Marcellus boom threatens climate change action, study says Charleston Gazette

Marcellus boom threatens climate change action, study says

Charleston Gazette - ‎11 hours ago‎

The boom in drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale and other similar formations will likely suppress the development of alternative energies that are urgently needed to combat global warming, according to a new study by researchers at the ...

Where Republicans join Democrats in fighting global warming Telegraph.co.uk

Where Republicans join Democrats in fighting global warming

Telegraph.co.uk (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎

And there they will find conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats working together to try to minimise the threat of global warming. Four neighbouring counties, spanning the political spectrum - Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach, ...

'Our Work, Our Only Salvation now, is to Channel Christ, the Spirit of Love. Each Second.' SL

'Our Work, Our Only Salvation now, is to Channel Christ, the Spirit of Love. Each Second.' SL

'The Ultimate INSHE Warrior, objectively. History's Ultimate 'Yoda,''so far.' SL

Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies 'could provide half of global carbon target' The Guardian

Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies 'could provide half of global carbon target'

The Guardian - ‎1 hour ago‎

... gas and coal industries in less obvious ways, such as providing tax breaks or favourable access to land and infrastructure.

Home Insurance Premiums Spike With Increasing Climate Disasters | NPR

Home Insurance Premiums Spike With Increasing Climate Disasters | NPR

State Department - Purported Keystone XL Benefits Are Myths

'King, Gandhi proved that Temporary Insane Humanity is Doom. Permanance, or die now.' SL

'King, Gandhi proved that Temporary Insane Humanity is Doom.  Permanance, or die now.'  SL

Red States are just plain Cruel

Humane Society: California best, South Dakota worst for animals

Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎

It's official: California is a land of bunny-huggers. For the third year in a row, California has earned higher marks than any other state in a survey that looks at everything from the treatment of farm animals to the keeping of pet bears.

World Bank warns countries to prepare for a global slump USA TODAY

World Bank warns countries to prepare for a global slump

USA TODAY - ‎1 hour ago‎

By Joe McDonald, AP BEIJING - The World Bank warned Wednesday of a possible slump in global economic growth and urged developing countries to prepare for shocks that could be more severe than the 2008 crisis.

Israeli Gestapo Executions Continue: Israeli strike kills two in Gaza as peace talks continue to stall RT

Israeli strike kills two in Gaza as peace talks continue to stall

RT

'We are not here to survive. We are here to serve.' SL

'We are not here to survive.  We are here to serve.'  SL

LEADERSHIP. COURAGE: Obama administration to deny Keystone XL oil pipeline permit Los Angeles Times

Obama administration to deny Keystone XL oil pipeline permit

Los Angeles Times - ‎16 minutes ago‎

By Neela Banerjee and Christi Parsons Washington Bureau The Obama administration has decided that it will not issue a permit before Feb. 21 for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, according to people with knowledge of the decision.

Obama Admin Said to Reject Keystone Pipeline Bloomberg

Obama Administration Said to Reject Keystone XL Oil Pipeline BusinessWeek

'My personal horror is that I can't figure how to stop the train with my Life, yet.' SL

'My personal horror is that I can't figure how to stop the train with my Life, yet.' SL

George Bernard Shaw: “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.” SL, too.

George Bernard Shaw:  “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.”  SL, too.

“If 90 percent of the oncological community said something was causing cancer we'd listen to them,”

Will Old-School Conservatives Rally to Slow Climate Change?

Forbes - ‎41 minutes ago‎

That's when former Utah governor Jon Huntsman told Time Magazine why he “believed” in climate change. “If 90 percent of the oncological community said something was causing cancer we'd listen to them,” he said.

OBAMA PEACEMAKER: Iranian lawmaker says Obama proposed talks in addition to warning on Iran's ... Washington Post

Iranian lawmaker says Obama proposed talks in addition to warning on Iran's ...

Washington Post - ‎49 minutes ago‎

TEHRAN, Iran - US President Barack Obama has called for direct talks with Iran in a secret letter to the Islamic Republic's supreme leader that also warned Tehran against closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a conservative Iranian lawmaker was ...

EXCELLEN JOURNALISM: Occupy DC has a plan: To stay in the public's face Washington Post

Occupy DC has a plan: To stay in the public's face

Washington Post

This has been a winterless winter in Washington DC. [Washington Post]

This has been a winterless winter in Washington DC. [Washington Post]

'Last yrs SOTU, police let me alone stay while Pr. O's motorcade passed. Deep Joy.' SL

'Last yrs SOTU, police let me alone stay while Pr. O's motorcade passed.  Deep Joy.' SL

CHRISTLIKE: Homeless Intel science compo whiz off to see Obama Register

Homeless Intel science compo whiz off to see Obama

Register - ‎1 hour ago‎

By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author Intel science competition semifinalist Samantha Garvey has been invited to attend US President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Garvey, whose tale of academic excellence in the face of ...

Homeless science whiz invited to State of Union CBS News

OMG; SANE JOURNALISM: Barack Obama remains our best bet Independent Online

Barack Obama remains our best bet

Independent Online - ‎1 hour ago‎

Eight years ago, in a speech that catapulted Barack Obama into the spotlight of American politics, the young aspirant senator for Illinois brought the Democratic convention to its feet with this rousing declaration: “There is not a liberal America and ...

Wall St. to Capitol Hill: 'Occupy' takes rage to Congress RT

Wall St. to Capitol Hill: 'Occupy' takes rage to Congress

RT

Saw Global Warming in the 70's: Princeton physicist wins prestigious climate-change research prize

Princeton physicist wins prestigious climate-change research prize

The Times of Trenton - NJ.com - ‎20 minutes ago‎

By Michele Angermiller/For The Times PRINCETON -- To some, the subject of global warming is a recent phenomenon, but Princeton University physicist Issac Held has been researching it since the '70s.

IS THE RIGHT USING WARMING AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION? China report spells out "grim" climate change risks Reuters

China report spells out "grim" climate change risks

Reuters - ‎8 hours ago‎

By Chris Buckley | BEIJING (Reuters) - Global warming threatens China's march to prosperity by cutting crops, shrinking rivers and unleashing more droughts and floods, says the government's latest assessment of climate change, projecting big shifts in ...

Global warming threatens China's advance Sydney Morning Herald

Global Warming: The Evidence is Endless Canada Free Press

Keystone XL Pipeline “Makes No Sense For America,” Says Sustainable Business Coalition

Keystone XL Pipeline “Makes No Sense For America,” Says Sustainable Business Coalition

Murder charges filed in 4 US homeless slayings The Associated Press

Murder charges filed in 4 US homeless slayings

The Associated Press - ‎11 minutes ago‎

SANTA ANA, California (AP) - A 23-year-old Iraq War veteran charged with the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in a rampage that terrorized Southern California had selected additional victims, prosecutors said Tuesday.

STUNNING: Chaplin - Greatest Speech Ever Made

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STUNNING: Chaplin - Greatest Speech Ever Made

National Center For Science Education Launches Fight Against Climate Denial In Schools

Anti-Labor Koch Brothers Launch $6 Million Solyndra ‘Workers’ Attack Ad

Anti-Labor Koch Brothers Launch $6 Million Solyndra ‘Workers’ Attack Ad

Rig for oil and gas fields off Nigeria’s coast for Chevron caught fire

rig exploring possible oil and gas fields off Nigeria’s coast for Chevron caught fire [Guardian]