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Climate Change, Lack of Political Will Leading to 'Global Perfect Storm': Report

Climate Change, Lack of Political Will Leading to 'Global Perfect Storm': Report | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

January 8, 2013 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM WARNS OF IMMINENT GLOBAL DISASTER AHEAD OF ECONOMIC SUMMIT

With this year's World Economic Forum in Davos quickly approaching, the WEF released a new report Tuesday which paints a dire picture of the future in the face of climate change, the global economic recession, and a lack of political will to deal with an interrelated "perfect global storm" ahead of us.... http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/08-5

 

WATCH ENDING THE SILENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE Moyers & Company http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3983550539/full-show-ending-the-silence-on-climate-change-moyers-company

 

January 8, 2013 AVOIDING A CLIMATE CHANGE APOCALYPSE  Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/08-2

 

FRANKEN YEAR 2012: HOTTEST ON RECORD: CAN WE SUE THE MAJOR POLLUTERS FOR THE BILLIONS COSTING US IN CLIMATE DISASTERS? http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3994796418/frankenyear-2012-hottest-on-record-can-we-sue-the-major-polluters-for-the-billions-costing-us-in-climate-disasters

 

'SMOKING GUN': TAR SANDS - "WORLD'S DIRTIEST OIL WORSE THAN PREVIOULY THOUGHT - Report http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3994741466/smoking-gun-tar-sands-world-s-dirtiest-oil-worse-than-previously-thought-report

 

January 8, 2013 2012 HOTTEST YEAR ON USA RECORD...BY FAR http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/08-7

 

CLIMATE CHANGE ALREADY HAVING MAJOR EFFECTS ON ECOYSYSTEMS AND SPECIES  http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3912923984/climate-change-already-having-major-effects-on-ecosystems-and-species

 

THE WORLD BANK'S HYPOCRISY http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3731012322/the-world-bank-s-climate-hypocrisy

 

THE CLIMATE DEAL SHAM: ONLY SHARING CAN BREAK THE DEADLOCK - Share The World's Resources http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3839703551/the-climate-deal-sham-only-sharing-can-break-the-deadlock-share-the-world-s-resources

 

FOSSIL FUELS:

 

THIS FRACKING FANTASY IS THE DELUSION OF FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTIONhttp://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3719678292/this-fracking-fantasy-is-the-delusion-of-fossil-fuel-addiction

 

NATURAL GAS: IT'S A HEDGE, NOT A BRIDGE http://grist.org/climate-energy/natural-gas-its-a-hedge-not-a-bridge/#038;u tm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=headline

 

'SMOKING GUN': TAR SANDS REPORT EVISCERATES INDUSTRY CLAIMS  http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/08-1

 

 

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300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds

GREAT VIDEO

 

28 March, 2013 - EcoWatch
FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES: A GLOBAL SCANDAL - http://ecowatch.com/2013/fossil-fuel-subsidies-a-global-scandal/

 

27 March, 2013 Washington Post
IMF: WANT TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE?  GET RID OF #1.9 TRILLION IN ENERGY SUBSIDIES http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/27/imf-want-to-fight-climate-change-get-rid-of-1-9-trillion-in-energy-subsidies/

 

May 10, 2013

WORLD HITS 400 PPM C02 MILESTONE - HIGHEST IN 50 MILLION YEARS http://sco.lt/7yyCx7

 

The Sixth Mass Extinction Is Upon Us. Can Humans Survive? http://sco.lt/630INt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For 300 years the world saw the colonialism , not by British, not by French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese , but by Fossile Fuel. This 300 seconds of 300 years of fossil fuel by black colonialism!

Katelan Attwells's curator insight, April 22, 11:29 PM

‘300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds’ is a very unique and innovative clip that has attracted over 1 million viewers on YouTube. It provides the viewer with a broad outline of how Climate Change came to be and alerts of the immediate need to address the situation. Although it employs language that may be too advanced for some students, teachers would benefit from using this as a resource for their own learning about the topic as well as a stimulus for teaching ideas. Students would profit from viewing the clip and the illustrations that accompany the narration would help them make sense of the content, however it is fast paced so I would recommend a double viewing to enhance comprehension. The first run through could purely be for observation and the second run through could provide an opportunity for students to practice their note taking skills, thus creating a link to literacy. “The impact of the internet has been global and far-reaching in its facility to disseminate information quickly to online users.” (Winch, 2010, p. 400)

Teaching Idea: Construct a timeline as a class of all the major events in history that have contributed to Climate Change/global warming eg. Industrial Revolution, population growth & consumerism. There is a numeracy link here in which students are to come up with an appropriate scale for the timeline. (Students may have to conduct further research)

Alternatively, a class discussion could take place surrounding an important quote from the clip “We must live within natures budget of renewable resources at rates of natural replenishment.” Ask students to elaborate on this – What does it mean? What are renewable resources?

