Ahead of the publication of her new book “The Nature of Nature: The Metabolic Disorder of Climate Change”, Dr. Vandana Shiva reflects on the risks that solar geoengineering poses to life itself, and the fallacy of using more pollution to solve a climate crisis created...
Guest articles
Secret marine geoengineering experiment off the coast of Cornwall sparks community resistance
By Senara Wilson Hodges, Keep Our Sea Chemical Free and The Cornwall Carbon Scrutiny Group Local residents are fiercely proud and protective of St Ives Bay. It is counted as one of the UK’s most beautiful coastal environments—flanked by award winning golden beaches...
City of Alameda puts a stop to the University of Washington’s Marine Cloud Brightening experiment
Guest article by California residents Gary Hughes, Biofuelwatch/Geoengineering Monitor, and Eesha Rangani, HOME! Alliance Marine Geoengineering Working Group coordinator In the early hours of this morning, City of Alameda City Council members voted unanimously to call...
Carbon markets, geoengineering and other false solutions: What’s at stake at the current climate talks?
Guest article by Tamra Gilbertson, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Coraina de la Plaza, Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance As global temperature records continue to be broken at unprecedented rates, delegates are gathering again in Bonn, Germany, for the 60th...
UK government rubber stamps Drax’s first-of-a-kind BECCS scheme, then proposes subsidies for business-as-usual biomass burning
Guest article by Katy Brown, bioenergy campaigner with Biofuelwatch Earlier this year the UK Secretary of State Claire Coutinho granted development consent for Drax’s Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage project at its Selby power plant. Almost simultaneously,...
Recent setbacks for geoengineering and the path forward
By Coraina da la Plaza, Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance coordinator, and Oli Munnion, Geoengineering Monitor editor The impacts of climate change are being felt far and wide all around the globe, and Global South countries are being hit the hardest even though...