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Green diary rescue: Pedal power, electric cars, OFA on climate change
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19.5.2013 |
Daily Kos |
| Every week Daily Kos diarists write dozens of environmentally related posts. Many don't get the readership they deserve. Helping improve the odds is the motivation behind the Green Diary Rescue. In the past seven years, there have been 226 of these spotlighting more than 12,645 eco-diaries. Below are categorized links and excerpts to 64 more that appeared in the past seven days. That makes for lots of good reading during the spare moments of your weekend. [ Disclaimer: Inclusion of a diary in the rescue does not necessarily indicate my agreement with or endorsement of it.]
Mr. President, Arctic Ice Loss Portends a Climate Tsunami: The National Arctic Strategy is Suicidal —by FishOutofWater : "President Obama, your advisers just don't get it. We should be running as fast as we can from fossil fuels, not going out to sea to get more of them. The loss of summer sea ice portends a climate tsunami. The ice is keeping the Arctic cold, even in summer. Retreat of the ice is accelerating the ... |
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Editorial: Climate Warnings, Growing Louder
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18.5.2013 |
NY Times: Editorials |
| Editorial: Climate Warnings, Growing Louder |
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Hot and getting hotter
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18.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Mark Reynolds
Published May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT
In the rarefied air of Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, 11,141 feet above sea level, scientists have charted the passing of a milestone that, if ignored, heralds a future for civilization both tragic and chaotic. I’m referring to the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which Charles David Keeling began monitoring in 1958. At that time, CO2 concentration was 313 parts per million. We are now at 400 ppm and that is not good news. Why is this number so important? For hundreds of thou... ... |
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Drumbeat: May 17, 2013
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17.5.2013 |
The Oil Drum |
| Avoiding the 'Energy Abyss'
John Hofmeister doesn’t call it ‘peak oil,’ instead he calls it the ‘energy abyss,’ the point at which the global economy ceases to grow because the oil industry can no longer meet demand.
Hofmeister is the former president of Shell Oil, the same Shell Oil that is preparing to drill the deepest hole yet drilled to reach oil and gas 200 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico in 9,500 feet (2,900m) of water, surpassing the working depth of Shell’s Perdido rig, also located out in the Gulf and producing around 100,000 barrels a day. The cost of that rig: $3 billion.
In his 2010 book, Why We Hate The Oil Companies, Straight talk from an energy insider , he wrote the following:
“It’s inevitable. The industry that produces oil can’t produce enough, unless the world doesn’t grow. It’s possible that we will have such expensive oil that we will stymie growth. How many people will suffer? How many poor will become poorer, while rich become richer because we have failed rational ... |
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Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling – video
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17.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Han Rosling demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissions
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Australia's 'unpopular' carbon price isn't to blame for Labor's poor polling | Alexander White
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17.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Claims that Julia Gillard's unpopularity were linked to her introduction of carbon pricing in 2012 don't stack up
Since the disappointment of Copenhagen in 2009 , Australia has witnessed a concerted scare campaign against action on global warming. The scare campaign has been led by senior commentators in (Murdoch owned) News Limited papers, by conservative radio shock-jocks on the airwaves, and in parliament by extremist opposition party leader Tony Abbott.
From the moment Australia's carbon pricing legislation package, the Clean Energy Future Act, was announced Tony Abbott has barnstormed from one end of Australia to another, declaring a "blood oath" that repealing the carbon price would be his first priority if elected:
"I am giving you the most definite commitment any politician can give that this tax will go. This is a pledge in blood."
