Climate
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Curtailment in the Context of Climate Change
This presentation is about curtailment of fossil fuel use as a means to address climate change. It is not about efficiency, conservation, resilience, green, renewables or other frequently used terms. All of these are important but curtailment – that is, cutting back energy consumption to reduce C02 is vital.
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Recycling and Climate Change – Real or Rationalization?
Recently several different groups in my community of Yellow Springs, Ohio began taking actions concerning climate change. This started around the time of the Pope’s visit to the U.S. in September 2015. An interfaith group was formed of citizens interested in getting the different religions in town to become more aware and more involved in climate change action. As a result of this, a Buddhist group held meetings (which I attended) to discuss a book …
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A Radical Approach to the Climate Crisis
A Personal CO2 BudgetPlan Curtail is intended to provide information for an alternative approach to the climate change crisis. It is different from the popular view that “efficiency” and “renewables,” if fully implemented, provide a complete solution. This view implies that the current standard-of-living of developed countries need not be reduced. It also implies that other countries can also achieve the first-world living standard. Our view is that efficiency and renewables are basic to human survival but that …
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Thoughts on COP 21 (Climate Talks)
The international political response to climate change began officially in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit, where the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted. The Convention’s objective was to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to avoid anthropogenic interference with the climate. The UNFCCC has a membership of 195 parties. The main objective of the annual Conference of Parties (COP) is to review the UNFCCC’s implementation. At the third COP …
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It’s Time to Wake Up!
On September 24, 2015, Pope Francis addressed a joint session of Congress about the state of the world. His concerns relative to climate, poverty and violence were well received. As he opened his talk he said “Today I would like not only to address you, but through you the entire people of the United States.” I had read his encyclical “ Laudato Si’ “ and was pleased by his directness. There were 246 number points …
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