More and more studies are predicting climate disaster. Will the prophesies of doom lead to action to curb global warming — or to reckless hopelessness? A plane drops fire retardant over a forest on the outskirts of La Londe-les-Maures, France, 26 July 2017 (AP...
By Sue Landau Now that we have cheap renewable energy, a full-blown industrial revolution is waiting in the wings, propelled by the need to slow climate change. Just as the gasoline car banished horses and carriages from our roads, the electric car will drive its...
By Sue Landau There are only two real surprises in Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement: the strength and immediacy of the global counter-reaction, and the prospect that damage to the environment may be outweighed by...
By Sue Landau Even as President Donald Trump sets the United States back on a fossil fuel path, updated road maps from environmentalist groups say industrial economies can be weaned off carbon dependence by 2050 using energy savings and existing technology. For at...
By Sue Landau Just when the world had taken a huge step forward in the life-or-death fight against global warming, a man who has denied climate change was elected U.S. president. Donald Trump’s victory cast a pall over the recent United Nations Climate...