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We're doomed without a green religion | Andrew Brown

Arguments about climate change show up the incoherence of any purely individual moralityThe justification for burning heretics was perfectly simple: dissent threatened the survival of society. Nothing was worse than anarchy. This is a viewpoint most people in the West today find pretty much incomprehensible. It is a self-evident truth to them that morality must be a matter of individual choice. And if you believe that, the arguments around the Tim Nicholson case are very difficult to resolve. If there is a moral imperative to preserve the human race, or as much of it as possible, collective consequences must follow. [?]

We cannot fight climate with consumerism

Small actions allow people to overlook the bigger ones and still claim they are being environmentally responsibleHow many times have you heard the argument that small green actions lead to bigger ones? I've heard it hundreds of times: habits that might scarcely register in their own right are still useful because they encourage people to think of themselves as green, and therefore to move on to tougher actions. A green energy expert once tried to convince me that even though rooftop micro wind turbines are useless or worse than useless in most situations, they're still worth promoting because they encourage people to think about their emissions. [?]

Climate & environment - Nov 6

-Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Will Do Best?-GM's Money Trees-The Carnivore's Dilemma-USDA Research: Does No-Till Really Capture More Carbon?-Why growing virgin vegetable oil to burn is crazy-Pachauri Still Sees a Chance for Success in Copenhagen Talks-The Inferno read more [?]

Renewables & efficiency - Nov 6

-A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables-Farms going green to save and survive-Solar power from Sahara a step closer-Nearly 200 Organizations and Companies Urge Senate to Adopt Key Energy-Efficiency Provision in Climate Bill-Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewable Power Generation read more [?]

Can biodiversity persist in the face of climate change?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Predictions made over the last decade about the impacts of climate change on biodiversity may be exaggerated, according to a paper published in the journal Science. [?]

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