Category Archives: Civil Disorder

Troubling times indeed

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Rick Altman

This mini-post has been prompted by a recent post on LearningFromDogs.com, entitled Troubling Times. I often wish I were not so well-informed because, whereas power without knowledge is very dangerous, knowledge without power is very frustrating. However, as Leonardo Di … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Civil Disorder, Climate Science, Denial, Fossil Fuels, Intergenerational Injustice, Mass Extinctions, Palaeoclimatology, Politics | Tagged BBC, British Antarctic Survey, Geological Society of London | Leave a comment

Please welcome Cumbria to the world of global weirding

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Rick Altman

Whilst I have the greatest of sympathy for all those affected by flooding in Cumbria, they should not seek to blame the government or the Environment Agency. If anybody is to blame it is the fossil fuel industry, which has … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Civil Disorder, Climate Science, Denial, Environment, Fossil Fuels | Tagged Storm Desmond | 5 Comments

Managing climate risks to well-being and the economy

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Rick Altman

The Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change has today published its 2014 progress report. The report considers preparedness to climate change in England related to major infrastructure, business, public health and emergency planning. It also provides an update … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Disorder, Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, Politics, Sustainable development | Tagged Adaptation Sub Committee, Civil Disorder, Committee on Climate Change | Leave a comment

A riotous assembly of data leads to a ground breaking conclusion

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Rick Altman

Or should that have been: ‘Ground-breaking data leads to riotous conclusion’…? One of the incidental benefits of being a Fellow of the Geological Society and a Chartered Geologist is that I get the society’s monthly Geoscientist magazine. This month’s edition … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Disorder, Environment | Tagged Alan Watson, causation, Civil Disorder, correlation, earthquakes, free will, Geology, Gravity and Mind, James Cameron, statistics, tectonic stress, Years of Living Dangerously | 36 Comments

I’m sorry but – this will happen

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Rick Altman

Just over seven months ago, I posted an item about the near-term probability of a catastrophic eruption of the Katla volcano on Iceland. Today, sadly, I think I have discovered that this might not be the worst natural disaster in … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Disorder, Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Environment | Tagged Civil Disorder, Geology, La Cumbre Vieja, La Palma, mega tsunami, volcanoes | 63 Comments

Life is full of tough choices…

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Rick Altman

…but this isn’t one of them. Or is it? The trouble is, of course, that removing all the subsidies and tax breaks given to the fossil fuel industry (which are delaying the creation of a free market in power generation) … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Disorder, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Financial Crisis, Fossil Fuels, Limits to Growth, Politics | Tagged Civil Disorder, European Union, Fast Neutron Reactor, Jared Diamond, Nuclear Energy, Post Carbon Institute, richard heinberg | 9 Comments

Not the Serenity Prayer

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Rick Altman

With my thanks to 350.org, The Great Spirit, and Idle no More, this is not the Serenity Prayer as I recall it:

Posted in Civil Disorder, Climate Science, Environment | Tagged 350.org, Civil Disorder, Idle No More, The Great Spirit | 15 Comments