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Pandora by Waterhouse with IPCC report and emissions

Pandora's box: dire warnings from world's best climate science

"Widespread" and "unprecedented" changes are already upon us. Failure to act will bring an ever-growing host of miseries.
Obama high five with kid

Open letter to President Obama: please veto the Keystone XL pipeline -- for future generations

There is no reason to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to go through, and there are many reasons to not. Vetoing it will be a gesture of support for future generations

What to do when the IPCC gets you down

There's only so much end of the world you can take. Here's what you can do about it.

A fiscally responsible carbon budget

Something we should be thinking about for a Fiscally Responsible 2014 is our Carbon Budget.
Carbon Bubble from The Carbon Tracker Initiative's report Unburnable Carbon

Canada’s fossil fuels a risky investment: Global Carbon Budget

What does the global 'carbon budget' mean for Canada? Senior economist with the CCPA Marc Lee explains a significant portion of Canada's carbon reserves will have to remain in the ground.

When reality bites

Climate change deniers creating their own reality are actually causing their own worst nightmares to come true.

IPCC vs reality: who got it right?

How did the projections from the IPCC 3rd and 4th reports match up against recorded temps for the last decade?

Mark Jaccard outlines challenges of climate change action in new book, Deluding Ourselves to Disaster

Jaccard's central question: What is your moral duty as a citizen if independent evidence consistently show your government is not telling the truth and the implications are disastrous?