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It is now a Monthly Event

David Houle - Futurist 10.08.2023

 

Every month this summer has broken a heat record. June was the hottest June in history. July was the hottest July in history. August was not only the hottest August ever, it was the hottest month ever recorded. The average global temperature was 1.25 degrees Celsius warmer than the 20th century average. This means that […]

 

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A Clear and Present Danger

Tim Rumage - Planetary Ethicist 09.17.2023

 

To many, my desk is a cluttered mess or a jigsaw puzzle of disconnected pieces that can never be assembled into a coherent picture. To me, my desk is a highly organized panorama of easily accessible tools of my craft interspersed with remembrances and waypoints of travels, adventures, people, places, joys, sorrows, hopes, philosophies, beliefs […]

 

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How to ‘Be Prepared’ in 2023

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 08.21.2023

 

I was a Boy Scout. Since 1907 the motto of the global Scouting program has been, “Be Prepared”. Yet the 2023 Scout Jamboree was woefully unprepared for a myriad of severe weather-related issues that befell it in South Korea in early August.     First, prior to the opening of the Jamboree, torrential monsoon rains caused […]

 

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We Are All Earthlings

Tim Rumage - Planetary Ethicist 08.14.2023

 

There is a scene early in the movie Top Gun: Maverick to which I am particularly sympathetic. It immediately follows the moment when Maverick (Tom Cruise) has tested an experimental aircraft past its breaking point. We then see Maverick walking into a small rural town, entering a diner and after drinking a glass of water […]

 

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Climate Refugees and Strategic Retreat

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 11.09.2021

 

by David Houle   This is a topic that needs to be addressed urgently, but is not even on the agenda at COP26. So far, the agenda has been about groups of countries making grand statements concerning reducing carbon emissions sometime in the future.     As stated in my prior column, humanity emits 100 […]

 

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