Earth Doctor / Climate Troubadour

Goodbye to Fossil Fuels

Scientists are in full agreement that CO2 from burning fossil fuels has fundamentally altered Earth’s climate. Without action, consequences include drought, starvation, chaos and war. The Pentagon calls climate change a “threat multiplier” and a national security risk.

To avoid the worst, we must hold global warming to 2°C (we are already halfway there), by keeping about 80% of known coal, gas and oil reserves in the ground. The companies owning these assets are therefore greatly overvalued. In economic terms, it’s a “carbon bubble”, and remains an elephant in the room for investors.  Our business community calls climate change a “risky business”, recognizing that a rapid switch from fossil fuels to clean energy is by far the safest path for our economy.  The social cost of carbon is simply too high.  In recent years, even stalwart conservative voices have argued for a tax on carbon, including James Baker, and former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson.

The natural gas industry has long claimed that natural gas is a “clean bridge fuel”, since it produces less CO2 than coal. However, as NASA has confirmed, large amounts of “fugitive methane emissions” escape during harvesting and delivery of natural gas. Methane is up to 86X more potent than CO2 over a 20-year time frame, making gas just as bad as burning coal.

Unbelievably, we are all subsidizing the fossil fuel industry. According to the IMF, the production and burning of coal, oil and gas was subsidized to the tune of $5.9 trillion in 2020, or $11 million per minute. Not a single country, they point out, is pricing its fuels “sufficiently to reflect their full supply and environmental costs.” The first step in getting market forces to help us address climate disruption is to price carbon fuels accurately, and stop pretending that illness, war, extreme weather, climate mitigation, and forced retreat from our coasts are costs we can continue to overlook!

World on Fire
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Climate is life or death. Choose life!
Exxon Knew
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Exxon has been lying about climate for over 40 years.
Apocalypse Isn’t So Cheap
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There will never be people free as the fossil fuel industry.
The Fire Next Time
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A warning to all after the great flood.
Make the Angels Weep
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The LA wildfires...You're looking at a crime scene.
Fake Weather
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I know all that water isn't real, but it sure is cold!
People Are Not to Blame
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There's nothing to discuss. I just know that it ain't us!
Coming For Your Coffee
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Climate change is coming for your coffee, chocolate, beer,...
Shoveling Coal on a Runaway Train
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The bridge is out. Better stop this train!
Song for West Virginia
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Hostage to the coal industry for over a hundred years.
Ask Me How I Know
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Time for weathermen to tell the truth.
Chasing Ice Blues
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How can I simplify? Miami's gonna say goodbye.
The Anthropocene
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We've created our own geologic era. Really!
The Ballad of Pope Francis  
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Climate denial's a sin, and a crime against all.
Science
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You don't believe "climate science?" Really?
Keeps On Coming Down
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Sea change, losing shorelines and history.
Leaving California
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To think how it used to be simply paradise.
Ka-Ching, Ka-Ching!
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America deserves better than government by money.
Fracking is Everywhere
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Something is going on, Pennsylvania, down on the farm.
Polyester & Propylene
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Where plastic comes from, and where it ends up...
It’s Love or It’s Money
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Destroying our only home may be profitable for a few...
Exxon Knew All Along
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The crime of two centuries.
Million Mile-an-Hour Machine
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Had it all, but I had to have more!
Three Pack-a-Day Sky
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Canada on fire. Burn the forests and they burn us back.
Scott Pruitt’s EPA
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Scott Pruitt's EPA - Everyone Pollute America!
Black Serpent
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Standing Rock, 2016. Brave Lakota resist the Dakota Pipeline.
Seattle, Don’t Back Down!
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David vs. Goliath. Seattle's kayaks go into battle!
The Social Cost of Carbon
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Here are a few of the hidden costs of fossil fuels.
Follow Me
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Follow Me
The Climate Gamblers
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If you're betting on tomorrow, divest from fossil fuels today!
Elephant Loose on Wall Street
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Stranded assets are an economic time bomb..
Fracking’s Just a Bad Dream
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Don't poison your water. Energy ain't cheap if it ain't clean.
What’s in a Number?
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Here are a few important numbers about climate change.
Only Love Will Save this Place
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To the free market, all the world is a "sacrifice zone".
That Is Not The Case
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Combustion is their only business plan. Better divest now!
The Great Cartel of Carbon (parody)
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Sad to tell, the road to hell is paved with CO2.
Better Keep It Clean
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If you want to keep your water, better keep it clean.
You’ve Got to Bend
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To Harvard: If you want to be a leader, you just have to lead!
Your House is Burning
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Climate deniers: Wake up! Your house is on fire!
Dominion Song
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Dominion Power: why Virginia energy policy is so far behind.
Big Oil Blues
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When you're burning oil, everything goes up in smoke.