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How close are we to doomsday?
Some models predict a global firestorm apocalyptic-level event. By Steve Rossignol | The Rag Blog | August 29, 2017 Well, we appear to have survived the historic solar eclipse. And it also appears that the potential nuclear crisis with North … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Doomsday, Global Warming, Methane Emissions, Rag Bloggers, Steve Rossignol
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METRO EVENT | People’s Climate March at State Capitol on Trump’s 100th Day
By Kerstin Johansson | The Rag Blog | April 25, 2017 Event: Austin People’s Climate March & Rally Dates: Saturday, April 29, 2017, 1-3:30 p.m. Where: Texas State Capital, 1100 Congress Ave., Austin Sponsors: Austin People’s Climate Mobilization, 350 Austin, … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Kerstin Johansson, Metro, People's Climate March, Rag Bloggers
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METRO EVENT | Thousands expected for Global Climate March in Austin
By Kerstin Johansson | The Rag Blog | November 18, 2015 Event: Global Climate March What: Austin Rally and March Date: Sunday, November 29, 2015 Time: 1:00 p.m. Where: Texas State Capitol Address: 1100 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701 Admission: … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Climate Justice, Global Climate March, Kerstin Johansson, Metro, Social Action
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Marching for a green economy ‘built to last’
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030, calling it ‘a moral imperative.’ By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 24, 2014 NEW YORK — With hundreds of thousands … Continue reading
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Gorgeous global march shows how to win
the climate fight
Huge environmental action in New York teaches us that the answer to change lies with the grass roots. By Harvey Wasserman | The Rag Blog | September 22, 2014 NEW YORK — The massive People’s Climate March, the most hopeful, … Continue reading
METRO | Bruce Melton : Is Austin Energy now against alternative energy?
The future is bright and breezy, not black and dirty. Whatever is going on with Austin Energy misses some very important and fundamental news. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | August 5, 2014 AUSTIN — Really? Austin Energy … Continue reading
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Obama is wrong about natural gas
A new scientific study argues that both shale gas and conventional natural gas have larger greenhouse gas footprints than do coal or oil. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | July 29, 2014 Natural gas is falsely promoted … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gasses, Jack A. Smith, Methane Pollution, Natural Gas, Rag Bloggers
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A left solution to climate change
Climate deniers in Congress, exasperating as they are, constitute the farcical sideshow of a much bigger economic and political three-ring circus known as U.S.A. Inc. By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | June 8, 2014 Climate change is … Continue reading
METRO UPDATE | Roger Baker : The continuing Texas drought crisis
By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | May 4, 2014 Roger Baker’s three-part Rag Blog series, “Can Austin survive the current Texas drought,” garnered much attention and was reposted widely, including by the highly-influential Resilience.org. Roger wrote the following … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Water Supply, Climate Change, Global Warming, Metro, Rag Bloggers, Roger Baker, Texas Drought, Texas Drought Series, Texas Politics
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METRO REPORT | Bruce Melton : Critical sea level rise on Padre Island
Sea level rise is accelerating. At some point, our barrier islands will cross a disintegration threshold and begin to disappear. Because every mile of every beach is created differently, we will see some beaches begin to suffer sooner than others. … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach Erosion, Beach Report, Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Metro, Padre Island, Rag Bloggers, Sea Level Rise
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Working for a realistic left politics in Texas
To our friends outside Texas, we ask: Is it really so much better where you live? Where in mainstream politics in the United States is there much sanity? By Robert Jensen and Pat Youngblood | The Rag Blog | February … Continue reading
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Can Austin survive the current Texas drought? / 3
We look at the climate science that warns that Austin faces serious water supply problems, and at the roles played by transportation planning and suburban sprawl in that crisis. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Water Supply, Bruce Melton, CAMPO, Central Texas Growth, Climate Change, Climate Denial, Climate Science, Colorado River Watershed, Environment, Global Warming, Highland Lakes Water Reservoirs, james Hensen, Land Development, Rag Bloggers, Roger Baker, Texas Drought, Texas Drought Series, Texas Politics, Urban Sprawl, Water Conservation, Water Politics, Western Drought
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