SLOGAN THIS - Democrats, move beyond "the points"
As described in Geogia10's recent front page post "A Short and Simple Democratic Agenda", the Democrats actually seem to have gotten a good handle on a succinct agenda - whether it is 3, 5, 6, 10...
View ArticleReduce your carbon footprint now: Checklist Toward Zero Carbon
In 2005 the eminent climate scientist Dr. James Hansen said, "We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption." Just three years later, we are now crossing...
View ArticleDenier Frederick Seitz dead at 96
Cross-posted at Checklist Toward Zero Carbon.Mr. Seitz's obituary was notable to me not for his role as a denier per se but his work for big tobacco and reminded me yet again of tobacco's role in the...
View ArticleAnother nail in the coffin? China gone wild edition...
(Cross-posted at Checklist Toward Zero Carbon.)It's generally agreed - despite the fact that America is, by far, historically the number one contributor to global warming – that the ultimate hurdle to...
View ArticleIt's the Planet Stupid!
(Cross-posted at Checklist Toward Zero Carbon.)Iraq, health care, the economy - all important issues. And all are a diversion from the one true crisis we face. For if we don't solve the global...
View ArticleThe Uncertainties of The New York Times
Andrew Revkin, NY Times go to climate guy is speaking this Tuesday evening at the University of Vermont's Campus Center Theater. For a preview Joshua Brown of UVM spoke with Revkin on February 27th....
View ArticleRichard Branson / Jim Jones - separated at birth?
So they were drinking pinot grigio, not Kool-Aid. And the locale wasn't Jonestown Guyana but Necker Island, Branson's "private getaway" between Tortola and Anegada. The guest list wasn't social...
View ArticleAmazon left for dead by biofuels?
Time Magazine has a very good article "The Clean Energy Scam" by Michael Grunwald, on the terrifying connection between biofuels and the viability of the Amazon (and other tropical forests for that...
View ArticleThe Awakening Great White Whale
While climate change is effecting every spot on the planet and the most visible effects are the crumbling ice shelves at both poles - perhaps the most important and critical early warning signs are the...
View ArticleLadies and Gentlemen, Mr. James Hansen
Many here surely know of Mr. Hansen. Mr. James Hansen is without a doubt the number one climate science authority in the United States government, perhaps in the world right now. His credibility,...
View ArticleLet's Nuke Coal.....
As in a Coal Power Non-Proliferation Treaty.While the world is awakening to the horrific ramifications of climate change, our progress in combating it is dangerously slow - retarded by an inertia...
View ArticleTo Save Humanity: "Cap and Bulldoze"
James Hansen sent off another wonderful letter today - this time addressed to Governor Jim Gibbons of Nevada.The money quote - toward the bottom of the second page - to get us rolling:Utilities and the...
View Articlemethane..METHANE...M-E-T-H-A-N-E
Spiegel Online has a frightening confirmation of the peril we face with just the slightest further warming of the planet. As I discussed previously in "The Awakening Great White Whale", look to the...
View ArticleM-E-T-H-A-N-E....(Back by pop demand-with NEW BREAKING INFO!)
Methane: the other green house gas, is 20 to 25 times more potent than CO2 (depending on who you ask). The good news was that over the last decade methane releases have been largely flat due to...
View ArticleThe volcanoes will save us!
With the global warming induced spreading of beetles set to turn the borreal forest from a carbon sink into a huge net emitter, to the horrific news that the methane train is leaving the station, you'd...
View ArticleA Vicious Cycle
While climate change directs our attention largely to the melting poles, the most immediate and devastating effects will be felt from the melting glaciers. From Bhutan to Peru, global warming is...
View ArticleGlobal Warming 101 - a short reading list for everyone
Confused by the media's coverage of man-made global warming? (a.k.a. anthropogenic global warming or AGW.)Are we warming or are we cooling? Is climate change simply a result of natural variability or...
View ArticleObama Issues Statement on Climate Change Bill
I wished Obama had made a statement on the Senate floor during the debate of the Lieberman-Warner climate bill. But with today's statement, I now understand he probably chose not to speak - because...
View ArticleAGW, Florida, Obama & Victory
It was heartening news from Kos that a recent poll shows Obama ahead in South Florida, thereby putting the state truly into play. But given the utter insanity that is Florida electoral politics - not...
View ArticleTropical Rainforests: Bad to Worse
Pushed from center stage by the expected record arctic ice and permafrost melt, tropical rain forest destruction has been elbowing it's way back through the smoke and into view. Papua New Guinea's...
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