Tag Archives: climate change

Re-imaging the meaning of national defense

Posted on 5 May 2020 by Tim O'Connell

Writing for Resilience, Rob Brooks re-imagines a national defense grounded in Wendell Berry’s observation that “Earth is what we all have in common.” “We need to pay as much attention to conserving and restoring the connectivity of the natural infrastructure … Continue reading →

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Who saves the world? Girls.

Posted on 10 February 2019 by Tim O'Connell

Like, literally not-even-women-yet, GIRLS.   Re-blogged from: Students’ pro-climate strikes coming to the USA — Dear Kitty. Some blog And also me i am 10 years old:-) pic.twitter.com/Hucumibuff — Lillys Plastic Pickup (@lillyspickup) February 10, 2019 After high school students’ … Continue reading →

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Why can’t humans affect the climate?

Posted on 9 June 2017 by Tim O'Connell

If you have insights on this please help me understand.  As noted this week, discussions of anthropogenic climate change have peaked since President Trump’s decision to renege on US commitments to the Paris Climate Accord.   One of the primary … Continue reading →

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So, that climate thing . . .

Posted on 29 November 2015 by Tim O'Connell

I love great graphics that convey complex messages.  Need some help to better understand climate change?  Here’s a great one. You definitely want to see the animation on this one:  

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President’s 6/25/13 speech on climate change: full transcript

Posted on 27 June 2013 by Tim O'Connell

On June 25th, 2013, President Barack Obama delivered a 47-minute speech addressing climate change policy on the campus of Georgetown University. I’ve copied the entire transcript of that speech as reproduced here at the official blog for The White House. … Continue reading →

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The Waterthrush Podcast #13: Bigfoot DNA?

Posted on 25 November 2012 by Tim O'Connell

Episode 13 of The Waterthrush Podcast is now live. A press release claims that a paper still in peer review is about to be published, and that it will prove the reality of “bigfoot” as descended from the love children … Continue reading →

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