When the hydraulic fracturing measure passed the Los Angeles City Council today, several tweeters posted photos of this meeting (source of the above: Walker Foley on twitter). The City Council … [Read full article]
Category: Drought
Woke Up (Music Video)
Here’s a video with some beautiful music and some chilling pics of our changing climate: Apparently, the song is by Emily Maguire.
Our Way Of Life
By Maggie Fox, President and CEO, Climate Reality Project It’s funny. A lot of the rhetoric we hear pushing back against putting a price on carbon pollution parrots the argument that … [Read full article]
Declining And Misused Federal Fire Dollars: The Rim Fire
“Monster” fire consumes almost 10% of Yosemite National Park, August-September 2013 (Photo: U.S. Forest Service) Annual costs of fighting wildfires have grown exponentially over the past decade. They now surpass … [Read full article]
Towing Icebergs For Water… Seriously (VIDEO)
I first heard about the idea of towing icebergs for water a couple years ago when one of our writers covered the potential water crisis solution. The idea came from an … [Read full article]
'Resource Shocks' Caused By Climate Change Cited As National Security Threat
We tend to expect a relatively conservative stance from our intelligence community on most any issue affecting national security, and, in particular, the dual issue of global warming and … [Read full article]
The Great Green Wall Of Africa — A 4,000 Mile Defense Against Climate Change
One of the most unique large-scale international climate change projects is underway in Africa. A 4,000 mile “wall of trees” is being constructed across the east-west axis of the continent as … [Read full article]
Climate Change Is Worsening Drought — NOAA Study Fans Confusion Flame
When I first saw the news that the 2012 US drought probably wasn’t caused by global warming, I knew the global warming misinformers confusionists would blow the story and get caught … [Read full article]
Global Warming, Droughts, Helping to Spread Toxic Fungus in Corn Crops
In 2011, the toxic, yellow-green or green-black mold aspergillus (Aspergillus flavus) was found to have contaminated about 8% of the corn crop coming from the State of Missouri (source: Grain … [Read full article]
Romney Wants To Get Rid Of Disaster Relief, Seriously
Yep, one of the two possible-to-get-elected candidates for president of the United States of America wants to get rid of federal disaster relief. He wants to privatize it! Which … [Read full article]
Climate Change Causing Extreme Drought and Flooding in UK
The UK has experienced a record rainfall on top of a severe drought this year. The record rainfall created widespread flooding of a magnitude never seen before. Still, the groundwater … [Read full article]
Global Food Reserves Lowest in 40 Years
For over half of the last decade, the world has consumed more food than it has produced. What happens when the world consumes more food than it produces? Well, it must … [Read full article]
Obama, Declaring "we must learn from history," Praises Chevron at A-bomb Memorial Service
President Obama, speaking at the annual “Chevron remembers Nagasaki” memorial service, today praised the US oil giant for its role “in helping all of us learn from history.” Speaking … [Read full article]