Category Archives: world

Scientists say united on global warming, at odds with public view

2013-5-16 – 4:29 pm

A survey by the U.S. Pew Research Center published in October last year found 45 percent of Americans said “Yes” when asked: “Do scientists agree Earth is getting warmer because of human activity?” Forty-three percent said “No”.

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You Are Here

2013-5-11 – 6:01 pm

“call attention to the damage being done by existing and proposed coal, oil, and natural gas projects”

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Extreme Drought in September corresponds with Political Loss in November

2012-11-10 – 1:23 pm

Obama never said anything about climate change during the campaign. He only mentioned it during his speech to staff after he was declared the winner.

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Coaltopia

2012-8-26 – 7:08 pm

The major problem is encouraging greater use of a product that, in the future, is leading to the end of life on this planet as we know it.

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Humanity is getting dangerously close to the point of no return

2012-8-21 – 9:04 am

Big Business Ethics: Destroying Life on the Planet as We know It, while making a decent profit.

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5 Most Dangerous Climate Change Myths

2012-8-16 – 6:03 pm

“To head off the worst effects of climate change, we need to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to no more than 350 parts per million.” (On the right hand side of my weblog, the meter reads 394.49.) For the sake of future life on our planet, “the United States can’t delay any longer.”

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(Cryosp)here today, gone tomorrow

2012-8-11 – 7:09 pm

“The alarming fact is that this year’s minimum sea ice extent is already the 6th-lowest on record — and there’s still about a month to go in the melt season.”

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Stunning Greenland Ice Melt

2012-7-24 – 8:46 pm

“unprecedented heat leads to unprecedented melting”

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Let’s start with a new massacre

2012-7-14 – 2:37 pm

“a mix of news reports, policy briefs, blog posts and longform journalism.”

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Carbon – the Huge and Yet Overlooked Fossil Fuel Subsidy

2012-7-13 – 7:05 pm

Society as a whole picks up the tab for the damage or ignores and denies the damage by human carbon emissions. Fossil fuel producers and consumers have avoided paying for these external costs to coal power.

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