Tag Archives: Belshazzar’s Feast

Now is no time for climate change scepticism

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Rick Altman

This graph, as compiled by Dr Ed Hawkins (Reading University/Met Office), featured in an article by Damian Carrington, on the Guardian website yesterday, which highlighted the fact that: 2014 will be the warmest year in Central England for over 300 … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment, Growthmania, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, COP 20, Ed Hawkins, Guardian, Herman Daly, Met Office, NASA, reality, Writing on the wall | 8 Comments

Apologies for absence

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Rick Altman

… but this is no time for climate change scepticism! For me, the last 12 months have been something of an emotional rollercoaster; and the ride has not yet come to an end. However, if I have any regrets about … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Central England, Damian Carrington, Guardian, reality, Temperature Record | 8 Comments

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 Belshazzar's Feast, Clive Hamilton, Erik Conway, Jared Diamond, Naomi Oreskes, Niall Ferguson, Requiem for a Species, Western Civilisation | 6 Comments

The radiating face of Gaia

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Rick Altman

I decided that my review of The Revenge of Gaia, as published by James Lovelock in 2006, was dragging on a bit, so have decided to finish it off. This is therefore the fourth and final part (and thus longer … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Energy Crisis, Environment, James Hansen, Mass Extinctions | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Bjorn Lomborg, Bob Geldof, Gaia, Gaia Hypothesis, George Monbiot, James Lovelock, Mark Lynas, Nuclear Energy, perception, Stewart Brand, the Enlightenment, The Revenge of Gaia, Tom Blees, Writing on the wall | 2 Comments

Help end 1 trillion USD of corporate tax evasion

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Rick Altman

In advance of the G8 Summit to be held in Northern Ireland, Avaaz is asking people to sign a petition to help encourage President Obama and Canadian PM Harper do the right thing. ——- Dear friends, In days, world leaders … Continue reading →

Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Ethics, Financial Crisis, Growthmania, Politics | Tagged Avaaz, Barack Obama, Belshazzar's Feast, corruption, G8, Stephen Harper, tax avoidance, tax evasion | Leave a comment

Irreversible but not yet unstoppable

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Rick Altman

With regard to ongoing climate change, this is currently an important distinction. However, as highlighted by Joe Romm on the Think Progress website on 17 March 2013, it is not one that will always be true. With the author’s kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Intergenerational Injustice, Mass Extinctions, Politics, Renewable Energy | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Geological Society of London, Joe Nocera, Joe Romm, NOAA, Think Progress, Writing on the wall | 6 Comments

Climate Change: First Wake-Up Call in 1910?

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Rick Altman

I was looking for something else in the Letters to the Editor section of the Geological Society website, when I came across this very short but massively powerful letter. I knew instantly that I must draw it to the attention … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Greenpeace, Politics | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Chris King, Geological Society, George Osborne, glaciers, Greenpeace, Writing on the wall | 25 Comments

They came from the sky

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Rick Altman

UPDATE 2300 hrs UTC: I have amended this post to include a Russian TV news report and explanation of events. The commentary states that the DA14 asteroid is the size of an olympic swimming pool (i.e. 50m in length). On … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Environment | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Russian meteor impact, Writing on the wall | 17 Comments

End ecocide in Europe (and the World)

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Rick Altman

I am not sure what good it will do unless the whole World decides to stop self-harming as well but… If you live in the EU please sign-up here to help stop ecocide in Europe (thanks Pendantry). ———————————- One way … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Hydraulic Fracturing, Insanity, Mass Extinctions, Optimum Population, Politics | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, End Ecocide in Europe, European Union, Frack Off, Insanity, Jessica Ernst, Sir David Attenborough | 14 Comments

Views of Doha

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rick Altman

The 18th Conference of the Parties (COP18) to the UN’s Framework Convention on climate Change (UNFCCC), ended in Doha (Qatar) last weekend. Sadly, this event was not considered newsworthy in the mainstream media in the UK. Irrespective of the outcome … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Economics, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace, Intergenerational Injustice, Mass Extinctions, Politics, UNFCCC | Tagged Belshazzar's Feast, Clive Hamilton, COP18, Doha, Greenpeace, History, Requiem for a Species, William Ophuls | 11 Comments

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