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John Kerry Gives Impassioned Speech at COP22

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

“I’m not a Cassandra, but I am a realist. Time is not on our side.” – John Kerry at COP22 Secretary of State John Kerry pulled no punches in a speech at the COP22 climate talks, now in their second week in Marrakesh, Morocco. A stalwart champion of climate change action throughout his career, Kerry made clear the outgoing Obama administration…

Environmental advocacy under Trump presidency will not be easy. It may seem like a lonely fight, but we stand united and strong as we fight for a sustainable future

Environmental Advocacy Under a Trump Presidency

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Election 2016, the morning after Wednesday morning, coming to grips with a Trump presidency: The slow motion wreck that was election 2016 has finally ended, the smoke has cleared, and now we find ourselves in a very strange place. Not where we wanted to be. We should take the time to mourn the loss we feel, embrace the foreboding sense of…

The message of Earth Day. Balancing despair with hope, vision and action toward a sustainable, just future.

Earth Day 2015: A Balancing Act Between Hope and Despair

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

For most chroniclers of recent history, April 22, 1970, the first Earth Day, marks the beginning of the modern environmental movement. It was a different time in so many ways. Instead of SUVs and hybrids, muscle cars and big sedans dominated the roads, guzzling leaded gas at an average cost of 35 cents per gallon. The exhaust spewed out their tailpipes mixed with…

Infographic: Climate Science vs. Fossil Fuel Misinformation

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

In 1988, James Hansen, a leading climate scientist and former director of NASA’s Institute for Space Studies, testified before Congress on the scientific data showing human interference with the climate system. Since that time, according the Climate Accountability Institute, as reported by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), over half of all industrial emissions of carbon dioxide released since the start of…

2014 hottest year on record. What, me worry?

2014 Hottest Year on Record – Some Thoughts

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Thomas Schueneman | 3 Comments

Was 2014 the hottest year or wasn’t it – and does it matter? – Widely reported this past week was confirmation from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), concurring with the Japanese Meteorological Agency, that 2014 as the hottest year on record. NASA’s GISS Surface Temperature Analysis shows an average global temperature for the year at at 14.68° Celsius (58.42 Fahrenheit),…

Will American ever wake up to the reality that surrounds them?

National Climate Assessment Report: Who Cares?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Earlier this week the White House released the latest National Climate Assessment Report, causing the rare flurry of attention in the mainstream press. The report summarized what anyone paying attention already knows; that climate change is happening now and impacting all parts of the country (and world), and those impacts can only get worse in a “business-as-usual” future. As the…

How Earth Day is Just Like New Years’ Eve

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

I’m not eager to spoil the party of Earth Day. For the environmentalist crowd, a group to which I pledge my philosophical, if not always explicit, allegiance, Earth Day is a time for celebration and renewal. But there’s something in “Earth Day” that seems a little like New Years’ Eve, at least to me. Which is to say a disappointment. Even…

John Kerry Gives Impassioned Speech at COP22

Earth Day 2015: A Balancing Act Between Hope and Despair

Infographic: Climate Science vs. Fossil Fuel Misinformation

2014 Hottest Year on Record – Some Thoughts

National Climate Assessment Report: Who Cares?

How Earth Day is Just Like New Years’ Eve

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