Tag Archives: Climate Change

Rag Radio : Bruce Melton on the Real-World Effects of Climate Change

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Climate change activist Bruce Melton, left, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Environmental activist Bruce Melton discussesthe real-world effects of climate change … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Welcome to Climate Change in Texas

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Tree Kill in Central Texas, drought of 2011. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Drought and wildfires:Welcome to climate change in Texas By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / December 29, 2011 Environmental researcher and climate change activist … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : The U.S. and Irreversible Climate Change

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from Saida Online.With U.S. leading the way:Irreversible climate change looms By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 29, 2011 The Obama Administration has largely remained passive about the critical imperative to reduce greenhouse gases to limit … Continue reading →

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Jay D. Jurie : Keystone XL is a Pipeline to Big Profits

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Canadian tar sands crude oil. Image from The Alaska Gas Pipeline.Keystone XL:A pipeline to big oil profits Former NASA scientist Jim Hansen has argued that if tar sands development continues and the pipeline is built, it is essentially ‘game over’ … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Nature Bats Last

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

“Celebrating Global Warming.” Art quilt by Laura Wasilowski / PAQA. Nature bats last: Notes on revolution and resistance, revelation and redemption By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2011 [An edited version of this essay was presented … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : We’re Killing Off Our Oceans

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Coral reefs are subject to “multiple stressors” that could destroy many within a human generation. Image from IPSO / BBC.Multiple factors at work:Killing off the oceans By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2011 There has been … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : Climate Change and Corporate Propaganda

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Global warming cartoon titled “Eco-Glazing” by Vladimir Druzhinin of Russia, from Earthworks 2008 global cartoon competition / Treehugger.Causes of climate change:The corporate anti-sciencecampaign is working By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2011 Just three or four … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Bat Out of Climate Hell

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Like a bat out of climate Hell:Alaska and the Amazon are done By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / February 2, 2011 Because we as a society have refused to listen to … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : It Is Colder Because It Is Warming

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

It is colder because it is warming On a warmer planet, winter weather becomes more volatile. The extremes get more extreme. By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2010 Global warming refers to climate, not weather. Snowpocalypses … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : I Want a Sequestration Machine for Christmas!

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Climate intrigue and a change in prosperity:I want a sequestration machine for Christmas By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / December 23, 2010 Climate change is not just another dangerous dead-end road … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Catastrophic Change and Climate Blindness

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Iceberg discharge is accelerating rapidly in Greenland. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Climate blindness By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / December 2, 2010 Bruce Melton will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 3, … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Climate Change and Global Economic Dysfunction

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Smokestack blues. Image from Planet Green.Smokestack blues:Confronting dangerous climate change By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 Bruce Melton will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, 2-3 p.m. (CST), on KOOP … Continue reading →

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