Party Platforms Vastly DIfferent on Climate Change
It’s no surprise that the 2016 Republican and Democratic Party Platforms differ in their discussion of climate change and energy. In fact, they are near polar opposites, but does it really matter? As it turns out, a comprehensive analysis of the two party platforms shows…
Per Capita Davis: Let the sun shine on our solar panels
By John Mott-Smith Cross Posted from the Davis Enterprise From page A10 | July 06, 2016 Each year I try to assemble data from each of the cities, and Yolo County, on the number of solar photovoltaic systems installed on homes and businesses. The quality of record-keeping varies…
2015 The Hottest Year on Record
Re-posted from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=87359 2015 was the warmest year ever recorded on Earth, and it was not even close. On January 20, 2016, scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released their analyses of surface temperatures for the past year. The NASA…
Please sign on: West Coast Cities People’s Declaration: No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure, Just Transition Now
The following letter from Daphne Wysham in Portland, Oregon, invites individuals and organizations to sign on to a West Coast Cities People’s Declaration: No New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure, Just Transition Now. Scroll down to read this important Declaration.
Paris Climate Talks Articles Worth Reading
There’s a lot to read about the Paris Climate Talks, and it’s hard to navigate your way to the most significant articles. Here are a few worth reading on weather-related disasters, climate refugees, Naomi Klein’s take on silencing the most impacted by climate change and…
Praying and transformation in a time of Climate Change
The 40,000 world leaders from 190 countries are gathered in Paris to reach an agreement to curb carbon emissions and to find ways to support vulnerable countries and communities in adapting to the impacts of climate change that are happening right now. Our prayers are…
Helpful Resources for the Paris Climate Talks
The Paris Climate Talks make people all around the globe stop and think about this earth – our one home – and our relationship to it. Clearly we are out of sync, and our use, and sometimes abuse, of the planet is causing serious repercussions…
CA Climate Leadership Bills: Powering the New Economy
California is a national and international leader in climate change legislation. The promising words in Governor Brown’s State of the State Address in February, 2015 have been transformed into a dozen powerful bills comprising the California Climate Leadership Bill Package found here. The subtitle is…
The Pope’s Encyclical and Climate Change: Two visitors at the Vatican
The Pope’s Encyclical on Climate Change is an amazing document. It is poetic, visionary, insightful, pragmatic, beautiful… Addressed to “every living person on this planet” it lays out the interconnected problems facing humanity and calls for urgent dialogue and action. His words will open you…
Philip Duffy: "An insider’s view of climate science and policy"
Thursday, April 30 || 4 p.m. Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center, UC Davis Dr. Philip B. Duffy, president of the Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) in Falmouth, Mass., will present a College Distinguished Lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at the Walter A. Buehler…
International Antarctic Expedition 2015
EcoWatch is chronicling the International Antarctic Expedition 2015 led by Robert Swan, a polar explorer and environmentalist. The trip began March 13 and will end March 25. Robert Swan was the first man ever to walk unsupported to both the South Pole (in 1984) and the…
Bolivia Gives Legal Rights To The Earth
(From http://earthweareone.com/bolivia-gives-legal-rights-to-the-earth/) Bolivia is to become the first country in the world to give nature comprehensive legal rights in an effort to halt climate change and the exploitation of the natural world, and to improve quality of life for the Bolivian people. Developed by…
Per Capita Davis: When push comes to shove
This column by John Mott-Smith is republished from the Davis Enterprise. Perhaps this is not true for everyone, but it has been an article of faith (and hope) for me that the consequence of delaying action now to curb emissions would be the necessity for…
Per Capita Davis: News from the Funny Papers
This column by John Mott-Smith is republished from the Davis Enterprise The last column was somewhat sobering, so I thought I’d start this one out with news from the funny papers. A recent cartoon pictured a factory, labeled “U.N. Climate Summit,” with smokestacks spewing what…
Per Capita Davis: Stamp Out Global Warming
This column by John Mott-Smith is republished from the Davis Enterprise. The US Postal Service is making a commitment to sustainability with “Go Green” stamps and practices. I confess: I still go to the library to look things up, have a land line in the…
Meteorological Study Predicts Megadroughts in the U.S. southwest
Everyone is concerned about the third year of drought in California, but things could get worse. A recent study concludes that the chances of a megadrought for the U.S. southwest is now at 50%. A drought lasting 30 years or more could hit southern California,…
Quake Shows need for Resilient Energy Infrastructure
Review of article by Elena Krieger The recent earthquake in the Napa area raises all kinds of concerns for us as we consider the implications of a serious quake closer to home. What if the quake causes a fire? What if the power is knocked…
Per capita Davis: Alarms are meant to alarm
This column by John Mott-Smith is republished from the Davis Enterprise. Two apparently unrelated news articles caught my attention recently. In one, a South Korean ferry sinks with hundreds losing their lives in part because the captain and many of the crew allegedly told passengers…
Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy
This May, the Governments of California, British Colombia, Oregon, and Washington met in San Francisco to sign the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy for their combined population of 53 million. It acknowledges, “the clear and convincing scientific evidence of climate change, ocean…
The Bill McKibben Fungus Gnat
By Lynne Nittler Peter Kerr, a scientist who works for the CA State Collection of Arthropods, of the CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture in Sacramento, usually identifies suspected plant pests, helps enhance the state collection of arthropods, and does biodiversity research. However, he admits…
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