<strong>Extreme Cold is the Direct Result of Global Warming</strong>

Thermometer at 0 degrees

By Marilyn Bruno, Climate Writer Did you know that global warming can actually cause extreme cold snaps, too?  Anyone who has seen the 2004 movie, The Day After Tomorrow, has imagined a world where weather disruptions such as the arctic blast over the northern hemispheres can be the result of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions exceeding […]

Why is California Getting Hotter?

Sun shining behind a thermometer.

By Deanna Alderson, Climate Writer Californians faced an unsettling reality as they headed into Labor Day weekend: it was brutally hot outside and there was no relief in sight. Temperatures soared to 1100 in the valleys and deserts, and the demand for air-conditioning pushed the power grid to the brink of collapse. Even the coasts […]

Beyond Warmer Weather – Looking at the Impacts of Climate Change

Desert, dry land

Author: Marilyn Bruno, Newsletter Reporter Most people are focusing on the serious impacts of extreme climate events such as wildfires, hurricanes, flooding and other disasters and the relentless rise in sea levels, which are already affecting fisheries, displacing coastal populations and undermining water and wastewater infrastructure. This article focuses on the impact of a temperature […]

Climate and Weather: What’s the Difference?

By Aishik Saha The intertwining of the terms ‘Climate Change’ and ‘Global Warming’ can often be confusing for one another. Extreme weather events have included sudden cold waves and increased frequency and intensity of winter storms, leading to the questions of what are weather and climate and how are related to each other? What is […]

From Coal to Climate: the Evolution of an Activist

Originally published in the San Diego Free Press, September 22nd, 2016 So, here is a question: what’s about as likely as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Bill O’Reilly jointly admitting that pretty much everything they’ve ever said was wrong? Answer: that a guy with my background would end up as an active member of 350.org. […]

The Pope heard round the world

By Hutton Marshall Originally published in the San Diego Free Press on September 24th 2015 The Pope is in town. Not this town, unfortunately — he’s in Washington, D.C.  Today, Pope Francis will give a historic address to Congress, where he is expected to speak on the escalating climate change crisis. This closely watched event will […]

La Mesans Demand an Effective Climate Action Plan

By Joan Raphael On Wednesday, June 3, concerned citizens came together at a hearing of the La Mesa Planning Commission to press for a stronger Climate Action Plan (CAP). Many of those who came to speak were volunteers with SD350. The hearing turned out to be an uplifting reminder of what regular folks working together […]

Review: The Green Bible

Published by Harper-Collins, The Green Bible has a cover of 100% all-natural cotton-linen, symbolizing its Earth-nurturing orientation.  The translation used is the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), 1999, but  the volume’s contents offer more than just another version of the Bible itself.  The Green Bible is a “green-letter edition,” the green font serving to highlight […]

Review: “What If We Never Run Out of Oil?”

In the feature article of the May issue of The Atlantic, What If We Never Run Out of Oil?, contributing editor Charles C. Mann lays out his vision of what the future holds for a petroleum-powered planet. The descriptor on the magazine’s cover reads, “Why the fossil-fuel boom is good for America, bad for Saudi […]

Not Just for Tree Huggers

Citizen’s Guides to Climate Change: How to Sort it All Out without Getting a PhD This posting is the third in a series on how you can figure out what’s going on with climate change, without having to get a PhD in climatology and without going crazy from the conflicting messages in the media. My […]