Yearly Archives: 2015

Notes From Underground: Pipeline to Paris

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Adam Arnold

The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is taking place in Paris until December 11th. The Paris Conference will hopefully yield real solutions to climate change — that is, … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Paris: What’s the Climate Now?

Posted on December 4, 2015 by admin

In the past year alone, there has been a marked sea-change in the wider American public and international discourse on climate change. For far too long, it seems, the world has had to endure the prolonged grieving process of the … Continue reading →

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Notes From Underground: Fracking – The Bridge to Nowhere, Part II

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Adam Arnold

Its defenders like to claim that fracked natural gas is providing a bridge between the traditional fossil fuels of oil and coal, and clean, renewable energy like wind and solar power. I suggest that such a bridge is unnecessary, and … Continue reading →

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The United States is Dangerously Unprepared for Risks Imposed by Climate Change Impacts — Is Exxon Mobil Corporation Much to Blame?

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Anne Polansky

As we immediately posted on CSPW’s social media sites late yesterday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a subpoena Wednesday evening to Exxon — signaling the beginning of what The New York Times reports to be “a sweeping investigation of … Continue reading →

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Should Exxon Be Prosecuted for Suppressing Climate Science?

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Anne Polansky

The latest newsflash is that Exxon scientists researched man-made global warming as early as the 1970s, found it to be a likely threat, and told management. But Exxon’s management responded by keeping the science under wraps and spending tens of … Continue reading →

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Hell and High Water: the Perils of Climate Denial Politics — South Carolina as a Case Example

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Anne Polansky

South Carolina was the hardest hit of all the Atlantic coastal states affected by the massive storm system that was exacerbated by Hurricane Joaquin. Massive flooding took the lives of 19 South Carolinians and 6 others, demolished homes and buildings, … Continue reading →

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Rick Piltz’s Legacy: One Year Later

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Louis Clark

It has been a year since Rick Piltz passed away. At GAP we miss him profoundly. We were not prepared for his sudden departure, of course. The antidote to our feeling of loss has been to work as hard and … Continue reading →

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Associated Press Bans Term “Deniers,” Prefers “Doubters”: An Inaccurate and Misleading Replacement

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Joseph A. Davis

Climate change denial has always been about controversy. As the science of man-made climate change has become increasingly certain over the last three decades of work by thousands of researchers, a cadre of deniers, often funded by fossil fuel industries, … Continue reading →

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Notes From Underground: Fracking — The Bridge to Nowhere, Part I

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Adam Arnold

According to its proponents, natural gas is supposed to be the bridge between old, dirty energy and new, clean, sustainable energy. But if the benefits it provides are temporary, illusory, and carry great risk to public health and the environment, … Continue reading →

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CSPW’s New Climate Action Plan Oversight Series: Continuing Rick Piltz’s Work on the CAP

Posted on September 25, 2015 by admin

When President Obama announced the Climate Action Plan (CAP) in June of 2013, it was a landmark moment. The first-of-its-kind plan aims at achieving comprehensive action on climate change by way of a three-fold goal: cutting domestic carbon pollution, adapting … Continue reading →

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