www.guardian.co.uk
Mission launched to measure change in Himalayas as anecdotal evidence grows of melting ice on mountain's southern approach
9.24.2011
9.23.2011
Why Developing Better Renewable Energy Isn’t Enough: Five Non-Technology Roadblocks to Faster Growt thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
Permitting costs are one of many non-technology roadblocks blocking faster growth of renewable energy by John Farrell, in an Institute for Local Self Reliance cross-post Despite technology’s march toward more efficient and distributed energy production, there’s a substantial tension between the dece...
GOD BLESS JOHN - Jon Stewart Steps Up for Palestine www.newser.com
www.newser.com
On last night’s Daily Show , Jon Stewart summarized the US response to Palestine seeking UN membership: To win a seat, “all you need to do is settle your differences with Israel!”... Media News Summaries. | Newser
9.22.2011
[Coal burning] Carbon capture progress has lost momentum, says climate change agency www.guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
Meeting of senior ministers in Beijing hears that CCS is being left behind due to financial crisis and weakening political will
At NYC Climate Week, Leaders Launch Clean Revolution www.huffingtonpost.com
www.huffingtonpost.com
Doing anything to fight man-made climate change is better than doing nothing at all.
Climate change in the Arctic - The Economist www.economist.com
www.economist.com
ON SEPTEMBER 9th, at the height of its summertime shrinkage, ice covered 4.33m square km, or 1.67m square miles, of the Arctic Ocean, according to America’s National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC).
YOU FOOLS. CO2 emissions up 45 percent in two decades zeenews.india.com
zeenews.india.com
During this period, CO2 emissions in the EU and Russia decreased by seven percent and 28 percent.
HEY, FELLOW WHITEYS! WE'RE SAFE! NO WORRIES! Half of All U.S. Latinos Live In The Country’s Most thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
Jorge Madrid, in a HuffPost repost A major report released jointly this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Latino Coalition on Climate Change, the Center for American Progress and the National Wildlife Federation finds that nearly one in two Latinos live in areas where breat...
Obama Tells Palestinians to Stay in Back of the Bus www.theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com
Perhaps most disappointing is that President Obama, who felt that achieving an Israel-Palestine two state deal was of such strategic significance to the United States that he made it one of the very first out-of-the gate priorities of his administration, has not only offered nothing new to break the...
9.21.2011
9.20.2011
NO PROBLEM! YOUR KIDS WILL PICK UP THE TAB!!! Analysis: Extreme steps needed to meet climate target www.reuters.com
www.reuters.com
LONDON (Reuters) - New research, to be published in the journal Climatic Change in November, suggests humankind may have to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere on a vast scale if emissions
THIS ESTIMATE TOO IS LOW - Global Warming May Cause Far Higher Extinction of Biodiversity Than Previously thought thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
If global warming continues as expected, it is estimated that almost a third of all flora and fauna species worldwide could become extinct. Scientists … discovered that the proportion of actual biodiversity loss should quite clearly be revised upwards: by 2080, more than 80% of genetic diversity wit...
9.19.2011
We've exhausted EVERYTHING but Waging Love for Joy. It's our Last and Only hope - Drug deaths now surpass traffic deaths www.latimes.com
www.latimes.com
Propelled by an increase in prescription narcotic overdoses, drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in the United Statealities in U.S., data shows, a Times analysis of government data has found.
Presbyterians want to make pro-Palestine statement www.chron.com
www.chron.com
(AP) â A committee within the Louisville-based Presbyterian Church (USA) says the denomination should dump investments in three American companies it says profit from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A report from the denomination's Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment says Cate...
2.5 to 1!!! More people support than oppose Palestinian state www.jpost.com
www.jpost.com
BBC study asks 20,000 people in 19 countries if they support independent Palestine; 49% of responders say yes, 21% say no, 30% not sure.
FDR SPOKE and WWII was won. Oh, so simple. GARBAGE - Historian Douglas Brinkley: “We Need a Presidential Address on Global Warming thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
So few public figures who are not scientists or environmentalists speak out on climate change these days that it is noteworthy when one does. MSNBC’s Martin Bashir show had a segment a few weeks ago on “The political legacy of Hurricane Irene” with historian Douglas Brinkley, author of “The Great D...
