Here are seven ways of understanding the IPCC’s newest climate warning. Robinson Meyer is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers climate change and technology. 3:57 PM ET 1. There is no shortage of scary facts in the major new report on climate change and land, a summary of which was released today… [Read More]
Tomorrow (Fri 9/8/19) 7-9:30am – Angerstein Hotel, 108 Woolwich Rd, SE100. Extinction Rebellion) Swarm the entry to A102 protest against the Silvertown Tunnel (contract due to be signed – August)
Facebook) AUG 9 Swarm the entry to A102 in protest against the Silvertown Tunnel Extinction Rebellion Greenwich and 3 others Tomorrow at 7 AM – 9:30 AM · 20°C Rain The Angerstein Hotel 108 Woolwich Road, SE100 London, United Kingdom Extinction Rebellion Greenwich — So excited to see you all at our swarm on Friday… [Read More]
The Long and Fascinating History of the Bicycle
It would be hard to imagine a world without bicycles. They are everywhere and chances are that most or all of you reading this can or have ridden one at some point in your life. The history of this apparently simple mode of transport is a long and interesting one but the modern bicycle, as… [Read More]
How I went from government adviser to convicted climate protester | Steve Melia | The Guardian
Wed 7 Aug 2019 Humanity faces an existential crisis. Officialdom won’t act – and I could no longer stand by and just watch Just before my 57th birthday, after a lifetime of professional work, paying my taxes and obeying the law, I found myself in a police cell with a single blanket and a hard… [Read More]
Germany Is Building a Completely Car-Free Bicycle Highway
Germany is building a car-free bicycle highway that will stretch to 62 miles, once completed. When finished, it will connect 10 German cities, including Duisburg, Bochum, and Hamm, as well as four universities. It has been built to help minimize car pollution and is projected to get 50,000 cars off the road everyday, once completed…. [Read More]
“I’m losing the ability to communicate the magnitude of change” – Alaska’s sea ice has completely melted away
By Mark Kaufman2 days ago Alaska’s exceptional summer continues. The most rapidly changing state in the U.S. has no sea ice within some 150 miles of its shores, according to high-resolution sea ice analysis from the National Weather Service. The big picture is clear: After an Arctic summer with well above-average temperatures, warmer seas, and… [Read More]
Extreme water stress affects a quarter of the world’s population, say experts | The Guardian
Qatar, Israel and Lebanon top list of places with worst shortages, as climate crisis threatens more ‘day zeroes’ Last modified on Tue 6 Aug 2019 07.01 BST A quarter of the world’s population across 17 countries are living in regions of extremely high water stress, a measure of the level of competition over water resources,… [Read More]
‘We’re doomed’: Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention | The Guardian (Apr 2018
When we meet at his converted coach house in London, his classic Dawes racer still parked hopefully in the hallway (a stroke and a triple heart bypass mean he is – currently – forbidden from cycling), Hillman is anxious we are not side-tracked by his best-known research, which challenged the supremacy of the car. Last… [Read More]
Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash ‘could pay for green transition’ | The Guardian
Redirecting small portion of subsidies would unleash clean energy revolution, says report Damian CarringtonLast modified on Thu 1 Aug 2019 11.18 BST Switching just some of the huge subsidies supporting fossil fuels to renewables would unleash a runaway clean energy revolution, according to a new report, significantly cutting the carbon emissions that are driving the… [Read More]
London gets ‘world’s largest’ cycling database to make cycling easier – Cycle Industry News
The newly launched Cycling Infrastructure Database – which locates more than 240,000 pieces of cycling infrastructure in London – is said to be the largest in the world, according to TfL. Thanks to the database, all riders will be able to set off on their cycle journey knowing what to expect, in terms of protected… [Read More]