Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Archives – The Green Optimistic

Eerie Similarities Between Media’s Coverage of Climate Change and Iraq War

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 09:22:41 +0000

The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) determined without a shadow of a doubt that human economic activity is responsible for global warming. Even some of the largest insurance companies in the world have blamed huge losses on catastrophic weather events resulting from global warming. So why is the media’s reporting […]

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Fox News Battles Imaginary Global Warming Bias with Actual Global Warming Bias

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:56:55 +0000

It’s no wonder that getting people to believe that global warming is a bona fide phenomenon, let alone getting them to take action to combat it, is an uphill battle. Earlier this year, in a study published in the journal Public Understanding of Science, researchers found that politically conservative media outlets like Fox News actually […]

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Scientists Are 95% Positive That Humans Are Responsible for Climate Change

Leigh Hutchens — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 02:31:01 +0000

Listen up people. This is serious. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released an assessment of current climate research and the IPCC’s conclusions could not be any clearer. There is 95% certainty that humans are responsible for warming the atmosphere, and we are getting closer and closer to the point of no return. […]

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Climate Change Exacerbating Groundwater Shortage

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:32:39 +0000

With over 7 billion people on the planet and global resources being depleted like never before, the world’s population may be in trouble. As population growth continues to explode, food requirements are steadily rising and the number of annual droughts is increasing – which is accelerating the dependence on and demand for groundwater. In fact, […]

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Climate Change Deniers Manipulate Leaked IPCC Report to Downplay Human Involvement in Climate Change

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 07:51:10 +0000

On his blog Stop Green Suicide, blogger Alec Rawls prematurely published the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) fifth assessment report. The report was in draft form and was still being peer reviewed. The draft noted that there is definite and consistent evidence that an observable net energy uptake of the earth system is caused […]

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U.N. Report Says 80% Energy Production From Renewables Possible by 2050

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 23 May 2011 17:43:29 +0000

A recent United Nations report says that by 2050 up to 80 percent of the global energy could be supplied from alternative resources if public policies will come up with proper incentives.

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