Democracy Now A DAILY INDEPENDENT GLOBAL NEWS HOUR With Amy Goodman & Juan González Watch Video: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/2/19/the_atm_for_climate_denial_secretive While the secretive Donors Trust has given millions to a variety of right-wing causes, denying climate change appears to be its top priority. An analysis by the environmentalist group Greenpeace reveals Donors Trust has funneled more than one-third of
NATURAL GAS: Beyond the boom, unanswered questions about the life of new wells
Peter Behr, E&E reporter EnergyWire: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Second in a series. See the first part here. As energy companies began to sink horizontal wells into the Barnett Shale of north-central Texas a decade ago, a distinctive production curve appeared that has become a strong visual symbol in the debate about the future of the vast
IMF Chief: ‘Unless We Take Action On Climate Change, Future Generations Will Be Roasted, Toasted, Fried And Grilled’
By Joe Romm on Feb 5, 2013 at 6:25 pm Think Progress Climate Progress Another day, another icon of the global financial system becomes a climate hawk. You may recall World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said of the climate crisis: “If there is no action soon, the future will become bleak.” Turns out IMF managing director Christine Lagarde is also a
NASA Retirees Who Have No Climate Expertise Try To Debunk NASA Scientists Who Do
By Climate Guest Blogger on Jan 28, 2013 at 2:51 pm Think Progress Climate Progress by Dana Nuccitelli, via Skeptical Science In April of 2012, 49 former NASA employeessent a letter to the current NASA administrator requesting that he effectively muzzle the climate scientists at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS). None of those former NASA
National Climate Assessment Delivers Dire Warning On Climate Threat
FARRON COUSINS DeSmogBlog.com A draft version of the 2013 National Climate Assessment is making headlines this week, and not because it is so uplifting. According to the report, the effects of climate change are becoming alarmingly visible throughout America and the rest of the world. The 1146-page report reads less like a government assessment
The face of climate change in America
01/16/2013 // 10:37 PM // AVERY PALMER, WRITER AND EDITOR The Climate Reality Project blog How is climate change affecting the United States right now? What about the part of the country where you live? These questions are now a lot easier to answer with the release of a major new draft report: The National Climate Assessment.
‘Like Wildfire’: Images of Climate Catastrophe in Australia Go Global
Photographs of bushfires offer a glimpse of our future on a hotter, drier planet Lauren McCauley, staff writer CommonDreams.org As fires continue to rage across Australia with soaring temperatures fueling the flames, images of the catastrophe spreading around the web capture the heartbreak, harrow and heat. An image of a family huddled beneath a dock,
Rogue geoengineering could ‘hijack’ world’s climate
Techniques aimed at averting global warming could lead to an unpredictable international crisis, a report has warned John Vidal The Guardian The world’s climate could be hijacked by a rogue country or wealthy individual firing small particles into the stratosphere, claims a warning that comes not from a new Hollywood movie trailer
The best solution for climate change is a carbon tax
By Ralph Nader JANUARY 4, 2013 Named by The Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history, and by Time and Life magazines as one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century, Ralph Nader has helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water,
Report finds Antarctic thaw is twice as bad as anyone thought
New research reveals that original climate estimates were based on faulty data OLIVER DUGGAN The Independent Temperatures in the western part of Antarctica are rising almost twice as fast as previously believed, adding to fears that continued thaws are causing sea levels to rise, according to comprehensive research published this week. In
Cartoon of the Week: “Blind Faith of Climate Change Deniers Endangers Us All”
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner David Horsey had a cartoon and column in the L. A. Times this week, “Blind faith of climate change deniers endangers us all.” Here’s an excerpt: Great harm is what comes from denying scientific facts about 21st century issues. That is the concern of the second Newsweek article. Written by Mark Hertsgaard, author of “Hot:
‘I’d Rather Fight Like Hell’: Naomi Klein’s Fierce New Resolve to Fight for Climate Justice
‘Climate change is the human-rights struggle of our time’ by Wen Stephenson Naomi Klein, black-clad and sharp-tongued mistress of the global anti-corporate left, friend to Occupiers and scourge of oil barons, stood outside a dressing room backstage at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre one night last month, a clear-eyed baby boy on her hip. Author and activist
Mother Nature Is Just Getting Warmed Up: Record-Smashing Early December Assures 2012 Will Be Hottest In U.S. History
By Joe Romm on Dec 13, 2012 at 8:12 pm We’ve had spring weather in early December — and that guarantees 2012 will be the hottest year on record for the United States. I had reported on Monday that 2012 was virtually certain to be the hottest on record thanks to the warm November and blistering early December. Now
Doubling Down on Climate Change Denial
By Phil Plait Posted Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at 8:00 AM ET Oh, those wacky professional climate change deniers! Once again, they’ve banded together a passel of people, 90 percent of whom aren’t even climatologists, and had them sign a nearly fact-free opinion piece in the Financial Post, claiming global warming isn’t real. It’s an astonishing example of nonsense
2012 expected to be ninth warmest year on record
World Meteorological Organisation data shows average global temperature to date is 14.45C, higher than long-term average Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent Guardian.co.uk This year is likely to be the ninth warmest on record, with global temperatures in 2012 cooler than the average for the past decade owing to the effects of La
