A chronological listing of news articles linked to on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, May 24 through Sat, May 30, 2020 Editor’s Choice Antarctic Ocean Reveals New Signs of Rapid Melt of Ancient Ice, Clues … Read More
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Coronavirus: We’re in a Real-Time Laboratory of a More Sustainable Urban Future
A pause has been forced on urban life. Quiet roads, empty skies, deserted high streets and parks, closed cinemas, cafés and museums – a break in the spending and work frenzy so familiar to us all. The reality of lockdown … Read More
Coronavirus pandemic leads to profound cutbacks in fossil fuel use
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Karin Kirk A banner on the International Energy Agency website spells it out in bold font: “The global oil industry is experiencing a shock like no other in its history.” As the response … Read More
Oil: Revenge Of The Negabarrels
Never before, say shell-shocked oil traders, has the world price of crude oil fallen so far. Well, not since the early 1980s, anyway. Or was it 2008? Or 2014? Look at the 50-year history: World oil consumption vs. real crude-oil … Read More
FCC News Brief – May 29, 2020
Read Could rivers have rights just like people? – “As Seminole County Commissioner Bob Dallari canoed on the Wekiva River recently, he noticed a growing amount of algae – more than in previous years – on the water’s surface and … Read More
The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy
The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy Jocelyn Bleriot Fri, 05/29/2020 – 01:00 The COVID-19 crisis has disastrous human and economic consequences, revealing our system’s exposure to a variety of risks. The call for a more resilient, circular and … Read More
Protected: Weave the days to come
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What we must do to dismantle white supremacy
As we continue to see police and citizen violence on Black people, most recently with the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, we must ask ourselves, what must we do to dismantle the carceral system and white … Read More
COVID response: Who rode first wave in new culture of conscience?
Will the coronavirus pulverize the global economy and turn us all into grieving paranoids? Or will it usher in a new culture of community and conscience? It’s too early to predict how COVID-19 will reshape the future. The travel, entertainment, … Read More
Green Banks 101
Countries around the world have committed to undertake ambitious climate action as part of the Paris Agreement. However, development of climate solutions cannot be solely dependent on limited concessional funds from multilateral institutions. Instead, they must be country driven and … Read More
