“Building and then running new wind and solar energy is now cheaper than continuing to run existing coal and nuclear power plants, study says. Beyond grid parity price, to disruption price. If it holds true, fantastic for humanity.”— Alex Steffen, twitter.com
“A fast transition away from fossil fuels in the next few decades could be enough to put off rapid sea-level rise for centuries. That’s a decision worth countless trillions of dollars and millions of lives. 'The range of outcomes,' Bassis says, 'is really going to depend on choices that people make.'”— Eric Holthaus, grist.org
“A wholesale collapse of Pine Island and Thwaites would set off a catastrophe. Giant icebergs would stream away from Antarctica like a parade of frozen soldiers. All over the world, high tides would creep higher, slowly burying every shoreline on the planet, flooding coastal cities and creating hundr…”— Eric Holthaus, grist.org
“For the rest of our lives, every moment matters. Do what you can, whatever that is. Everyone has part of the answer. We need each other, and we are in this together. We can imagine and demand and build a better world. We must insist that time start now.”— Eric Holthaus, twitter.com