Monday, October 31, 2011

Koch-Funded Scientist Shocked To Discover World Getting Rapidly Warmer

Koch-Funded Scientist Shocked To Discover World Getting Rapidly Warmer

Vertical Farming at The Plant: How a Former Meat-Packing Facility Became a Successful Farm

Vertical Farming at The Plant: How a Former Meat-Packing Facility Became a Successful Farm: pby Cole Mellino There’s a heated debate among proponents of urban agriculture about whether vertical farming is truly feasible. Most people agree that it would solve many of our current agricultural problems, such as land and water use, heavy reliance on chemical inputs, fertilizer runoff and soil erosion, and carbon emissions from transportation. However, real [...]/p

Earth to CNN: It's Getting Warmer

Earth to CNN: It's Getting Warmer

Friday, October 28, 2011

House Airline Bill is Bad for Business, Jobs and the Climate

House Airline Bill is Bad for Business, Jobs and the Climate: pHarsh GOP Response to EU Emissions Trading System Risks Disaster for U.S. Industry by Andrew Light and Rebecca Lefton On Monday the U.S. House of Representatives took the unusual step of passing a bill, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011, which would forbid U.S. airlines from participating in an EU law [...]/p

Map Reveals Stark Divide in Who Caused Climate Change and Who's Being Hit | Common Dreams

Map Reveals Stark Divide in Who Caused Climate Change and Who's Being Hit | Common Dreams

Kneecapping the Environment | Common Dreams

Kneecapping the Environment | Common Dreams

Friday, October 21, 2011

Massachusetts Is The Most Energy Efficient State

Massachusetts Is The Most Energy Efficient State: pAccording to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Massachusetts has edged out California as the most energy efficient state, with scores of 45.5 and 44 out of 50 on ACEEE’s rankings. The council used six criteria to score each state: utility and public benefits programs and policies, transportation policies, building energy codes, combined heat [...]/p

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Hot Dog Bites Skeptical Man: Koch-Funded Berkeley Temperature Study Does “Confirm the Reality of Global Warming”

Hot Dog Bites Skeptical Man: Koch-Funded Berkeley Temperature Study Does “Confirm the Reality of Global Warming”: pFour new papers confirm that “the world is warming fast,” as the Economist summed it up.  One paper finds that “the effect of urban heating on the global trends is nearly negligible.”  Another finds that the work of the scientist-smearing denier Anthony Watts is pure BS. Okay, that’s all “dog bites man” stuff, which is [...]/p

Global Warming Study Finds No Grounds for Climate Sceptics' Concerns | Common Dreams

Global Warming Study Finds No Grounds for Climate Sceptics' Concerns | Common Dreams

Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts

Evidence Builds That Scientists Underplay Climate Impacts: pFar from being “alarmist,” predictions from climate scientists in many cases are proving to be more conservative than observed climate-induced impacts. The observed rate of Arctic ice loss exceeds the projections of all IPCC climate models — by NSIDC scientist Julienne Stroeve updated through 2011 (via Climate Crocks, click to enlarge). By Douglas Fischer, Daily [...]/p

Climate Ethicist: Why Should People in the Future Pay to Clean Up Our Mess?

Climate Ethicist: Why Should People in the Future Pay to Clean Up Our Mess?: pThe global challenge of climate change poses a perfect moral storm — by failing to take action to rein in carbon emissions, the current generation is spreading the costs of its behavior far into the future. Why should people in the future pay to clean up our mess? by Stephen Gardiner, in a Yale Environment [...]/p

A Big Source of Climate Confusion: The Factor of 3.67 Difference Between Carbon vs. Carbon Dioxide

A Big Source of Climate Confusion: The Factor of 3.67 Difference Between Carbon vs. Carbon Dioxide: pOne of the biggest source of confusion and errors in climate discussions concerns “carbon” versus “carbon dioxide.” I was reminded of this last week because of my post Economics Stunner: “Oil and Coal-Fired Power Plants Have Air Pollution Damages Larger Than Their Value Added.” I noticed that Skeptical Science innocently confused C and CO2. The [...]/p

Media Called to Arms in Green Battle | Common Dreams

Media Called to Arms in Green Battle | Common Dreams

Sunday, October 16, 2011

The New York Times Asks “Where Did Global Warming Go?” While Ignoring Its Own Failed Coverage

The New York Times Asks “Where Did Global Warming Go?” While Ignoring Its Own Failed Coverage: p  The New York Times is one of many major news outlets blowing the story of the century (see “Silence of the Lambs: Media herd’s coverage of climate change “fell off the map” in 2010“). The one-time “paper of record” cut coverage sharply since its peak in 2006 and 2007 and failed to connect the [...]/p

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Fox News' War On The EPA

Fox News' War On The EPA

Thom Hartmann: Climate Change Facts

Thom Hartmann: Climate Change vs Professional Wrestling

Saving Valentina



A very moving and positive video.

