Climate Change
Coal-Fired Power on the Way Out?
Submitted by rick on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 00:04.Published on Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON - The past two years
have witnessed the emergence of a powerful movement opposing the
construction of new coal-fired power plants in the United States.
Initially led by environmental groups, both national and local, it has
since been joined by prominent national political leaders and many
state governors.
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PLANKTON SAY: "GOOD NIGHT"
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 13:49.PLANKTON SAY: "GOOD NIGHT"
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Deniers beware. Another one of those pesky scientific studies which is probably well over your feeble heads is out and it comes with some dire warnings. A new study says the seas are acidifying ten times faster today than 55 million years ago when a mass extinction of marine species occurred. And, the study concludes current changes in ocean chemistry due to the burning of fossil fuels may portend a new wave of die-offs.
The following is from that notorious anarchist group which calls themselves PhysOrg.com.
Rate of ocean acidification the fastest in 65 million years read more »
[David Rovics] Report from Cop-enhagen
Submitted by rick on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 13:25.The signs up all over the airport and various places elsewhere in town
are calling it Hopenhagen, but everybody I know is calling it
Cop-enhagen, which seems far more appropriate. The international media
has been giving this lots of coverage, and rightly so. Of course much
of the media is unable to walk and chew gum at the same time, so other
things, such as the reason the protests are happening in the first
place, can get lost.
Inside the Bella Center lots of stuff is going on. Namely the US,
Australia and others leading the way in making sure nothing meaningful
takes place there, while many other delegates and activists within try
to make the best of it, or at least make the effort to thoroughly read more »
Media Matters: With "Climategate" and Jennings smears, the right goes guerilla
Submitted by rick on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 13:28.The conservative reaction to President Obama's election is turning downright Faustian.
As the rhetoric on the right has grown increasingly shrill, a few conservatives have raised their voices in alarm, counseling their ideological kin to step back from the abyss. Former Bush speechwriter David Frum wrote in August that "the increasingly angry tone of incitement being heard from right-of-center broadcasters" is likely to lead to politically motivated violence. Not two weeks ago, conservative blogger Charles Johnson articulated the reasons behind his departure from the right, citing conservative support for "anti-science bad craziness" and "[h]atred for President Obama that goes far beyond simply criticizing his policies." read more »
MOBILIZE! – NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Submitted by rick on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 09:21.
As
the world’s biggest companies and their friends in government continue
to fight a transition to more just and sustainable ways of living,
climate change threatens to turn our world upside down with water
shortages, crop failures, sea level rise and ecosystem collapse. A
million species face extinction by the end of the century, and the
people who have contributed least to the problem will continue to be
the hardest hit. What can be done at this critical juncture, with our
future at stake?
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Coal: Atrocities From Appalachia To Black Mesa
Submitted by rick on Sun, 11/01/2009 - 13:59.Thankfully the struggle of Mountain Top Removal has entered the radar
screen of activists concerned with climate change. The residents
impacted by this very destructive form of coal extraction suffer the
loss of over 3 millions acres of their Appalacian Mountain community.
Last December, over 500 million gallons of toxic coal sludge erupted
over 400 acres destroying homes and spreading pollution larger than the
Exxon Valdez oil spill.
"Tennessee coal sludge disaster ‘shows that the term clean coal is an oxymoron.’
Monday, more than 500 million gallons of toxic coal sludge burst
through a retention wall in eastern Tennessee, causing massive property
and environmental damage and leaving residents holding their breath read more »
Govt Threatens Tar Sands Activists with Anti-Terror Laws
Submitted by rick on Tue, 10/20/2009 - 18:27.Published on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 by Inter Press Service
VANCOUVER - The provincial
government in Alberta, Canada is threatening to unleash its
counterterrorism plan if activists continue using civil disobedience to
protest the tar sands, Canada's fastest source of greenhouse gas
emissions.
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Join The Caravan In Support Of Big Mountain Resistance Communities of Black Mesa, AZ. November 21-28, 2009
Submitted by rick on Sun, 09/13/2009 - 10:45.Greetings from Black Mesa Indigenous Support,
We are excited to inform you that a caravan of work crews will once again be converging from across the country in support of residents of the Big Mountain regions of Black Mesa. On behalf of their peoples, their sacred ancestral lands and future generations, these communities continue to carry out a staunch resistance to the efforts of the US Government, which is acting in the interests of the Peabody Coal Company, to devastate whole communities and ecosystems and greatly de-stabilize our planet's climate for the profit of an elite few. read more »
Police warn of G20 protest scale
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 03/20/2009 - 13:35.
BBC March 20, 2009
Known activists are planning in an "unprecedented" way ahead of next month's G20 summit in London, the Metropolitan Police have warned.
Cdr Bob Broadhurst, in charge of the policing operation, said anarchists and environmentalists were plotting a series of demonstrations.
Groups active in the late 1990s were re-emerging and forming new alliances to protest at the meeting, he said. read more »
Weather Report from the LA Times: Warm and Getting Warmer
Submitted by mike on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 08:26.Greenhouse gas emissions shock scientists - Los Angeles Times
This is not good news. Despite the economic slowdown, greenhouse gas emissions have grown at a higher rate than anticipated. Carbon dioxide output actually grew by 3% when it was expected to fall.
Our natural carbon sinks on the planet - the oceans and the forests - appear to be slowing in their capacity to capture carbon dioxide. read more »
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