Donald Trump swung another wrecking ball into the global effort to tackle climate change yesterday, when his administration reversed an Obama-era rule that tightened emissions on the coal industry and opened up more land to oil and gas drilling.
“Why should I be studying for a future that soon may be no more, when no one is doing anything to save that future?"
It is that time of year again, when the annual international UN climate negotiations take place. This year, the Conference of the Parties – or COP for short – is happening in Katowice, in Poland. It starts next week.
A new scientific paper published in the prestigious journal Nature has analysed over 3,000 relevant academic papers to find examples of climate hazards impacting humans. Their conclusions are startling.
A week on from Black Friday, Australian children are planning a “Big School Walkout for Climate Action”, to demand greater action by the government of climate denier, Scott Morrison.
The disconnect between the need for action to reduce carbon emissions and the fossil fuel fantasy-land that Trump lives in, has never been greater.
