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LEED and Destiny USA
IS LEED© CERTIFICATION EFFECTIVE: A CASE STUDY OF DESTINY USA At Destiny USA there’s always a lot of buzz generated around our LEED© certification. When we began the expansion, we wanted to continue the commitment to the environment we began when first … Continue reading
What if Norwegian oil economy is a bubble?
Norsk Two hundred and fifty thousand Norwegian jobs depend on oil [1]. These jobs are expensive; require high skills and pressure salary levels in general. For small countries like Norway this many oil jobs might be a recipe for financial disaster. … Continue reading
Posted in Denialism, Environment, Fossil fuels
Tagged climate, Dutch disease, environment, fossil fuel industry, green economy
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Blir oljeøkonomien ei boble?
English To hundre og femti tusen norske arbeidsplasser er avhengig av olje [1]. Disse arbeidsplassene er dyre, krever høy kompetanse og er lønnsledende for resten av samfunnet. For små land som Norge er så mange olje-arbeidsplasser over tid oppskriften på økonomisk … Continue reading
Posted in Norsk
Tagged økonomi og klimaendringer, Hollandsk syke, norsk oljeøkonomi, olje og klimaendringer
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Dismantle the oil age
Norsk For more than a hundred years, industrial and modern development has been dependent on fossil fuels. The oil age was given extra momentum after the oil crisis in 1972, and has given a country like Norway an economy people … Continue reading
Oljealderen må avvikles
English I over hundre år har vår industrielle og moderne utvikling vært avhengig av fossil energi. Oljealderen fikk ekstra fart etter oljekrisen i 1972, og har gitt Norge en økonomi vi ikke kunne drømme om for 50 år siden. Dessverre … Continue reading
Building the Future: Hotels Change Policies for Eco-Travel Initiatives
Business is going green. Here is an article on sustainable tourism. There are some big changes in the travel industry’s attitudes towards eco-friendly and socially aware practices. While it used to be hard to find a hotel that used recycled … Continue reading
Vinteren har vært kald. Oppvarming avlyst?
English En av mytene media liker å terpe på er at global oppvarming skulle innebære varmere og finere vær. Vi skal snart kunne dyrke druer i Nord-Sibir. I virkeligheten sier IPCC at været blir mer uforutsigelig med tyngre nedbør enn normalt flere … Continue reading
Posted in Norsk
Tagged Climate change deniers, Climate change manmade?, Climate change natural variation or human made, climate variation, environment, fossil fuel lobbyists, klimaendringene naturlig variasjon eller menneskeskapt?, olje og klimaendringer, Pause i global oppvarming?, varmere eller kaldere klima
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To, tre grader til – er det så farlig?
English For første gang i menneskenes historie inneholder den lufta vi omgir oss med 400 ppm (milliondeler) CO2, og 475 ppm drivhusgasser. Vi har nå gått over en grense vi ikke burde ha krysset, og er i ferd med å bevege oss … Continue reading
Two or three degrees more – does it really matter?
Norsk For the first time in human history, in 2013, the air that surrounds us on average contained 400 ppm (parts per million) CO2, and 475 ppm greenhouse gases. If we add the increased amount of water vapor due to … Continue reading
Out of fossil fuels now!
Norsk For the last two hundred years fossil fuels have been the basis for industrialization and development of our modern civilization. Fossil energy has been absolutely necessary to get us where we are today. However, our civilization must grow up. … Continue reading
Oljealderen må avvikles nå
English I de siste to hundre årene har fossilt brensel vært grunnlaget for industrialisering og utvikling av vår moderne sivilisasjon. Fossil energi har vært helt nødvendig for å få oss dit vi er i dag. Imidlertid må vår sivilisasjon vokse … Continue reading
Cocksure statements on climate change?
Norsk Now and then you might hear that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) only gives cocksure statements and therefore is unscientific. The IPCC issues statements on a plethora of issues, so it is often difficult to know what … Continue reading
Skråsikkerhet og klima
English Fra visse hold får man høre at IPCC, populært kalt FNs klimapanel, uttaler seg skråsikkert, og dermed uvitenskapelig. Klimapanelet uttaler seg om en mengde saker, så det er ofte vanskelig å vite hva vedkommende egentlig sikter til. Klimapanelet plasserer … Continue reading
Klimaendringene i tall og fakta
English Over 95 millioner fat olje brukes opp hver dag I tillegg kommer omtrent den samme mengden i kull og gass. Vi mennesker brenner opp mellom 85 og 100 millioner fat olje hver dag. Ett fat olje tilsvarer 159 liter, … Continue reading
Climate change in facts and figures
Norsk 90 – 100 million barrels of oil every day In addition roughly the same amount in coal and gas. We humans burn between 95 and 100 million barrels of oil every day. One barrel of oil equals 159 litres, … Continue reading
Winter is cold. Global warming canceled?
Norsk One of the myths media keep repeating is that global warming entails a warmer and nicer weather. We should soon be able to grow grapes in Northern Siberia. In fact, the IPCC says weather will be more unpredictable, with … Continue reading
Posted in Denialism, Environment
Tagged Arctic dipole, circumpolar winds, climate variations, Climatic natural variations, Global warming and cold winter, Jet winds, melting Arctic ice, Polar vortex, temperature anomalies, temperature deviations, weather vs climate, wetter and drier climates
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Er det ikke vulkanene da?
