Tag Archives: Climate Change

Apocalypse Soon? : The World Keeps Getting Hotter

Eden adjusted by climate change 2005 by James Gleeson.Carbon is building up in the atmosphere at a much faster pace then previously thoughtBy Juliet Eilperin / September 26, 2008 The rise in global carbon dioxide emissions last year outpaced international … Continue reading

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British Jury : Threat From Global Warming Justifies Protesters’ Breaking Law

Five of the ‘Kingsnorth Six’ at the top of the 200m chimney of power station.Jury cleared six Greenpeace activists of £35,000 worth of criminal damage to a coal-fired power stationBy Michael McCarthy / September 11, 2008 The threat of global … Continue reading

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BushCo and Sarah Palin : Polar Bears, Schmolar Bears….

‘The Bush Administration had not wanted to designate the polar bear as threatened in the first place; now Palin’s lawsuit provided cover to backtrack on the decision’By Mark Hertsgaard / September 10, 2008 It wasn’t much noticed at the time, … Continue reading

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Climate Change: Prepare for Global Temperature Rise of 4 Degrees

Drought-resistant plants such as these in the Majorelle gardens in Marrakech, Morocco, would become more common in British gardens. Photo by Clay Perry / Corbis.‘We need strategy to adapt to potential catastrophic increase’By James Randerson / August 7, 2008 Great … Continue reading

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The High Costs of the Things We Like

The Climate Costs of a Glass of Milkby Raúl Pierri MONTEVIDEO – A simple glass of milk on the breakfast table can carry high environmental costs. Because of this, some farmers and scientists are looking for ways to reduce the … Continue reading

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Giant Chunks Break Off Canadian Ice Shelf

This satellite image shows a large, rectangular chunk of ice at center that broke away from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf. Other pieces also broke away from the shelf. Photo from NASA.Cracks had been earlier found on Ward Hunt; ‘more … Continue reading

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No One Is Willing to Join the Brigade to Take Preventive Action

We’re a Nation of Lemmings: Screw The Climate! We Want Our Cheap Gas!By Dave Lindorff / July 25, 2008 Listening to the endless stream of cars passing my house every day, and knowing, from watching them from my mailbox, that … Continue reading

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Our President : ‘Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter’

Bush yuks it up with Prime Minister of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda, and Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G8 Summit in Tokyo. Photo by Reuters. George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment … Continue reading

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Complex Underwater Eco-Systems at Peril

A fish swims among coral reefs off the Obhor coast, north of the Red Sea city of Jeddah. A third of reef-building corals worldwide are threatened with extinction due to climate change and water pollution, according to the first global … Continue reading

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Anti-science conservatives must be stopped

Americans must not allow global warming deniers to block the policies needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Our future is at stake.By Joseph Romm / Jun. 30, 2008 Conservatives put on a spectacular display of scientific ignorance this month in … Continue reading

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