Generation We inherits a world in which climate change and global pollution threaten an unprecedented environmental collapse—one that could even spell the end of human existence on this planet—because of unconstrained extraction and desecration of natural resources and reliance on carbon-spewing fossil fuels. The so-called debate over global warming has long been settled—at least, to […]
Read & DiscussMemo to Bill Maher: Young People Understand the Climate Change Stakes
Posted by: eric on October 5, 2009 at 8:46 pm
The HBO series Real Time With Bill Maher is one of the more consistently engaging, informative, and funny talk shows on the air. It’s also occasionally infuriating. Host Bill Maher is so opinionated, passionate, and over-the-top in his rhetoric that practically everyone is bound to be offended by something he says. (If you’re not, you’re […]
Read & DiscussReady to fight for Climate Change
Posted by: eric on September 25, 2009 at 7:10 am
The debate over healthcare reform is threatening to delay any progress on climate change legislation. While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has said climate change will be considered by the Senate before the end of the year, if the healthcare debate continues, consideration of climate change legislation will likely be further delayed by the […]
Read & DiscussConnecting The Dots: Climate Change and National Security
Posted by: eric on August 23, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Last week the Truman National Security Project launched “Operation FREE”, in an impressive effort to move and refocus the national security debate to combat our nation’s over reliance on fossil fuels and major security problems caused by climate change. Now, I know some of you maybe wondering, what does climate change have to do with […]
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