Global Warming - High price of denial and delay
From Margaret Swedish today:
Would it have been better to have prepared for Hurricane Katrina, to have everything in place for a category 4 or 5 storm, and a breach of the levees protecting New Orleans – something that had been predicted for two decades? Was it better to have gutted the Federal Emergency […]
Blogging for the earth
Three weeks ago, Margaret Swedish knew almost nothing about blogging, now here is Swedish’s blog, trying to spread ecological hope by joining in the global conversation. What empowered Margaret Swedish to begin were two workshops led by Chris Abraham, an infectiously enthusiastic teacher whose message was — just go out and get started.
So this message is just to […]
Russian pipeline threatens pristine natural wonder
A Russian government regulatory agency has approved plans to build a 2,500-mile long pipeline that would run perilously close to Lake Baikal, a pristine natural wonder that contains more than 20 percent of the earth’s unfrozen fresh water.
The project, called the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean Pipeline, will carry oil from eastern Siberia to Asian-Pacific markets. […]
Bush goes nuclear with India
Among the many threats to human extinction, one that most people hardly think about these days is the threat of nuclear war. We think it went away with the demise of the Soviet Union. When we do think about it, attention tends to be focused on Iran, which right now is in a struggle […]
Consensus grows on climate change - BBC
For another good story on what we’re dealing with on climate change, see Consensus grows on climate change, a March 1 story from BBC News. The BBC news web site has a lot of great background on global warming, as you will see when you click on this article.
Excerpt: “The doubling of CO2 […]
Melting Antarctic ice sheet heralds warning of global warming
Yet another study heralds the warning: global warming is real and it could spell disaster for human societies. This morning, it was the Washington Post once again, reporting the news: Antarctic Ice Sheet is Melting Rapidly.
It is important to appreciate what a 20-ft. rise in ocean levels means for coastal communities and low-lying […]
New alarming reports on global warming
What will it take to get governments to spring into action appropriate to the real threat of global warming (which some prefer to call “climate change,” but is about warming, nonetheless).?
In yet another instance of the bad news in front of us, London’s The Guardian reports that scientists doing research for the Intergovernmental Panel […]
Beetles destroying Canadian forests - global warming the culprit
Today’s Washington Post contained a very sad article about the voracious beetle destroying forests in British Colombia: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/28/AR2006022801772.html. The beetle is not new. What is new is that Canadian winters are no longer cold enough to kill them off, which is crucial for keeping their population under control. The result? Read the article. It […]
Ready to accept gas tax increase - for the right reasons
A new poll conducted by the New York Times/CBS News shows that a large majority of US Americans are prepared to pay higher gas taxes if these are linked to efforts to reduce global warming. Read the article at:
www.nytimes.com/2006/02/28/national/28gas.html
The poll shows that 85 percent oppose an increase in the federal gas tax. However, when […]
