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Jordan Peterson’s New Online School Will Be Rife with Climate Crisis Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Last year Hicks rhetorically asked on his blog whether climate researchers were “over-hyping because they have a political agenda,” terming them “those chronic-doomster semi-scientists.” As for politics, I am liberal, while Dr. Peterson is conservative,” he said. As it should be, I think, for a good educational institution.”

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Are the climate and coronavirus crises really so alike?

Business Green

It is a point that was echoed late last week by BP CEO Bernard Looney, who in a quietly remarkable blog post stressed that the pandemic would not compromise the company's newly announced pledge to deliver net zero emissions. What happens if sea levels rise and five mega-storms make US landfall in the same year?

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. External costs include everything from pre-mature deaths due to air pollution to the sky-rocketing insurance costs for properties vulnerable to sea level rise.

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Climate Cruelty and Local Governments

The Environmental Blog

The level of government least able to mitigate and adapt is the level of government most affected. For coastal municipalities, it is a slow-moving wave that imperils land values with sea level rise inch by inch submerging and devaluing a main source of municipal revenue—property (and its accompanying tax revenue).

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The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch

Andrew Winston

but I haven’t posted some of the articles I did write to my blog in awhile. Many highly populated coastal areas will be in consistent trouble, as sea levels rise. Predicting politics is nearly impossible, and it’s hard to imagine how global policy action on climate and other megatrends will play out.

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The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch

Andrew Winston

but I haven't posted some of the articles I did write to my blog in awhile. Many highly populated coastal areas will be in consistent trouble, as sea levels rise. Predicting politics is nearly impossible, and it’s hard to imagine how global policy action on climate and other megatrends will play out.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. In this blog I aim to figure out how much longer will we still have Arctic sea ice. Sea level rising (not because of melting).