientist’s perspective
By Robert Kopp | (The Conversation) | - - Even before the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, market forces and policy measures were starting to tilt the world toward a…![Did Trump’s Climate Disavowal just kill Capitalism?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/did-trumps-climate-disavowal-jus-187x137.jpg)
Did Trump’s Climate Disavowal just kill Capitalism?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The last time capitalism faced a crisis this deep, it was 1929. People minded the Great Depression. All those people Joe McCarthy persecuted…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-02-at-12.28.53-AM-1-187x137.png)
Top 5 Climate Catastrophes to which Trump just Doomed his own Supporters
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, Trump delivered himself of one of the most brain-dead speeches ever given by an American president, more imbecilic even than Bush's…![Is the European Refugee Crisis being Driven by Drought and Climate Change?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/is-the-european-refugee-crisis-b-187x137.jpg)
Is the European Refugee Crisis being Driven by Drought and Climate Change?
By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME (IPS) - Water–everybody talks about it, warns against its growing scarcity, excessive waste, the impact of climate change, the frequent severe…![If They’re Wrong, the Planet Dies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/if-theyre-wrong-the-planet-dies-187x137.jpg)
If They’re Wrong, the Planet Dies
By Edward Hunt. | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - The Obama administration could have done more to stop climate change. The Trump administration couldn't have done less. . .…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/shadowgovengelhardt-180x137.jpg)
Beautiful A-Bombs and CO2: All the ways a Disturbed Trump could Blow up the World
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - He’s huge. Outsized. He fills the news hole at any moment of any day. His over-tanned face glows unceasingly in living rooms across…![Allies Furious as Trump w/draws from G7 Climate Commitment, May leave Paris Accord](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014525im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/allies-furious-as-trump-wdraws-f-187x137.jpg)