Julie Wornan
Floods of Biblical Proportions
The CO2 in our atmosphere has increased by more than 30% since pre-industrial times, mainly due to the combustion of fossil fuels and...
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Julie Wornan
- Aug 12
- 2 min
Hot? Thirsty? This may be the new Normal
Europe its experiencing its worst-ever drought, with deadly heatwaves, wildfires, water restrictions, scorched grasslands and dry...
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Julie Wornan
- Jul 1
- 2 min
EU Taxonomy - What's next ?
What's this "Taxonomy" anyway? The EU taxonomy is a classification system, establishing a list of environmentally sustainable economic...
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Julie Wornan
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Have You Looked Up Yet?
What I will remember most about this Christmas was watching Don’t Look Up on Netflix, written, directed and produced by Adam McKay, and...
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Julie Wornan
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
Will the real Joe Biden please stand up?
Biden the Candidate pledged, “No more drilling on federal lands, period.” Fossil fuel development on federal lands accounts for almost a...
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Julie Wornan
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
A little Oil with your Ecology, anyone?
Over 500 delegates from the fossil fuel industry representing more than 100 companies attended COP26 (1). Industry delegates are only...
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Julie Wornan
- Nov 18, 2021
- 3 min
COP26 scorecard: The Good, the Bad and the Hopeful
Note: this blog post is a compilation of extrracts from the sources listed below. The Good Emissions: 81 countries representing nearly...
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Julie Wornan
- Nov 12, 2021
- 3 min
COP26 - the Good, the Bad, and the Passion
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, was attended by 25,000 delegates from 200 countries...
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Julie Wornan
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
What’s this Taxonomy thing?
In March of 2018, the European Commission set forth an Action Plan for Financing Sustainable Growth (1). This plan included the creation...
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Julie Wornan
- Oct 24, 2021
- 3 min
To Grow or Not to Grow?
We like to own things, eat things, travel. We often measure our well-being by the level - the quantity and quality - of those activities....
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Liza K. Tóth
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
Climate Activism: Stopping a Planned Controlled Fire at a Local Nature Reserve
As an avid photographer of my local nature reserve, Fleet Pond, I have had several occasions to notice huge smoke plumes and fires around...
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Julie Wornan
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
Saving Our Planet using Climate Trace
The euphoria of the Paris agreement of 2015 laid down a set of goals within certain timescales. Countries were to establish their own...
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Julie Wornan
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
Nuclear Pride keeps up the stride
With song, dance, and well-informed information stands, young and old ... celebrated the benefits of nuclear power in Lyon, France (25...
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charlesa19
- Oct 17, 2021
- 3 min
Write to Your MP about Stopping Global Warming
Do you want to limit global warming to 1.5C? We can make a difference by telling our MP what we want. How to find your MP? See...
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charlesa19
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
Cut Our CO2 Emissions at Home
If I cut my carbon footprint, and you cut yours, together we can help stop global warming! COP26 offers a one-time opportunity to get...
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charlesa19
- Oct 17, 2021
- 1 min
How to Mobilise Public Support to Stop Global Warming
At the G7 Meeting in Cornwall UK in June 2021 World Leaders committed to “keep the 1.5°C global warming threshold within reach.” This...
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Julie Wornan
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
Gone with the Wind
When the wind goes down, so does wind-generated electric power. When supply is constricted, prices rise. And when the supply of clean...
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Julie Wornan
- Sep 15, 2021
- 2 min
We call on World Leaders
Recent widespread extreme climate events and the latest IPCC report show with irrefutable clarity that catastrophic climate change is...
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Julie Wornan
- Jun 27, 2021
- 1 min
KLIMAKRISE? KERNKRAFT!
Nuclear Energy for Climate Germany is failing to meet its climate targets. Germany aims to be CO₂-neutral by 2050. It cannot meet its...
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Julie Wornan
- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
Burning forests for biomass is a really bad idea
Standing forests sequester carbon, a crucial service to our planet threatened by climate change. Forests shelter wildlife. The...
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