Archive for the 'Climate Change' Category

Rare January Tornadoes In Alabama

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 01/24/2012 @ 10:43:34 AM
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From Jeff Masters at Wunderground.com
The calendar says it’s the coldest month of winter, but today’s weather is more typical of March, as a vigorous spring-like storm system has spawned a … [Keep reading >>]

Bill McKibben talks about the Keystone Victory on Democracy Now

Filed under: Climate Change | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 01/19/2012 @ 5:54:26 PM
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Over the last few days, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben and Bold Nebraska’s Jane Kleeb took to the airwaves to spread the good news about the victory on the Keystone XL … [Keep reading >>]

The Fierce Urgency of Now….

Filed under: Books | Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 01/16/2012 @ 4:56:40 PM
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“Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is an opportunity to learn from his strategic thinking and mastery of rhetoric.

“Consider King’s powerful words about the civil rights struggle, which echo … [Keep reading >>]

In A Year of Extremes…

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 12/25/2011 @ 12:44:50 PM
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Extreme weather, extreme views make life dangerous in dozens of ways. In the UFB column [Unfucking Believeable] comes this:
This year, when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tried to push … [Keep reading >>]

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 12/10/2011 @ 2:26:49 PM
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We get word from a dear friend of a break-through agreement which he has been working on,  between central African countries and partner countries in climate change work.  Referred to … [Keep reading >>]

Wall Street Journal Whispers Climate Change

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 11/19/2011 @ 9:52:54 AM
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The weekend edition, November 19-20 of the Wall Strret Journal, on page A11, bottom, very bottom gives 3 short columns to the newest IPCC report:

UN Seens Links to Extreme weather
—Climate change is leading … [Keep reading >>]

The Forests, They Are a Changin’

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 11/16/2011 @ 7:38:03 AM
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A new study by forest researchers suggests some types of trees will lose ground to other species as climate change raises temperatures and tweaks precipitation patterns.
The study predicts “large scale disturbances” … [Keep reading >>]

12,000 Surround White House

Filed under: Climate Change | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 11/7/2011 @ 3:22:41 PM

“Hey, Obama, we don’t want no climate drama.”

That was one of the rallying cries from the estimated 12,000-person crowd protesting outside the White House against the Keystone XL pipeline yesterday … [Keep reading >>]

Here Comes the Sun

Filed under: Climate Change | Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 11/7/2011 @ 3:14:48 PM

From Krugman:
We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar power. That’s right, solar power.
If that … [Keep reading >>]

Weather Records All Over

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 10/30/2011 @ 3:03:47 PM
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Update: “The most extraordinary October snowstorm in over two centuries in the Northeast U.S. has finally come to an end this Sunday afternoon. Not since the infamous snow hurricane of … [Keep reading >>]

Wildflowers Disappearing

Filed under: Climate Change | Environment — by Will Kirkland 10/30/2011 @ 2:44:47 PM
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From France and Colorado the warnings come: the wildflowers are in serious retreat.  In France the cause appears to be intensive, chemical based, farming.  In Colorado, the shifting of the … [Keep reading >>]

The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

Filed under: Books | Climate Change — by Will Kirkland 10/27/2011 @ 6:42:36 PM
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Brian Fagan’s The Great Warming: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations contributes another fine book to the growing library of the history of climate change and human … [Keep reading >>]

Words for Acts

Perhaps an honest world will never exist. But what's to keep us from dreaming? If each one of us tries to change, maybe we'll succeed.

Rita Atria -- The Sicilian Rebel



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