On AlterNet: geoengineering

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "geoengineering"

No to Geo-Engineering: UN Issues a Moratorium on Efforts to Manipulate the Earth's Climate

Jeff Conant, YES! Magazine. November 7, 2010.

Under the agreement, no geoengineering projects can take place until risks to the environment as well as social, cultural, and economic impacts have been assessed.

The Doomsday Machine and the Race to Save the World: Geoengineering Emerges as Plan B at the 11th Hour

Jeff Conant, AlterNet. October 25, 2010.

How close are we to space sunshades, mountaintop painting, 'fertilizing' the oceans with iron, and redirecting hurricanes? Closer than you might imagine.

Will Copenhagen Lead to Radical Climate Experiments?

Chris Mooney, Mother Jones Online. December 15, 2009.

If the summit fails, controversial geo-engineering projects may get a boost.

Geo-Engineering Could Save the Planet … and in the Process Sacrifice the World

Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal. September 24, 2009.

Having unintentionally warmed the planet, we may have little choice but to intentionally cool it back down. But at what cost?

James Lovelock: Schemes to 'Reverse' Global Warming Could Lead to Disaster

James Lovelock, The Guardian. September 21, 2009.

Better, perhaps, to let the earth look after itself than try to regulate its system through mirrors, clouds and artificial trees.

Obama's Climate Guru: Paint Your Roof White!

Steve Connor, Independent UK. May 27, 2009.

When it comes to carbon emissions, changing the color of roofs and roads would be like taking all the world's cars off the road for 11 years.