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Climate Change Legislation : Too Hot to Handle?
Congress and climate change: enough to blow your stack.Obama, Congress and climate change legislation Most environmental groups and leaders supported the House effort… but were quite critical of the Obama Administration’s many concessions to greenhouse gas-producing industries that are responsible … Continue reading
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Tagged Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Congress, Environment, Environmental Regulation, Global Warming, Obama Legislation, pollution
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NASA Scientist, Actress Hannah, Arrested in Coal Mining Protest
Actress Darryl Hannah is arrested by West Virginia State Police Tuesday, June 23, 2009 following a mountaintop removal mining protest in Naoma, W.Va. She was among several hundred protesters who held a rally outside Marsh Fork Elementary school that sits … Continue reading
Climate Change Legislation : Landmark Energy Bill Faces Major Challenge
Illustration by KAL / The Economist. The Energy Bill… sets us on two important courses: major support for development of alternative energy, and establishment of a cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions 80 percent by 2050. By Thomas Cleaver / The … Continue reading
Climate Change Disaster : Too Late for Prevention?
Flooding in Bangladesh in 2007. A serious rise in sea levels seems impossible to prevent. Photo by Sumaiya Ahmed / Flickr. Low-lying island nations like the Maldives — they’re goners now, let alone in a couple of generations, when they … Continue reading
‘Climate Hacking’ : The Real Fear of Freelance Geoengineering
The “Pinatubo option” would involve spewing aerosol gunk into the stratosphere. Photo of Mount Pinatubo from U.S. Geological Survey publications. Freelance atmospheric modification may sound far-fetched, but the potboiler concept was on the agenda last week at an invitation-only, international … Continue reading
We Can Build a Society of Good Ancestors
Ecosocialism – For a Society of Good Ancestors!By Ian Angus / April 30, 2009 [Ian Angus was a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads: Fighting for Socialism in the 21st Century conference , in Sydney Australia, April 10-12, … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Global Warming, Social Activism
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Weather Report : Houston, We Have a Problem
Law and water. Houston, we have a problem. The intense storms, the ravaging floods. . . these are but one aspect of climate change, and according to prominent scientists. . . this is precisely what is anticipated for the Houston … Continue reading
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Healing Earth and Blessing Sun
Global scorching. Photo from examiner.com. The ancient insight embodied in two Hebrew words — that ‘adam,’ humanity, and ‘adamah,’ the earth, come from the same root and are inextricably intertwined — has been forcing itself higher and higher into our … Continue reading
The Last Slow Dance : Texas’ Angry Prophet of Climate Change
Illustration by Chuck Kerr / San Antonio Current. Climate-changing events are happening on a much larger scale, and much sooner, than we had earlier thought possible. By The Rag Blog / March 31, 2009 See ‘Last chance for a slow … Continue reading
Environmental Fears Are Driving Youth Protests
This is not youthful rebellion. We see the catastrophe aheadBy Joss Garman / March 8, 2009 Great Britain: Climate change has provoked a war between the generations. Younger members of the government need to choose their side. Lily Kember is … Continue reading
Climate Change : OMG. It’s Even Worse Than we Thought it was Worse Than.
House sliding into the sea. As climate change melts the permafrost, Arctic villages slip into the sea, taking a way of life with them. Photo by Robert Knoth / Mother Jones. The planet is now so vandalised that only total … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Energy Crisis, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming
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Barack Obama on Climate Change : Crystal Clear
‘Obama on the environment is why I managed to “stuff it” over FISA, the Clintons, and everything else that was upsetting in the campaign.’By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / November 19, 2008 See ‘Obama sends clear message on … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Obama Presidency
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