9.12.2011
"Mom, Uncle, why did you allow this?" Coral Reefs “Will be Gone by the End of the Century,” Thanks to Climate Change an thinkprogress.org
September 12 News: Coral Reefs “Will be Gone by the End of the Century,” Thanks to Climate Change an
thinkprogress.orgA round-up of climate and energy news. Please post other stories below. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the planet’s largest reef system and one of the seven natural wonders of the world, but it may not survive the century. Coral reefs ‘will be gone by end of the century’ Coral reefs are on course...
Robert Gates Thinks that Netanyahu is an Ungrateful Ally www.theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com
Frustration at the highest levels of the Obama Administration with Israeli prime minister Benjamin…
Netanyahu's masquerade is over. The man is dangerous. www.haaretz.com
www.haaretz.com
Promises and words are tools, but in Netanyahu's case, the masquerade is over, even for those who are addicted to false hopes; the man is dangerous.
Israeli Right'll kill everyone to stay in power - Israeli intelligence urges return to peace talks with Palestinians www.haaretz.com
www.haaretz.com
Foreign Ministry, Shin Bet, Mossad and MI documents recommend progress vis-a-vis Palestinians in order to tone down tensions and anger, and improve Israel's diplomatic standing.
9.11.2011
Exxon Bets Billions on Climate Change while funding millions to deniers thinkprogress.org
Exxon Makes Billion-Dollar Bet Climate Change is Real, Here Now and Going to Get Worse But Keeps Fun
thinkprogress.orgHard-core deniers assert that the current warming is just part of a natural cycle. Joe Bastardi, for instance, in a Climate Progress comment, absurdly predicted that “the earth will cool back … to levels we saw in the late 70s, and the [Arctic sea] ice will increase back to those levels in the N he...
Tea Party Is Alone in Denying Climate Change, Poll Finds www.ibtimes.com
www.ibtimes.com
The majority of Democrats, Republicans and Independent voters all believe that climate change is happening, according to a new poll. Only the Tea Party does not. What does this mean for Republican presidential candidates who want to do well both in the primaries and in the general election?
9.09.2011
AND YOU'D DIE FOR WHO? F-16 pilot was ready to give her life on Sept. 11 www.washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com
A pilot reflects on one of the lesser-told tales of Sept. 11: how the first counterpunch the U.S. military prepared to throw at the attackers was effectively a suicide mission.
PLAN B 3.0 IN POWERPOINTS - THE DIFINITIVE HOW TO AVOID CLIMATE GENOCIDE
-
Plan b 3.0 preface slides Published
-
Plan b 3.0 intro chaper 1 Entering a new world Published
-
Chapter 2 deteriorating food and oil security Published
-
Chapter 3 rising temperatures rising seas Published
-
Ch 4 emerging water shortages Published
-
Chapter 5 natural systems under stress Published
-
Chapter 6 failing states and other early signs of decline Published
-
Ch 7 eradicating poverty and stabilizing population Published
-
Chapter 8 restoring the earth Published
-
Chapter 9 feeding 8 billion well Published
-
Ch 10 cities for people not cars Published
-
Ch 11 stopping new carbon plants thru energy efficiency Published
-
Chapter 12 sprinting toward renewable energy Published
-
Chapter 13 the great mobilization (2) Published
-
An Expert Guide to Hunger Strike - Water Only ’Modified’ Published
-
An expert guide to Hunger Strike Water Only - Modified Published
OUTRAGE! CALLING CITIZENS TO ACT! OUTRAGE! Obama Says Voters Must Press Congress to Act on Jobs Pla www.sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com
(Updates with quotes from Obama, Republican lawmakers, analysts beginning in second paragraph.) Sept. 9 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama campaigned to sell his $447 billion jobs proposal, telling voters in the...
EQUIVOCATE BABY, EQUIVOCATE - Christie Stunner: NJ Gov Met With Pollutocrat Koch Before Pulling Out thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
In late May, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced he was pulling his state out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, explaining that it was “not working.” Now a stunning tape of a secret meeting between Christie and Charles Koch sheds light on the Governor’s inexplicable decision to ab...
BYSTAND BABY, BYSTAND - “An Extreme Rainfall Event Unprecedented in Recorded History Has Hit the Bin thinkprogress.org
BYSTAND BABY, BYSTAND - “An Extreme Rainfall Event Unprecedented in Recorded History Has Hit the Bin
thinkprogress.orgDr. Jeff Masters: An extreme rainfall event unprecedented in recorded history has hit the Binghamton, New York area, where 7.49″ fell yesterday. This is the second year in a row Binghamton has recorded a 1-in-100 year rain event; their previous all-time record was set last September, when 4.68″ fel...
Moody's: Obama plan will add 1.9M jobs, But Roman Mob Jeers - Mackenzie Weinger www.politico.com
www.politico.com
A top economist says Obama’s job plan will likely add 1.9 million jobs and grow the economy by 2 percent.
Economists Cheer Jobs Plan, See Do-nothing Citizens as roadblock abcnews.go.com
abcnews.go.com
President Obama presented his $447 billion plan to Congress to put Americans back to work on Thursday evening, spurred on by the Labor Department's announcement last week that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.1 percent in August.
Onlook, baby, onlook - Worst flooding in 40 years hits Northeast - USATODAY.com www.usatoday.com
www.usatoday.com
The worst flooding in almost 40 years overwhelmed parts of the interior Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thursday.
Switching to natural gas won't slow climate change www.khaleejtimes.com
www.khaleejtimes.com
Burning natural gas emits far less carbon dioxide (CO2) than coal, but switching over to this medium won't slow down climate change, claims a new study.
Women at the mercy of climate change mg.co.za
mg.co.za
Pockets of food insecurity are plaguing areas in Southern Africa where floods or prolonged mid-season dry spells have reduced harvests.
UN chief calls for urgent action on climate change - BusinessWeek www.businessweek.com
www.businessweek.com
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that urgent action was needed on climate change, pointing to the famine in the Horn of Africa and devastating floods in northern Australia as examples of the suffering caused by global warming.
GOD BLESS AND PROTECT TURKEY - Turkey says it will escort aid boats to Gaza edition.cnn.com
edition.cnn.com
Turkey's prime minister says the country will follow aid ships to Gaza in an effort to stop incidents like last year's raid by Israeli commandos that killed eight Turks and one Turkish-American.
9.08.2011
US, NO WE CAN'T - Texas healthcare system withering under Gov. Perry www.latimes.com
www.latimes.com
When Texas went to court last year to block President Obama 's healthcare overhaul, Gov. Rick Perry pledged to do everything in his power to "protect our families, taxpayers and medical providers." Texas, he said, could manage its own healthcare.
Arctic Death Spiral Continues: Sea Ice Volume Hits Record Low for Second Straight Year thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
The Polar Science Center at the University of Washington has updated its calculations of Arctic sea ice volume. As usual, Neven has the best graphs of the PSC’s data at his Arctic Sea Ice Blog, a must-read for cryosphere-junkies. The PSC recently improved their PIOMAS model, which combines the best...
United Nations chief says climate change key to world's future www.globalpost.com
www.globalpost.com
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon singled out sustainable development as the top issue facing the planet and central to this was climate change.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)