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Bruce Melton : Climate Science’s New Paradigm
It’s the cars! Traffic in Houston. Image from City-Data.com.It’s cars, not coal: The new paradigm of climate science By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / October 28, 2010 The science has changed again. This time, things are really upside … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming
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Amy Goodman : Climate Change is the Real Deal
This Greenland glacier split in two, sending a 100 sqare mile iceberg floating off into the Arctic Ocean. Image from Mirror, U.K.News at 11:How climate change affects you By Amy Goodman / August 13, 2010 Our daily weather reports, cheerfully … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Goodman, Climate Change, Copenhagen, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Greenland, Pakistan, Russia, United Nations
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Chris Hedges : The Attack of the Future Eaters
Image from AppleBazaar.Calling all future-eaters:Time is not on our side By Chris Hedges / July 21, 2010 The human species during its brief time on Earth has exhibited a remarkable capacity to kill itself off. The Cro-Magnons dispatched the gentler … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Chris Hedges, Climate Change, Corporate Abuse, Ecology, Future, Global Warming, Greed, Rag Blog
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Gulf Oil Spill : Toxic Popsicle or Extinction Event?
A speckled crab — and an American flag — are encased in a thick layer of oil just offshore from the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Photo from BP Slick.Methane in the Gulf:Is the oil spill a toxic popsicle Or … Continue reading
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Tagged British Petroleum, Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Gulf Coast, Nature, Oil Spill
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Climate Change : Ten Times Faster than Predicted
Image from Greenpeace / UK.Climate change:Worse than the worst case scenarioBy Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2010 It takes 196,000 pounds of plants to produce a gallon of gasoline. It takes 40 acres of plants, roots, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Science
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Harvey Wasserman : Will Climate Bill Nuke Earth Day?
Art from 1946 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll. “Plus 3 Seconds,” watercolor by Grant Powers, 1946 / Naval Historical Center.Earth Day 2010:Will climate bill be a nuclear bomb? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / April 18, … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Earth Day, Energy, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power
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Austin Heat : Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet?
Report:Extreme summer heat andIrreversible ecosystem demise Austin’s summers will be a third more extreme than those of the Sonoran Desert and about 10 times more extreme than the normal Texas Hill Country summers. By Bruce Melton / April 5, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Central Texas, Climate Change, Global Warming, The Austin Bulldog
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Cole on the "Swift-Boating" of Climate Change Science
Advice to climate scientists on how to avoid being Swift-boated and how to become public intellectuals By Juan Cole / February 28, 2010 Climate Scientists continue to see persuasive evidence of global warming and climate change when they speak at … Continue reading
Nation’s Biggest Polluter : Texas Sues the EPA!
Houston: Texas likes its greenhouse gases. Photo by David J. Phillip / AP.Protecting the corporate interests:Texas sues EPA over greenhouse gas regulationsBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / February 16, 2010 There is no doubt at all that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Environment, EPA, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gasses, pollution, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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2010 : A New Year and New Hope for Social Change
“Solidarity.” Pastel by genevievemc / photobucketAfter 2009’s dashed hopes:A progressive movement in motion By Jack A. Smith / The Rag Blog / December 23, 2009 With a new year around the corner, let’s look at the year now ending, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Climate Change, Health Care Reform, Jack A. Smith, New Years, Peace Movement, Progressive Movement, Social Change, The Left
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After Copenhagen : Lighting a Candle for Climate Change
Hundreds of climate activists gathered in Copenhagen December 17, in a candlelight vigil. Photo from tcktcktck.org.After Copenhagen:Vigils shine a light on emerging movement By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / December 22, 2009 I am writing from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Copenhagen, Environmental Groups, Global Warming, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Social Action
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Changing Climate : Denmark Becoming Police State?
Above, a Danish policeman arrests a demonstrator at Copenhagen climate change summit. Photo from AP. Below, detained demonstrators are seen lined up on a street during mass arrests. Photo by Thibault Camus / AP.Changing winds in Denmark:Preventive detention and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Copenhagen, Denmark, Direct Action, Environmental Groups, European History, Global Warming, Social Protest, United Nations
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