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Nuclear powered tar sands?

12/13/201912/24/2019 Martin Bush 3 Comments climate change, climate crisis
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Small nuclear reactors are being touted as a solution to the climate crisis. There’s only one problem: we don’t yet have any.

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Awash in fossil fuels

12/01/201912/01/2019 Martin Bush 0 Comments climate change
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Two new UN reports document the huge discrepancy between action and words as governments prepare for COP 25 next week in Madrid

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World scientists warn of climate emergency

11/07/201911/09/2019 Martin Bush 4 Comments
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Scientists have a moral obligation to speak out about the worsening climate crisis. Over 11,000 of them have just done exactly that.

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Trees and the TMEX

10/31/201910/31/2019 Martin Bush 0 Comments
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The Canadian government wants to build a controversial pipeline. In return it has offered to plant 2 billion trees. It’s a bum deal.

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Buckle up. It’s time to rock the boat.

10/20/201910/20/2019 Martin Bush 4 Comments
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The climate crisis is intensifying. Governments seem powerless to take forceful action, even as millions of people take to the streets demanding action. Yet we know how to end this crisis. Why isn’t it happening?

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Raise a glass to Gilbert Plass

10/15/2019 Martin Bush 3 Comments
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Twenty fossil fuel companies are responsible for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions over the last 50 years. But why change the business model when it’s so profitable?

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The birds and the bees

10/06/201910/06/2019 Martin Bush 3 Comments
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Massive protests. Now what?

09/28/201910/12/2019 Martin Bush 3 Comments climate change, climate strike
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September 27, 2019, saw massive street protests by students and young people across the globe. Will this anger and frustration translate into government action?

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More talk and little action

09/26/201909/28/2019 Martin Bush 2 Comments climate change, climate summit, Cryosphere crisis, Greta Thunberg
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As the New York Climate Summit comes to an end, it seems that only Greta Thunberg made an impact.

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Lifestyle changes aren’t enough

09/15/201909/15/2019 Martin Bush 0 Comments climate crisis, climate emergency
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Individual and community action at the local level is hugely important. But is it enough? Governments make the big moves. We need to vote for the political party that takes forceful action on the climate crisis.

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