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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.” Peterson Academy will also offer a course from Michael Shermer, the editor-in-chief of Skeptic Magazine, on “critical thinking and scientific reasoning.”

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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. Scientific American magazine took notice of his work and approached Jacobson about writing a paper on the feasibility of powering the world with renewable energy.

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The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch

Andrew Winston

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. By 2030, we are very likely to already be at or approaching the 1.5 Get your copy here.

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The World in 2030: Nine Megatrends to Watch

Andrew Winston

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. By 2030, we are very likely to already be at or approaching the 1.5 Get your copy here.

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Not so moral money?

Business Green

Leaving aside whether or not pretty much the entire scientific, political, and financial establishment is populated by "nutjobs", Kirk is guilty of a long-standing error about the nature of risk. Or, as he puts it, throughout his financial career there has always been "some nutjob telling me about the end of the world".

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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. This effect is explained clearly in this article by Discover Magazine. Sea level rising (not because of melting).

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Residents are already starting to see the effects of sea level rise today. By focusing on how these institutions are sites of coproduction of knowledge and policy, this work brings to light the politics of science advice and details how these committees are contributing to an emerging global environmental constitutionalism.