From the monthly archives: September 2010
If you weren’t informed, the International Day of Climate Action 350.org organized last year was considered by many to be the biggest day of global political action in history. There were 5248 registered events in 181 countries. CNN called it the “most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history.”
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A diverse range of historic, cultural, scientific, conservation and environmental groups united today to push President Obama to “create a bold, tangible legacy of conservation, preservation, recreation and restoration through the America’s Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative.”
While Obama has been more engaged in this topic than his predecessor, there are still some big [...]
When a leading NASA scientist is willing to go to a protest in D.C. and get arrested along with hundreds of other, normal folks, you know he is concerned about something. As I wrote on the weekend, Monday was the Appalachia Rising! Day of Action. The non-violent action must have gone well, [...]
A global analysis of the extinction risk for the world’s plants has found that more than a fifth of all plant species on Earth are threatened with extinction. This is the first time the true extent of the threat to the estimated 380,000 plant species has been revealed.
The research was conducted by [...]
Rather than wait until I do my global warming news of the week wrap-up to share this, here is another excellent video by top climate de-crocker, Peter Sinclair.
While polar bears are one obvious species endangered by climate change, there are more than a few. Humans are causing the [...]
Ecover, a leading company selling eco-friendly home cleaning products (and one of my favorites), is now 30 years old. In celebration of its 30th birthday, it is hosting a Thirty Under 30 contest.
If you think you are living a super-environmentally-friendly life (and are between 18 & 29), you can enter the [...]
[Update on this Chilean Miner story here: Chile Miners Being Rescued.]
If you haven’t heard (I hadn’t until recently), 33 Chilean miners got trapped in a mine about a half-mile underground on August 5th. The space they are trapped in is 1,200 feet (360 meters) long. For the first 17 days, they were [...]
We are all one.
I know, we are each unique individuals, especially in the US. But, on another level, we are also all connected, and we can even say, on some level, all one.
Even on a simple, physical level, look at how we can’t help but affect each other — if you’re [...]
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill that shocked the world is fading into the background, but the effects of the disaster will long be felt. And now for the first time an independent study has confirmed the disastrous extent of the oil spill making it the largest marine oil accident ever.
“We wanted [...]
The mid-twentieth century saw the progressing warming of the globe come to an abrupt and for a time inexplicable hiatus. According to new research this temporary cooling was at least partially the result of a sudden cooling event centred over the North Atlantic between 1968 and 1972.
“We knew that the Northern Hemisphere [...]
Over the past fifty years the amount of water that has been pumped out of the subterranean reservoirs that sustain many billions of people has more than doubled, according to a new global assessment of groundwater use.
People are drawing so much water from underground that they are adding enough of it to [...]
Avatar may have been a science-fiction story, but many of its themes were based off of some of the world’s biggest real-life struggles. One such struggle is going on in the Amazon, where a large dam, the Belo Monte Dam, is threatening the environment and tribes living in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest.
Avatar-Like Battle [...]
Fed by demand from growing markets in Asia, poaching of rhino horns in Africa has dramatically increased in the last three years, according to a recent article, as well-organized groups have started using high-tech equipment–including helicopters–to track and kill the endangered animals.
Mountaintop removal coal mining is bad stuff. It is destroying habitats and communities, poisoning people, and annihilating ancient mountains and national treasures.
Appalachia Rising!, a national response to the unmitigated destruction of Appalachia’s mountains, air and water through mountaintop removal coal mining started today in Washington, D.C.
Individuals from around the [...]
Here’s a summary of global warming news from around. As always, feel free to click the Global Warming category above to see global warming stories we’ve written about this week in full.
Global Warming and Money
While many countries are struggling to catch up with the issues of the time, the [...]
