Monthly Archives: May 2014

Humanity will not be able to say it was not warned

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Rick Altman

This post is to mark the impending publication of the latest book from Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, entitled The Collapse of Western Civilisation: A View From the Future. The authors have already published a summary of this book’s thesis … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Collapse, Consumerism, Environment, Growthmania, Money Fetishism | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Why do our politicians not act on IPCC advice?

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Rick Altman

I am hereby delighted to invite all my readers to indicate (by voting on a question [on the Survey Monkey website] that I have created) why they think our politicians continue to fail to respond effectively to the increasingly stark … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Economics, Environment, Ethics, Intergenerational Injustice, IPCC, Politics | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

Geoscientists get all ethical about climate change

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Rick Altman

The Geoscientist is the Fellowship magazine of the Geological Society of London. With the Permission of the Editor of the magazine, I hereby republish extracts from three items in the most recent issue (cover image shown here) of the magazine: … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Energy Crisis, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels, Limits to Growth, Sustainable development | Tagged , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

The Arctic 30 are back – please help Shell say no to Gazprom

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Rick Altman

Latest email from Greenpeace: Hi, Five months ago, they tried to silence us. They arrested our activists, and threw them in jail for peacefully protesting oil drilling in the Russian Arctic. The oil giants thought they could scare us away … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Climate Science, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace, Politics, Renewable Energy | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment