Archive for the 'Environment' 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 >>]

Kelptomaniacs to the Energy Rescue

Filed under: Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 01/20/2012 @ 2:40:16 PM
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More interesting news about new forms of biofuels:
“Scientists in a cluttered Berkeley laboratory are working a bit of biochemical wizardry to transform ordinary seaweed into biofuels that promise a new … [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 >>]

New Gas Mileage Rules Widely Supported

Filed under: Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 01/18/2012 @ 12:58:59 PM
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As reported by Nick Bunkley in the NY Times business pages

New Gas Economy Rules Generate Wide Support
The proposed new standards call for automakers to increase the average, unadjusted fuel-economy rating … [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 >>]

Fracking Frucks Up the Neighborhood

Filed under: Energy | Environment — by Will Kirkland 01/2/2012 @ 8:53:32 PM
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Of course those whose income depends on the latest wild idea for extracting fossil fuels from every piece of dirt on the planet, will deny it.  The climate change deniers … [Keep reading >>]

Have Some Mercury With that Vote

Filed under: Environment — by Will Kirkland 12/26/2011 @ 7:59:31 PM
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Krugman on the GOP trying to kill a great EPA ruling:

 
These rules [Environmental Protection Agency standards on mercury and air toxics for power plants]  are long overdue: we were supposed … [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 >>]

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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