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Climate Change Is Already Here : NPR

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Wallace-Wells ‘The Uninhabitable Earth’ And Rich’s Losing Earth: Climate Change Is Already Here : NPR

"No matter how you respond to the stories of climate past and climate future that these books tell, their very appearance may portent the beginning of a cultural transition. As the wild fires and flooding of the last few years demonstrate, climate change isn't just an idea anymore. Now it's something we all see playing out on the news everyday. We are, indeed, in uncharted territory — and we've just started down this road. Given that certainty, whatever hope we can find for the future will be the hope we create."

Solar and wind firms call the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme | Reuters

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Solar and wind firms call the ‘Green New Deal’ too extreme | Reuters

"Representatives of America’s clean energy companies are withholding their support for the climate-fighting plan, calling it unrealistic and too politically divisive for an industry keen to grow in both red and blue states."

"The cool reaction reflects the difficulty that progressive politicians vying for the White House may have in selling aggressive global-warming policy to the business community and more moderate voters. "

UN report finds temperature rise is ‘locked in’ for Arctic | TheHill

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UN report finds temperature rise is ‘locked in’ for Arctic | TheHill

"The Arctic is now “locked in” to experiencing unnatural levels of temperature rise by as early as 2050, according to a new United Nations environmental report out Wednesday. Dramatic temperature increases in the globe’s northernmost region, which is typically covered by permafrost, is unavoidable, according to the report released at the United Nations Environment Assembly."

This NPR Article on Climate Change

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I heard this article this morning on NPR news and was instantly bummed out thinking about how far out we are from seriously addressing climate change as a species.

Goats and Soda: It’s 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change

Basically, the solution to climate change is futurism, or so we are told. But nothing becomes more dated faster then the futurism. And the truth is futurism is more just a projection of what we hope the future looks like, using existing technology, that isn’t affordable or doesn’t exist. It’s nice to dream that we can do better, but do very little to address the problem.

I don’t know if I am willing to give up burning massive quantities of fossil fuels to solve the climate crisis. Simplicity is great, but giving up fossil fuels would probably mean giving up much of what makes humans a modern species — speedy transportation, advanced chemistry, light, sound, heat, and music. Giving all that up, really is a boat too far for many if not most Americans. It’s great to dream about a future, but plans don’t get there without action.