English En av mytene kull og olje-industrien forsøker å holde liv i, er at vulkansk aktivitet bidrar til drivhuseffekten. Faktum er at det er svært lite karbon til stede i magma. (Slå opp magma i leksikon!) Det finnes ikke “overopphetet … Continue reading
In doubt?
(Norsk) In doubt about global warming and human-induced climate change? Please ask yourself some questions: 1. Do you think smoke from the burning of coal, diesel or gasoline pollutes the air? Yes …… No. ….. (If “No”, you can stop … Continue reading
It’s just natural variation – isn’t it?
Norsk What happens now, is no climate variation, it is a real climate change. The solar forcing – the insolation – has not increased the last forty years. There is no special warming Milankovich effect like we had in the … Continue reading
Det er da bare en naturlig variasjon – er det ikke?
English Det som skjer nå, er ingen klimavariasjon, det er en reell klimaendring. Solinnstrålingen har ikke økt de siste førti år. Det er ingen spesiell varmende Milankovich effekt slik vi hadde i Holocen optimum 5000-8000 år siden. Det er ingen … Continue reading
The sustainable society of 2040
Norsk Visitors are surprised that our cities and towns of 2040 are so compact, charming, clean, safe and esthetically appealing. The surrounding forests and fields are lush, healthy and teaming with different species. The towns and cities lucky enough to … Continue reading
Et bærekraftig samfunn år 2040
English Besøkende blir gjerne overrasket over at våre byer og tettsteder av 2040 er så kompakte, sjarmerende, rene, trygge og estetisk tiltalende. Omkringliggende skog og mark er frodig, sunn og vrimler av ulike arter. De byene som er så heldige … Continue reading
It’s the volcanoes – or is it?
Norsk One of the myths that the fossil fuel industry tries to maintain is that volcanic activity contributes to the greenhouse effect. The facts are that there is very little carbon present in magma. (Look up magma in any encyclopedia!) … Continue reading
Menneskeskapte klimaendringer, petro-baroner, tyranner og konspirasjonsteorier
Steinalderen tok ikke slutt på grunn av mangel på stein – men fordi bedre alternativer ble funnet. Det fossile brennstoffets tidsalder vil ende når bedre alternativer er tilgjengelige. FNs miljøprogram (UNEP) og Verdens meteorologiske organisasjon (WMO) koordinerer redigeringen av de mest … Continue reading
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The “Climate change deceit” conspiracy theory
During the last forty years the Arab- American carbon barons; Western multibillionaires, Russian and Middle East petro tyrants and extreme islamists have lived high on oil profits. They invest massively in propaganda to delay political action and mislead the public. You … Continue reading
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Natural disasters – Acts of God or human culpability?
by Sven Åke Bjørke, Nov 2017 Natural Disasters – Acts of God or Human Culpability? Can politicians – our custodians – and leaders of big fossil fuel companies – become personally responsible for damages that occur due to their negligence? … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Legal action, Sustainable development
Tagged Climate change and litigation, environment litigation, Force majeure and Acts of God, Grunnlovens § 112, International Environmental law, International law and climate change, Juridical standards and environmental law, Lawsuits against greenhouse gas emitters, lawsuits against polluters, legal action against fossil fuels, legal right to a healthy atmosphere and stable climate, Multilateral Environmental Agreements, Natural disasters and acts of God, Norwegian constitution § 112, Precautionary measures and natural disasters, Sue ExxonMobil, Sue fossil fuel companies, youth plaintiffs in strategic atmospheric trust litigation
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Online lecturing – an appropriate learning tool in online education?
by Sven Åke Bjørke Universities traditionally educate less than ten percent of the population. The target group of students used to be an elite of the most academically gifted. They have as a rule been able to take care of … Continue reading
Eco-economy
A green eco economy needed Global warming and climate change are symptoms of the depletion of the Earth’s natural resources and ecosystems. We might be able to solve the problems of global warming in time – if we are … Continue reading
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Indignez-vous – get outraged!
The grand old diplomat Stephan Hessel tells us to get outraged. See interview Here is the original text: Indignez-vous – Stephan Hessel Yes – we should be outraged. Unethical, superbig multinational capital based on the neoliberal philosophy attacks democracy, environment, … Continue reading
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The carbon mafia and climate “sceptics”
“Every year we pump more than six billion tonnes of carbon emissions (corresponding to over 35 billion tonnes CO2) into the air from burning fossil fuel, despite a general consensus that this pollutes the air and contributes directly to climate … Continue reading
Posted in Denialism, Environment, Fossil fuels
Tagged climate, environment, fossil fuel industry, nature, politics, science
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Lake Chilwa
Lake Chilwa – can it disappear? Lake Chilwa is a Ramsar lake in Malawi. Beautiful, with plenty of different birds, migratory species included. Lake Chilwa is in danger. Global warming, deforestation with siltation and pollution from agriculture are parts of a … Continue reading
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Education for Sustainable Development 