As scientists continue to revise their climate predictions for the worse, it's clear that the time has passed for the world to avoid serious consequences from global warming. With superstorms and floods competing with droughts and wildfires to break records somewhere around the world year-round, the weather is already getting pretty weird. So now, the real question is how … [Read more...]
Against the specialist, the expert and the technocrat
In these days of ecological overshoot, about the only experts I can abide are climate scientists. Without the facts we get from scientists, what would we say to climate science deniers? So I'm glad to see more climate scientists step out of the ivory tower in the world's hour of need. But sometimes I wish even climate brainiacs would stick to their labs and leave public … [Read more...]
Censored scientists, dirty politics and the nuclear distraction
As the world's most famous climatologist and perennial thorn in the side of Fox News, coal barons and climate change deniers everywhere, James Hansen's credentials are impeccable. I've admired his pluck in standing up for sound science against political intimidation for years. At Transition Voice, we've been fortunate to cross-post a couple of his columns. But recently, a … [Read more...]