Entries Tagged as 'climate change'

One-way street

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Not good news:
A chunk of ice spreading across seven square miles has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists said Tuesday.
Derek Mueller, a research at Trent University, was careful not to blame global warming, but said it the event was consistent with the theory that the current Arctic climate isn’t rebuilding ice […]

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Disaster capitalism

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Naomi Klein is author of one of the most fascinating pieces I’ve ever read, “Baghdad Year Zero,” in which she talked about her theory of “shock doctrine” and the rise of “disaster capitalism,” which she later turned into a book.
At its core, as she describes in a new piece in The Nation, disaster capitalism is “today’s […]

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Tags: Food · Oil · War in Iraq · climate change

On the rocks

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments

No ice at the North Pole this summer?:
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of […]

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Just talk about the weather

June 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, whaddya know.
WASHINGTON — Evidence is strong that the increasing frequency of extreme rain, heat, drought and tropical storms is caused by global climate change, according to a report released Thursday by a panel of government scientists.
You don’t say.
And human activity probably is the reason, according to the report from the U.S. Climate Change Science […]

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Tags: Weather · climate change

Paging Kevin Bacon

June 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I always read Kuntsler when I need to feel more depressed than I already am. He doesn’t disappoint this week:
These are not your daddy’s or granddaddy’s floods. These are 500-year floods, events not seen before non-Indian people starting living out on that stretch of the North American prairie. The vast majority of home-owners in Eastern […]

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Tags: Economy · Food · climate change

End times

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Creepy. In line with the record flooding in the Midwest, and all the tornadoes, ABC News asks some top scientists - are we living in the last century of civilization?:
Experts say that extreme changes in climate, combined with dwindling resources, famine, war and disease have the potential to create a post-apocalyptic world in less than […]

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The idea of enough

July 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Because I play guitar and often - or at least, too often for my wife - buy guitar-related things, I get several catalogs from music retailers. Basically, you buy one thing from these companies and you’re on their mailing list forever, as they hope you buy some more.

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Tags: Oil · climate change · Environment

Pump it up

May 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Gas prices hit a record at the pump Monday, - averaging $3.073 per gallon nationwide, eclipsing the post-Katrina record. Futures fell, but that’s of little comfort now.
When the history of this era is written, Our Leader’s miniscule approval rating will be tied specifically to two factors - the war in Iraq, and the inexorable rise […]

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Tags: Oil · climate change

It’s not global warming. But what if it is?

May 10th, 2007 · No Comments

This is pretty much why I think the idea of global warming is beginning to get more and more traction:
Nature’s fury made life miserable Wednesday from one end of the nation to the other, with people forced out of their homes by wildfires near both coasts and the Canadian border and by major flooding in […]

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