This is an excellent video of what was already an excellent piece by Bill McKibben in the Washington Post.
Stephen Thomson of Plonomedia.com apparently decided to read McKibbenâs op-ed while adding screenshots and videos of the incidents and information mentioned. It is a must-seeâŚ
Hello Planetsavers! I thought Iâd start doing a monthly wrap-up of our top 20 posts for people to have a glance at. Many of the top stories this month, as youâll notice, were clearly tied into major world news events. Google is the main traffic driver for the large majority of sites on the Internet and ours isnât an exception. Covering environmental news consistently, this often results in the biggest news stories rising to the top.
The AP reported this weekend that 2011 has already had tornadoes kill more people in the U.S. than in any year since 1950.
Aside from the 73 or so stories weâve covered in the past week, here are 13 more great green news stories I wanted to highlight (but didnât have the time toâŚ
This is a question that has definitely popped into my mind. And, if you are at all familiar with the fact that climate change is not just about sea levels or heat but is also causing (and going to cause more) much more extreme weather or âglobal weirdingâ as some put it, you are probably curious as well.
This is a reprinted excerpt (with link to full story) from a journalist colleagueâs article for the Birmingham Weekly, as he surveys that damage wrought by one of the most severe tornado storms on record.
Posted on May 5, 2011 (The Birmingham Weekly)
Life is Precious â Making Sense of the Storms and What Comes After by Jesse Chambers
As I write this, it has been exactly one week since Alabama was left bruised and bleeding by one of the most vicious clusters of tornadoes ever recorded in the United States.
Tornadoes, floods, wild weather⌠the world is not the same as it used to be. Itâs always seen such âextreme weather events,â but not to the degree that it is seeing them today.
NASAâs Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite caught tornadoes in action as it flew over the state of Louisiana on March 5. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that seven tornadoes were spotted in Louisiana on that date. Those tornadoes caused at least 15 injuries and, tragically, one death when a tornado hit
