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Neoliberalism vs the world – Part 3: The People vs. Neoliberalism
By Rob Plastow Neoliberalism is a powerful force for organisation, rationality and economic development. It is championed by world elites and has become the ruling ideology of globalisation and 21st Century governance. Throughout it’s implentation it has also caused much … Continue reading
Neoliberalism vs the World – Part 2
The strength of the thought behind neoliberalism, is that it makes human behaviour understandable in economic terms through its efficient, reductionist rationality. Neoliberalism’s rationality is linked to an aspiration to reflect and construct prudent individuals who behave both as responsible … Continue reading
Neoliberalism vs The World – Part 1
By Rob Plastow Despite their different qualities, forms and direct causes, there is an ideological concept that links the recent cuts in public spending, anthropogenic climate change and the banking crisis. It is of pressing importance to get to grips … Continue reading
Climate change in the USA: Can you sue over global warming?
Just about every reputable climate scientist in the world will tell you that global warming is a serious problem. And almost all of them will also tell you that human activity almost certainly has a hand in causing it. Among … Continue reading
Mad Men, smoking and ‘selling’ climate change
By Rob Plastow Charlie Brooker said that you don’t really watch Mad Men, you just sit there and let it seep into you. I’m not the biggest TV fan, I put the TV on mute during the ad breaks and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Culture, Green living, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged climate change, Mad Men, smoking, sustainability
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Communicating climate change – a story of uncertainty
By Rob Plastow The irony of climate change is also one of human knowledge. It is our paradoxical wont, as Douglas Adams reminds us, to demand guaranteed, rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty. Depending on whether that uncertainty is … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, climategate, communicating, communication, denial, global warming, hoax
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Solar power can fuel the world
New IPCC report says that renewable energy can power the world By Rob Plastow A new report by the IPCC issued today says that solar power holds the greatest hope for generating low-carbon energy around the world. The UN’s IPCC … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Green Business, Green living, Research, Solar power
Tagged climate change, IPCC, solar power, technology
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The other CO2 problem: ocean acidification
Hat tip to Skeptical Science – a new documentary by the NRDC with beautiful imagery, touching comment and an inspiring call to arms, called Acid Test brings to the fore the often overlooked impacts of increased CO2 emissions on our … Continue reading
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Floods of 2000 linked to global warming
By Rob Plastow This week the science journal Nature published two major pieces of research that may change the way we think about observing the links between single events and global warming. One of the studies focuses on an event … Continue reading
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Cancun COP 16: small islands plead for survival but US may walkout
News comes today of small island nations such as those in the Caribbean and Cape Verde, pleading at the Cancun climate conference for a secured future safe from sea-level rise: “All of us face disaster. We don’t want to be … Continue reading
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Tagged cancun, caricom, climate change, COP 16, sea level rise, small islands, sustainability, UNFCCC, walkout
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