Tag Archives: Civil Disorder

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

I would go to DC if I could

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Rick Altman

Sorry, 350.org, I have a slight geographic impediment; it is commonly known as the North Atlantic Ocean. If you have no such geographic barriers preventing you from going to the event, please sign-up here.

Posted in Anthropocene, Civil Disorder, Climate Science, Environment, Politics | Tagged 350.org, Civil Disorder, President's Day | 20 Comments

Music for 21 December 2012

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Rick Altman

Following on from yesterday’s post of an R.E.M. classic (It’s The End Of The World As We Know It), here is more of my choice of music inspired by the fact that the World is NOT going to end today… … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Disorder, Civilisation, Climate Science, Environment, Intergenerational Injustice, Philosophy | Tagged Civil Disorder, Mayan non-prophecy, U2 | Leave a comment