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Bruce Melton : What Can Be Done About Climate Change in Texas?
What a mess. Even without the fires, our natural environment has been devastated by these droughts. This scene was taken in late August just around the corner from my house in southwest Austin. Fortunately I have only lost a handful … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Texas Drought, Texas Wildfires
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Mike Ludwig : Thousands Circle White House to Protest Pipeline
Young protesters marched through the streets of Washington, DC, carrying an inflatable “pipeline” as long as a city block. Photo by Mike Ludwig / Truthout.The pressure is on:Thousands encircle White House,tell Obama to reject Keystone pipeline By Mike Ludwig / … Continue reading
Alyssa Burgin : Cronyism, Corruption, and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Don’t mess with Texas. Photo by Jon McLaughlin / National Resources Defense Council.‘Regulatory capture’:Cronyism and corruption in the Keystone XL Pipeline approval process By Alyssa Burgin / The Rag Blog / October 19, 2011 AUSTIN — On November 6, 2011, … Continue reading
Suzanne Goldenberg : Perry Officials Alter Environmental Report; Scientists Rebel
Texas Governor Rick Perry. Censorship of scientists’ report sparks revolt. Photo by Evan Vucci / AP / The Guardian.Rick Perry officials doctorscientists’ environmental report Scientists ask for names to be removed after mentions of climate change and sea-level rise are … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, Rick Perry, Suzanne Goldenberg, Texas Politics
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Jay D. Jurie : Keystone XL is a Pipeline to Big Profits
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
Harvey Wasserman : Countdown to Nuclear Disaster
Political cartoon by Olle Johansson, Sweden / Cagle Cartoons.Countdown to disaster:Fukushima spews, Los Alamos burns,Vermont rages, and we’ve almost lost Nebraska By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2011 Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Fukushima, Harvey Wasserman, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Accidents
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Ted McLaughlin : We’re Killing Off Our Oceans
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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Tagged Biology, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans, Ted McLaughlin
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Harvey Wasserman : After Fukushima: A Nuclear Industry Meltdown?
A home in Glen Rose, Texas, with the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant hovering behind. Photo from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.After the Fukushima nightmare:Will the nuclear power industry melt down? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 2, … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Environment, Fukushima, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power
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Louis Bergeron : A Practical Vision for Global Sustainable Energy
L.A. Cicero Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering At Stanford University. Photo from L.A. Cicero.It will take concerted effort:A practical vision for alternative energy By Louis Bergeron / Stanford Report / April 7, 2011 A new study … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Environment, Future, Stanford University, Sustainability
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Ellen LaConte : Garden As If Your Life Depended on It
Digging in for the future. Image from Civil Eats.Because it will:Garden as if your life depended on it By Ellen LaConte / The Rag Blog / March 31, 2011 Spring has sprung — at least south of the northern tier … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Ecology, Ellen LaConte, Environment, Peak Food, Peak Oil, Sustainability, Urban Gardens
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Lamar W. Hankins : Natural Gas and the Perils of Fracking
Light my fire. Images from the documentary film, Gasland.The perils of fracking:Protecting our waterfrom natural gas production By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 29, 2011 Anyone who drinks water has a stake in the production of … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary Film, Environment, Fracking, Gasland, Natural Gas, pollution
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Ted McLaughlin : The Japan Quake and Nuclear Power
Explosion at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi No 1 plant following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. Image from Reuters.After the Japan quake:We must rethink nuclear power By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 13, 2011 By now everyone knows about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Environment, Japan Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Power, Peak Oil, Ted McLaughlin
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