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From the article: Three major newspaper stories. Zero climate mentions. Section A, page 12 of today’s New York Times contains a big story about the unprecedented weather pummeling …

Um... There's actually quite a bit. What is the basis of your claim? The most famous is the limits to growth model (developed by the Club of Rome in the 1970's, which we're unfortu…

Not sure where you're getting your information. We've consistently underestimated how fast things are happening, and how much sooner they're happening. All of those problems you id…

Given that IPCC and other world bodies suggest we need to be reducing emissions by 7.6% every year for the next decade (starting this year). We're doing the almost exact opposite. …

This is incorrect (see other comment for methodology). Thousands of stations on land, air and sea are used. Beyond that, this is a standard disinformation talking point. It's been …

This is how it's typically done: https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-do-scientists-meas... There are thousands of measurement stations spread across the globe - on land, in t…

In fact, the researchers say the world's affluent citizens are responsible for most environmental impacts and are central to any future prospect of retreating to safer conditions. …

To highlight some important elements of their work: A group of researchers, led by a UNSW sustainability scientist, have reviewed existing academic discussions on the link between …

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/fashion/style/a10339153/why-... This article claims it's abrasion due to pants and poor quality fabric

It'd be interesting to actually test this out if we got rid of farm and fossil fuel subsidies that prop up monoculture. Would be an even better comparison if we account for the ext…

I don't follow. The burning of fossil fuels is risking human extinction. Sure, I can now fly from New York to Shanghai. But evidence increasing points that civilization and possibl…

The intent of the analogy is to make clear that consumers have little recourse over their "choice" to consume this material. Lots can be said about the tradeoffs of industrial civi…

That's not what the argument is saying. We obviously didn't know the ill effects of the product when it first came out (think original Coke with cocaine). Yes, it may have given us…

Heroin dealers are a great analogy here. Yea, if you cut off the supply to an addict they go through a process of withdrawal. And these companies have been working hard to manufact…

But not when you know your product causes harm and spend BILLIONS to suppress and sow confusion around the science. We have an excellent precedence in terms of big tobacco and the …

This argument often gets trotted out, but it's misleading. Imagine your grandparents were introduced to heroin and became addicted to it, and you built a society around celebrating…