TROY DAVIS EXECUTION WED - FBI TROY DAVIS TO BE EXECUTED WED. WAS YOUR SIGNATURE ONE OF 600K? Director William Sessions say Davis should be granted clemency Troy D www.ajc.com
TROY DAVIS EXECUTION WED - FBI Director William Sessions say Davis should be granted clemency Troy D
www.ajc.comThe condemned in Georgia always have a long and tortuous journey to the execution chamber. But the case of Troy Anthony Davis, whose execution is set for Wednesday, has been perhaps the most extraordinary and controversial legal odyssey in the state’s history.
LIKE A DAM FILLING BEFORE ELIMINATING THE TOWN - Deep Oceans May Mask Global Warming for a Time: Stu www.ibtimes.com
LIKE A DAM FILLING BEFORE ELIMINATING THE TOWN - Deep Oceans May Mask Global Warming for a Time: Stu
www.ibtimes.comDeep oceans may absorb enough heat to mask the effects of global warming for decades as per a new study.
YOUR DENIAL IS RAPING, KILLING YOUR MOTHER - Climate Change Beaches 20,000 Walruses [Video] www.care2.com
www.care2.com
This year's sea ice levels are among the lowest in recorded history. So for the fourth year in a row, thousands of walruses have returned to shore in search of food.
9.18.2011
KISS IT GOODBYE OR GET OFF IT (YOUR ---) - Deep oceans may mask global warming › News in Science www.abc.net.au
www.abc.net.au
Heat sink Deep areas of Earth's oceans may absorb enough heat that warming of the surface pauses for as long as a decade, a new study has found.
Ron Paul’s Campaign Manager Died Sick and Uninsured, the Way ‘Freedom’ Allows nymag.com
nymag.com
Kent Snyder was just 49-years-old when he was killed by pneumonia.
Saint (seriously) Norman Finkelstein - [FLOTILLA MASACRE] Palmer report an example of ‘moral imbecili www.todayszaman.com
www.todayszaman.com
Norman Gary Finkelstein, an American-Jewish political scientist who is highly critical of Israeli policy in the Middle East and banned from entering Israel for security reasons, has slammed the UN's recently released Palmer report on the Gaza flotilla attack describing it as a “mixture of legal frau...
Israel: Adrift at Sea Alone www.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategy doesn’t give America anything to work with.
9.17.2011
Americans do climate change flip-flop, but skeptics are more skeptical | ZDNet www.zdnet.com
www.zdnet.com
Severe weather and vehement global warming denials apparently have got more Americans thinking about climate change,
SPECTATE BABY, SPECTATE - D.C. area’s recent rainfall might be once-in-a-thousand-years event www.washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com
Recent rainfall in the D.C. area might have been once-in-millennium event, the National Weather Service said.
BURN COAL BABY, BURN IT - Global Food Prices Stuck Near Record High Levels thinkprogress.org
thinkprogress.org
World food prices remained virtually unchanged between July and August 2011 according to the FAO Food Price Index published today. The Index averaged 231 points last month compared to 232 points in July. It was 26 percent higher than in August 2010 but seven points below its all-time high of 238 poi...
Jimmy Carter backs Palestinian U.N. bid - Associated Press www.politico.com
www.politico.com
He wouldn’t favor the appeal if the W.H. had “put forward any sort of comprehensive peace proposal.”
Forbes - Heart's Heaven. Head/Flesh Hell. The Ten Happiest Jobs - Forbes www.forbes.com
www.forbes.com
The list of the Ten Happiest Jobs includes some surprises
9.16.2011
Barack Obama still highly popular in Europe: Poll articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com
articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama's ratings have plunged at home but he remains highly popular in Europe, with 75 per cent in 12 EU nations approving his handling of global affairs, a poll has
Is Israel Over? www.thedailybeast.com
www.thedailybeast.com
No longer the liberal, egalitarian society it once was, Israel is fighting the Arabs—and itself.
Ga. death-row case shows power of social media www.usatoday.com
www.usatoday.com
A social media campaign to stop an execution in Georgia next week is drawing support from hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
New atlas shows extent of climate change www.guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
The world's newest island makes it on to the map as the Arctic Uunartoq Qeqertaq, or Warming Island, is officially recognised
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