According to Eric Holthaus’ new book, “The Future Earth,” by 2035 the United States must have a carbon neutral economy or face utter disaster. That, folks, pretty much means the end of capitalism as we know
it.
Tag: climate change
VICE – This Map Shows Which U.S. Homes Will Flood Over the Next 30 Years Due to Climate Change
Millions of Americans have no idea they’re living in a flood zone. Now you can look up every property in the U.S. and see the flood risk for yourself.
Source: VICE – This Map Shows Which U.S. Homes Will Flood Over the Next 30 Years Due to Climate Change
“To Halt Climate Change, We Need an Ecological Leninism”
Despite the obvious parallels with coronavirus shutdowns, states still show little determination to put in place the measures we’ll need to deal with the climate emergency. For Andreas Malm, we need to stop seeing climate change as a problem for the future — and use state power now to impose a drastic reordering of our economies.
Source: “To Halt Climate Change, We Need an Ecological Leninism”
The Wet-Bulb Peril Has Arrived… Way Too Early
The human body has limits. If “temperature plus humidity” is high enough, even a healthy person seated in the shade with plentiful water to drink will suffer severely or likely die. It’s the Wet-Bulb Temperature WBT effect. There is an upper limit to human capacity to adapt to excessive global heat when combined with excessive More
Source: The Wet-Bulb Peril Has Arrived… Way Too Early – CounterPunch.org
Postcapitalism in the age of climate catastrophe
A Life of Heat ‘Near Unlivable’ for More Than 3 Billion People in Just Decades, Climate Report Warns
“Clearly we will need a global approach to safeguard our children against the potentially enormous social tensions the projected change could invoke.”
Billions Could Live in Extreme Heat Zones Within Decades, Study Finds
Now is the Perfect Time to Fight Climate Change
While the whole world is consumed with the disastrous coronavirus pandemic, little attention is being paid to that sector of our economy whose existence had heretofore represented humanity’s greatest threat: the fossil fuel industry. But now may be the best time to pay heed. Oil and gas prices recently fell so low that they bizarrely plummeted to negative values. This is an industry clearly in crisis, and therefore now is the perfect time for the climate justice movement to strike.
Source: Now is the Perfect Time to Fight Climate Change – CounterPunch.org
Humanity Must ‘Tackle Two Crises at Once,’ Says Greta Thunberg of Climate and COVID-19 on 50th Earth Day
U.N. Chief António Guterres declared the pandemic “an unprecedented wake-up call” and urged world leaders to pursue a “green recovery.”
Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic
Two and a half years ago Hurricane Maria ripped open homes across the southern Puerto Rican city of Ponce, destroying the rickety electrical grid and sending thousands of people into shelters or onto the streets. People were still rebuilding when, in January, a devastating earthquake jolted the island’s southern coast. Afraid of collapsing walls and showering concrete, people moved back outdoors, where they still spend cool, wet nights under blue tarps strung to poles and tied to cars packed with coolers and lawn chairs.
Source: Climate Change Won’t Stop for the Coronavirus Pandemic | Portside
