A new green era is already unfolding 23 January 09
Obama and the environment
marklynas.org
|
six degrees
|
articles
|
books
|
biog
|
contact
I'd like this site to develop into something of a debating hall about climate change and other related issues, and for that reason it's designed to be fully interactive. You can post comments underneath every article, or if you want private correspondence, feel free to contact me directly.
New Statesman
Low-carbon Wolvercote
Low Carbon Communities Network
Age of Stupid
Paul Kingsnorth
George Monbiot
Climate Denial
Climate Extremist (my dad)
RealClimate
Plane Stupid
Grist
Earth Observatory
Planet Ark
Climate Wire
Climate Ark
Global Warming Images
This site is devoted to discussion of climate change, and ecological issues in general. This front page carries selected highlights from the rest of the site: for more, please see the articles page, which changes often, and the books page, which does not. There is also an archive of everything, a bit of background about me, and a few ways to get in touch.
(11 June 2009) Many people have got in touch to ask why there isn't much going up on the site these days. The answer is that I'm writing a new book, and so journalism and blogging has to take a back seat for a year or so. I can't tell you the title just yet, but it's going to be about ecological limits - scientifically-defined and quantified limits to our interference with nine 'planetary boundaries', from climate to biodiversity loss. More soon!
Written for the Guardian, 14 April 2009. A slightly updated precis of Six Degrees
Tom Blees, author of Prescription for the Planet and proponent of Fourth Generation nuclear power, takes on Greenpeace.
Green activists are seeing the global economic crisis as an opportunity, but the truth remains: high economic growth cannot be reconciled with limited resources
Immediately after my article 'Greens must learn to love nuclear power' was published, I was contacted by friends working at Greenpeace who objected to my portrayal of the organisation's stance on nuclear as mainly motivated by ideology rather than rational consideration. I offered them the chance to respond in a line-by-line way to my article, and promised to put their response on this site. Here it is...
We must ensure that tackling climate change is not forgotten but put at the heart of any rescue plan for the economy.
Global warming and finite resources mean our way of life is more threatened than ever, and it's time for the environmental movement to face up to some hard truths
Those interested in the various different proposals for international frameworks to address climate change may have heard of Oliver Tickell's 'Kyoto2' proposal - essentially an upstream cap and trade plan which would auction fossil fuel production permits to companies at the international level, and use the money for adaptation and to fund the clean energy transition.
For older articles, please have a look in the archive.