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Report: Nobody talks about ‘global warming’ anymore

Grist

Big news: Global warming is over. A new report shows how differently people talk about climate change from how they did 10 years ago. They found that searches for global warming , once the most common phrase for our overheating planet, are down 73 percent since 2010. Just the phrase itself, though.

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Extreme weather conditions in Pakistan due to climate change

The Environmental Blog

Millions of hectares of the country’s land experience an annual rainfall of less than 30 mm, and some hectares of land which is suitable for agriculture are subjected to wind and water erosion, waterlogging, loss of organic matter and salinity. Climate Change and Glacial Melting. Fewer Tress = More Floods.

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Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC’s Top Business Lobby Group

DeSmogBlog

A business lobby group that regularly meets with top elected officials and policymakers in British Columbia is now being led by someone who once argued that human-caused climate change is an “untested proposition.” The papers in this volume make it clear that global warming is not a settled issue,” Jones wrote in the introduction. “The

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Italian Oil Giant Eni Knew About Climate Change More Than 50 Years Ago, Report Reveals

DeSmogBlog

Italian oil major Eni knew of the climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction since 1970, according to a report by Greenpeace Italy and advocacy group ReCommon shared with DeSmog. Among the atmospheric changes listed was “climatic modifications.” In 1992, Eni claimed it needed more research before taking action on climate change.

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Immediate action on organic waste needed to meet Paris targets, says biogas group

Envirotec Magazine

Human activity generates 105bn tonnes of organic wastes (food waste, sewage and garden wastes, food and drink processing wastes, and farm and agricultural wastes) annually by human activity. Treating the world’s unavoidable organic wastes through AD would help meet over one quarter of this alarming shortfall (2).

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A common talking point about climate change gets it all wrong, new study says

Grist

Common wisdom says that the average person doesn’t care about climate change because they think its effects will unfold in the far-off future or in faraway places. This point is repeated ad infinitum in tips about how to talk about the climate crisis, in books, articles, and guides for public officials. One problem?

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How Does Climate Change Impact Our Diets?

Green Living Guy

Climate change causes a variety of adverse ecological and human health effects. The post How Does Climate Change Impact Our Diets? While our diet’s impacts on the environment are evident, individuals observe the reverse relationship less. Many interfere with […]. appeared first on Green Living Guy.