November 16, 2023

The Climate Crisis Post 6

Better late than never. Phasing out fossil energy is vital.

Climate

October 2023 2023 is on track to be the warmest year https://climate.copernicus.eu/2023-track-become-warmest-year-after-record-october

Hear Johan Rockstöm explain the tipping points in the climate system here https://youtu.be/7KfWGAjJAsM

The world must phase out 240 coal-fired power stations a year to meet the climate targets. https://www.naturpress.no/2023/11/14/verden-er-totalt-bakpa-ma-fase-ut-240-kullkraftverk-hvert-ar-framover/

Oil

Oil states are planning new oil that is more than twice the world’s climate budget. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report?

Equinor is considering selling off the Rosebank field. Uncertainty and pressure have increased. https://www.transitmag.no/2023/11/09/kilder-til-reuters-equinor-vurderer-a-selge-seg-ned-i-rosebank/

November 6, 2023

The Climate Crisis Post 5

New week more climate crisis. New week, new climate crisis post.

Climate news

What will it take for climate policy to gain wider acceptance? https://energiogklima.no/to-grader/ekspertintervju/rapport-slik-far-klimapolitikken-ikke-aksept/

A new report from Oil Change International looks at how the structural power of the oil industry is distributed in Norway. Central is the organization Konkraft, which secured the generous tax packages for the oil industry during COVID-19. https://priceofoil.org/2023/11/01/first-ever-norwegian-oil-and-gas-industrys-influence-mapped-exposes-fossil-fuel-sway-in-multiple-sectors/

New report shows that lawn treatment in the USA has a greater climate effect than road transport. https://grist.org/technology/lawn-equipment-pollution-report/

October 30, 2023

The Climate Crisis Post 4

New week more climate crisis

When evil is allowed to compete with good, evil has an emotional populist appeal that wins out unless good men and women stand as a vanguard against abuse.

Hannah Arendt

temperature September 2023 is breaking all records

Climate news

The government’s climate committee calls for an oil phase-out and a halt to oil exploration https://e24.no/energi-og-klima/i/ve25om/klimautvalg-ber-regjeringen-lage-en-plan-for-nedphasing-av-olje

Why nuclear power is better for getting rid of fossil energy completely than renewables alone and why the fossil fuel industry doesn’t want us to realize it. https://www.salon.com/2023/06/18/why-big-oil-loves-the-renewable-energy-industry/

October 23, 2023

The Climate Crisis Post 3

New week more climate crisis

The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth, and truth be defamed as lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world - and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end - is being destroyed.

Hanna Arendt

October 16, 2023

The Climate Crisis Post 2

New week more climate crisis

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

Philosopher Hannah Arendt

Climate news

We are about to lose everything if we don’t stop the fossil fuel industry, warns NASA scientist Peter Kalmus https://www.newsweek.com/sadly-its-not-just-another-summer-we-must-end-fossil-fuel-industry-opinion-1832188

The green transition has not even started, according to the DNV report https://e24.no/energi-og-klima/i/bgvPdk/dnv-omstillingen-i-det-globale-energisystemet-har-ikke-startet

The climate crisis is a major threat to democracy https://klassekampen.no/artikkel/2023-10-10/demokratitrusselen/BeVu

October 9, 2023

The Climate Crisis Post 1

Why is the expansion of the oil sector a crime against humanity and what can we do to stop it?

Climate news

Leaks from gas power plants are not taken into account enough, research shows https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-09-29/the-climate-sleuth-uncovering-methane-leaks-for-the-united-nations

Fracking is taking lives: https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/xl/brennepunkt-har-undersokt-equinors-risikable-frackingverskott-i-usa-1.15274533

20 countries’ fossil fuel plans, Norway included, are leading us towards climate chaos: https://priceofoil.org/2023/09/12/planet-wreckers-how-20-countries-oil-and-gas-extraction-plans-risk-locking-in-climate-chaos/

The Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate hammers away at Equinor and Norway for the opening of the Rosebank field

It is absurd that authorities in rich countries such as the UK and Norway call themselves climate leaders when you lie and continue to expand (the use of) fossil fuels. Not only are you leading your own population astray by smashing your own climate goals, but you are also depriving them of reasonable green energy. You are throwing fuel on the climate crisis fire from which we are already suffering, says Vanessa Nakate midway through her speech.