Behind this incendiary phrase is Abbott's own climate change policy, a mishmash of ineffective handouts to industry to "clean up" polluting power ... |
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'Green News Report' - May 16, 2013
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17.5.2013 |
BradBlog |
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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hysterical Fox 'News' flip-floppery on Tesla; Consensus strikes again: 97% of climate scientists say global warming is man-made, but the public thinks it's evenly split; CO2 levels pass 400ppm; You're already paying a 'disaster tax'; PLUS: Thanks to renewable energy, one town now has too much ... |
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U.S. Geological Survey: Warmer Springs Causing Loss Of Snow Cover Throughout The Rocky Mountains
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17.5.2013 |
Think Progres |
| U.S. Geological Survey: Warmer Springs Causing Loss Of Snow Cover Throughout The Rocky Mountains |
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Industry Groups Urge Supreme Court To Ban EPA From Regulating CO2
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17.5.2013 |
Think Progres |
| Industry Groups Urge Supreme Court To Ban EPA From Regulating CO2 |
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Over 100 ‘Clean Air Ambassadors’ Call On Congress To Clean Up Its Act
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17.5.2013 |
Think Progres |
| Over 100 ‘Clean Air Ambassadors’ Call On Congress To Clean Up Its Act |
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Obama must Make Fighting Climate Change National Project, or Die the death of a thousand Scandals
(Cached)
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16.5.2013 |
Informed Comment |
| President Obama, like George H. W. Bush, has a problem with the ‘vision thing.’ And that is the reason for which he is being dogged by critics and ‘scandals.’ He presides over a huge bureaucracy and things will go wrong in it, for which he will be blamed if he allows others to control the [...] |
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Study Finds 97% Consensus on Human-Caused Global Warming in the Peer-Reviewed Literature
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16.5.2013 |
Think Progres |
| Study Finds 97% Consensus on Human-Caused Global Warming in the Peer-Reviewed Literature |
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Letters: No plans for new investment in coal
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16.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Your article ( European energy chief puts forward case for funding coal , 12 May) says the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has "hinted it may expand funding of high-carbon coal projects despite mounting pressure from climate change campaigners to rule out such investments". This suggestion is wrong. The EBRD is not considering an expansion of its funding of coal projects. The EBRD has been pioneering in its development of a sustainable energy initiative which is actively promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources across the regions where it invests. The EBRD may, on a selective basis and taking into account the lack of availability of alternative sources of energy, consider financing coal-fired projects that would replace highly polluting existing plants with new state of the art ones, thus improving energy efficiency and lowering emissions. But there is no consideration of a policy of expanding its funding for coal projects.
Anthony Williams
European ... |
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Four Charts On How America Can Do Much More To Tackle Climate Change
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15.5.2013 |
Think Progres |
| Four Charts On How America Can Do Much More To Tackle Climate Change |
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Drumbeat: May 15, 2013
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15.5.2013 |
The Oil Drum |
| Oil Shockwaves From U.S. Shale Boom Seen by IEA Ousting OPEC
The U.S. shale boom will send “shockwaves” through the global oil trade over the next five years, benefiting the nation’s refiners and displacing OPEC as the driver of supply growth, the IEA said.
North America will provide 40 percent of new supplies to 2018 through the development of light, tight oil and oil sands, while the contribution from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will slip to 30 percent, according to the International Energy Agency. The IEA trimmed global fuel demand estimates for the next four years, and predicted that consumption in emerging economies may overtake developed nations this year.
“The supply shock created by a surge in North American oil production will be as transformative to the market over the next five years as was the rise of Chinese demand over the last 15,” the Paris-based adviser to 28 oil-consuming nations said in its medium-term market report today.
No one—aside maybe from ... |
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May 15 News: Insurance Industry ‘Heavily Dependent On Scientific Thought,’ See Rising Climate Costs
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15.5.2013 |
Think Progres |
| May 15 News: Insurance Industry ‘Heavily Dependent On Scientific Thought,’ See Rising Climate Costs |
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Tiger, tiger, burning less bright
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15.5.2013 |
The Earth Times Online Newspaper - Environment News |
| The Indian tiger is the largest population remaining today. It is in deep trouble, like many others, because genetic isolation is taking place. One ray of hope is some increase in variation, but this could be a fault due to sampling. |
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International Day of Families - 15th May
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15.5.2013 |
Earth Times |
| Family-related provisions are usually important components of UN policy decisions since they form part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development. UN International Day of Families has been celebrated on 15th May every year since 1995. It can be celebrated in many ways, but whatever the emphasis might be, it is important to remember that the family unit has great value and is something that should be cherished. |
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Economic Scene: Insurers Stray From the Conservative Line on Climate Change
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15.5.2013 |
NYT > Environment |
| Economic Scene: Insurers Stray From the Conservative Line on Climate Change |
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Glacial Change: Will The Arctic Council Meeting Be Just Another Missed Opportunity for Climate Action?
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15.5.2013 |
Think Progres |
| Glacial Change: Will The Arctic Council Meeting Be Just Another Missed Opportunity for Climate Action? |
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