‘Big Coal’ - not the solution, and then some
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
[NOTE — I will not be with my computer for the next few days. Will post again when I can, probably Sunday or Monday]
Have wanted to bring this to your attention — a new book about the coal industry, entitled Big Coal: the Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, […]
On the road again
Fostering Ecological Hope
Today from Margaret Swedish:
Dear Blog Readers,
I’m on the road again and over the next several days will have only sporadic access to the internet. I will post as I can.
Thanks for visiting, and for caring about our beautiful Earth.
Margaret
Gore v. Alberta’s oil industry
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Al Gore is, of course, facing pretty stiff, and fairly enraged opposition from the economic interests threatened by his campaign to stop global warming and save the planet from a very hot future. Here is an example from Alberta, Canada, whose premier, Ralph Klein, took umbrage with Gore’s slam […]
Agenda for Climate Change from Pew
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Another resource of note. The Pew Center on Gobal Climate Change published a report last February that includes a 15-point Agenda for Climate Change. You can read the entire report or the summary at this link. I know many of us squirm when nuclear power is included among the […]
The choice before the court
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Just wanted to share today’s editorial in the NY Times regarding the case on global warming before the Supreme Court. The legal arguments will center on whether or not the federal government has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, with the Bush administration arguing that it does not. […]
Wildfires - ‘another part of a chain of reactions to climate warming’
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Yes, even the wildfires. Earlier, warmer springs mean earlier snowmelt, which means earlier evaporation, longer seasons for the earth to dry out. Here’s is a link to an article describing the results of yet another study on the growing impacts of global warming — impacts that are no longer only about the future, […]
Climate change ‘real and severe’ - BBC
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Ooo, this is some really tough stuff. As some of my readers know, the British climate scientist James Lovelock is one of our gloomiest experts on climate change, predicting catastrophe before this century is out as temperatures across the globe rise 3C to 5C (for examples, billions dead and civilizations […]
Acid Oceans — editorial from the Washington Post
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
I posted yesterday on the new study that shows how carbon dioxide absorption is raising acidity in the world’s oceans, threatening corals and other marine life. Today, the Washington Post, which has been doing a lot of reporting on our global warming/climate change crisis, wrote a strong editorial regarding […]
The death of coral reefs
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
They are so beautiful. They are vital for marine life. And they are dying.
If you care about the ecology of our planet, you have probably already heard that coral reefs are in deep trouble. A new report shows that they are dying because of rising levels of acidity in the […]
Friedman detaches from technology, hears Earth
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
I am bemused by Thomas Friedman’s travel columns lately as he begins to discover a more essential world, the one we abandoned with modernity and capitalist consumption. His column this morning made me smile. He speaks of a spiritual insight as if discovering something new, though it is truly ancient, […]