Eight Must-Have Charts Summarize the Evidence for a “Human Fingerprint” on Recent Climate Change

Eight Must-Have Charts Summarize the Evidence for a “Human Fingerprint” on Recent Climate Change: pClick to Enlarge The Yale Project on Climate Change Communications asked Americans “If you had the opportunity to talk to an expert on global warming, which of the following questions would you like to ask?” The top question, as reported in their “Global Warming’s Six Americas in May 2011” report, is “How do you know that [...]/p

Solar and Wind Could Power the West Right Now, All of America in 2026

Solar and Wind Could Power the West Right Now, All of America in 2026: pby John Farrell, in two posts that came from Energy Self-Reliant States The Germans have installed over 10,000 megawatts of solar panels in the past two years, enough to power 2 million American homes (or most of Los Angeles, CA).  If Americans installed local solar at the same torrid pace, we could already power most [...]/p

Victory at Sea - Governor Signs Protection of Sharks into Law | Francesca Koe's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Victory at Sea - Governor Signs Protection of Sharks into Law | Francesca Koe's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Koch Brothers Exposed: Koch Industries And Cancer

A Clip From The Cove

She's Alive

Acid Test

ABC News: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Charles Moore On The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Where are US Global Warming Emissions Headed?

Where are US Global Warming Emissions Headed?

Record Heat Causes Peanut Butter Prices to Skyrocket: “I Don’t Remember A Year” We Had “So Little Moisture”

Record Heat Causes Peanut Butter Prices to Skyrocket: “I Don’t Remember A Year” We Had “So Little Moisture”: p“The drought conditions should sure that have plagued farmers this growing season have taken a toll on the area’s peanut crop. Withered blooms, burned pods and few undeveloped peanuts define this year’s peanut crop for many area farmers.” (Photo/Jaine Treadwell) First, we heard that climate change could decimate the chocolate industry. Now it’s peanut butter. [...]/p

Why the Whole Idea of the U.S Achieving 'Energy Independence' Is a Sham That Enriches Big Oil and Coal | Environment | AlterNet

Why the Whole Idea of the U.S Achieving 'Energy Independence' Is a Sham That Enriches Big Oil and Coal | Environment | AlterNet

Friday, October 7, 2011

Acid Test

Robert Bryce Raises Climate Denial To New Levels Of Stupid

Robert Bryce Raises Climate Denial To New Levels Of Stupid: p“The science is not settled, not by a long shot,” writes disinformer Robert Bryce in the Wall Street Journal. “Last month, scientists at CERN, the prestigious high-energy physics lab in Switzerland, reported that neutrinos might—repeat, might—travel faster than the speed of light. If serious scientists can question Einstein’s theory of relativity, then there must be [...]/p

Who Is Robert Bryce?

Who Is Robert Bryce?

People-Powered Testimony Against Keystone XL Tar Sands | Common Dreams

People-Powered Testimony Against Keystone XL Tar Sands | Common Dreams

Lawsuit: TransCanada is Illegally Clearing the Way for Keystone XL Pipeline | Truthout

Lawsuit: TransCanada is Illegally Clearing the Way for Keystone XL Pipeline | Truthout

Our Oceans Are in Dire Shape, But Without Them All Life on Land -- Human, Plant and Animal -- Is Totally Screwed | Water | AlterNet

Our Oceans Are in Dire Shape, But Without Them All Life on Land -- Human, Plant and Animal -- Is Totally Screwed | Water | AlterNet

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Media Bias: Solyndra v. Keystone XL

Media Bias: Solyndra v. Keystone XL: pIn recent weeks, email communications between Obama administration officials and corporate executives at energy companies have come to light. Television coverage of the Solyndra photovoltaic company’s bankruptcy has been wall-to-wall, with over 190 mentions and 10 hours of coverage (led by Fox News) between Aug. 31 and Sept. 23. Meanwhile, emails from the permitting process [...]/p

Top 10 Reasons Why Renewable Energy Wins — On Solyndra, Silver Bullets and Solar Buckshot

Top 10 Reasons Why Renewable Energy Wins — On Solyndra, Silver Bullets and Solar Buckshot: pThis GreenTechMedia repost is a joint effort of the solar industry supergroup:  Doug Payne, Donnie Fowler, Danny Kennedy, Ned Harvey, Tom McCalmont, Jigar Shah By now the financial, political, and emotional fallout from the recent Solyndra bankruptcy filing is running at full tilt. Print, online, and social media channels are filled with the appropriate questions about what [...]/p