First published on Truthout, December 29, 2016. Our planet’s systems have a tremendous capacity to absorb punishment before they begin to show signs of degradation. Earth’s ecology self-heals like a…
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Collapse Of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Reveals Inadequacy Of Current Climate Strategies
By bmelton UncategorizedFirst published on Truthout: December 20, 2016 With president-elect Donald Trump and his army of climate deniers preparing to take office, it could be a hard battle to get the…
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By bmelton communications, Deniers and Delayers, Messaging, Myths, Psycho, Solutions, Strategy, What we can doA never-ending string of stories is needed to move our society from a world of climate science disbelief to one of action. The stories must include two main focus areas:…
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