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Is There Enough Metal to Replace Oil?

Robert Hunziker — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 01:32:30 +0000

The short answer: No, not even close!

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Direct Air Capture and Big Oil

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 22:38:17 +0000

There’s something cagey going on with the world’s biggest corporations, over-weighted by oil producers, now feigning green.

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Planet of the Humans: Review by Richard Heinberg

The CNCL Team — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:43:52 +0000

The recent film, "Planet of the Humans," has led to some serious controversy within the world of alternative energies. One of the world's leading advocates for making the shift away from fossil fuels offers his perspective.

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U.N. Chief Says There’s a Bigger Threat Than Coronavirus

The CNCL Team — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 23:10:27 +0000

In Earth Day speech, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres challenges President Donald Trump on fossil fuel subsidies.

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America’s Great Greenwashing

Robert Hunziker — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 05:41:25 +0000

Celebrating 50 years of Earth Day, Michael Moore, executive producer and the director Jeff Gibbs re-released their daunting and alarming documentary about the heart and soul of America’s Green Movement in a compelling film: Planet of the Humans (2019).

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10 Things We’ve Learned a Decade After the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

The CNCL Team — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:08:16 +0000

We know a lot more now about the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico and the risks of deep-water drilling, but that doesn’t mean we’re any safer.

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The Coming Ecosystem Collapse Is Already Here for Coral

The CNCL Team — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:03:43 +0000

The Great Barrier Reef is in the midst of its third mass-bleaching event in the last five years. This year’s heat-induced bleaching—which occurs during the region’s summer season—is more severe than the previous two, with 25 percent of the reefs experiencing widespread bleaching.

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What Humans Are Really Doing to Our Planet, in 19 Jaw-Dropping Images

The CNCL Team — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 03:14:47 +0000

Ahead of a series of major events later this year, The Foundation for Deep Ecology and the Population Media Center released a collection that illustrates the devastating effects of out-of-control growth and waste, and it's breathtaking.

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‘The Saddest Thing Is That This Won’t Be Breaking News’: Concentration of CO2 Hits Record High of 416 ppm

The CNCL Team — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:44:25 +0000

"Emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation need to be reduced to ZERO to stop this trend!"

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When It Comes to Climate Hypocrisy, Canada’s Leaders Have Reached a New Low

The CNCL Team — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 20:51:59 +0000

A territory that has 0.5% of the Earth’s population plans to use up nearly a third of the planet’s remaining carbon budget.

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So The US Is Invading Iraq Again

The CNCL Team — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:58:34 +0000

Though It won’t be as exciting as last time. If the initial invasion of Iraq was a violent sexual assault by a stranger in a dark alley, this one is more like an abusive husband raping his wife and then making her cook him dinner. But it is just as much a violent violation of personal sovereignty in both instances.

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The Bushfire Crisis Is a Wake-Up Call We Can’t Afford to Ignore

The CNCL Team — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 08:18:31 +0000

A British MP described the Australian bushfire crisis as a "wake-up call for the world" on global warming, but the Australian government is still asleep at the wheel.

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