Assessment Task: Ask students to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of the effects of human changes on the environment. Divide the class into two and ask each student to contribute one response and allocate a scribe to put the ideas into a mind map. Students can then write an exposition (literacy strategy) using the points as cues in determining whether or not they believe the positives outweigh the negatives or vice versa.  

 

Winch, G., Johnston, R., March, P., Ljungdahl, L., & Holliday, M. (2010). Literacy : reading, writing and children’s literature (4th ed.). South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Stephanie Hong's curator insight, May 13, 2:23 PM

Really cool video that talks about the basics.

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Is it OK to slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds every year in the name of clean energy?

Is it OK to slaughter hundreds of thousands of birds every year in the name of clean energy? | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

May 14, 2013 Grist

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION GIVES WIND INDUSTRY A PASS FOR KILLING TENS OF THOUSAND OF PROTECTED BIRDS

Wind turbines killed an estimated 83,000 birds of prey last year, yet the administration has never prosecuted a wind farm for killing a protected bird... http://grist.org/news/obama-administration-loves-wind-energy-hates-birds/?utm_campaign=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&sub_email=thenaturaleye%40gmail.com

 

January 26, 2012 CS Monitor
WIND POWER: CLEAN ENERGY, DIRTY BUSINESS? http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2012/0126/Wind-power-Clean-energy-dirty-business

 

January 4, 2012 Clean Technica
BIG SOLAR AND BIG WIND TO MEET IN ABU DHABI FOR WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT http://cleantechnica.com/2012/01/04/big-solar-and-big-wind-to-meet-in-abu-dhabi-for-world-future-energy-summit/

 

 

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Planet Passes Daily 400 PPM CO2 Milestone - March Toward Disaster

Planet Passes Daily 400 PPM CO2 Milestone -  March Toward Disaster | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

 

May 10, 2013 Common Dreams

IN 'MARCH TOWARD DISASTER' WORLD HITS DAILY 400 PPM CO2 MILESTONE

Levels of atmospheric CO2 have never been this high in human history; will 'rise in carbon be matched by rise in climate activism'?... http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/10-5

 

May 15, 2013 EurActive
EX-NASA SCIENTIST SAYS REINDUSTRIALIZING WITH FOSSIL FUELS MAKES NO SENSE http://www.euractiv.com/science-policymaking/james-hansen-reindustrialising-f-news-519728

 

May 16, 2013 Common Ground
'CANARY IN THE OCEAN' - MASSIVE FISH FLIGHT SHOWS CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/16-2

 

VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now May 13, 2013
"The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars", Prof. Michael Mann

CLIMATE TIPPING POINT? CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TOPS 400 PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/13/climate_tipping_point_concentration_of_carbon

 

May 15, 2013 Yale Environment 360
GLACIERS ON EVEREST DISAPPEARING AS TEMPERATURES RISE, SNOWFALL DECLINES http://e360.yale.edu/digest/glaciers_on_everest_disappearing_as_temperatures_rise_snowfall_declines/3844/

 

 

May 10, 2013

AL GORE : 400 PPM
Yesterday, for the first time in human history, concentrations of carbon dioxide, the primary global warming pollutant, hit 400 parts per million in our planet's atmosphere. This number is a reminder that for the last 150 years -- and especially over the last several decades -- we have been recklessly polluting the protective sheath of atmosphere that surrounds the Earth and protects the conditions that have fostered the flourishing of our civilization http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-gore/carbon-dioxide-400-parts-per-million_b_3253361.html?ref=topbar

 

May 17, 2013 Common Dreams
BURNING TAR SANDS - 'UNSOLVABLE' CLIMATE CRISIS - NASA's Jim Hansen says http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/17-1

 

 

May 10, 2013 New York Times
CARBON DIOXIDE LEVEL PASSES LONG-FEARED MILESTONE.  NOW AT 400ppm C02 Daily http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/11/science/earth/carbon-dioxide-level-passes-long-feared-milestone.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

 

April 3, 2013 - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
WHAT DOES 400 ppm LOOK LIKE?  THE KEELING CURVE  http://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/what-does-this-number-mean/

 

May 11, 2013 Guardian Environment
CLIMATE CHANGE 'WILL MAKE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS HOMELESS'  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/12/climate-change-expert-stern-displacement

 

May 11, 2013 George Monbiot, Guardian Environment
CLIMATE MILESTONE IS A MOMENT OF SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE ON ROAD OF IDIOCY http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/may/10/carbon-dioxide-milestone-climate-change

 

CLIMATE CHANGE, LACK OF POLITICAL WILL LEADING TO 'GLOBAL PERFECT STORM': REPORT http://sco.lt/8RDNj7

 

WORLD FACES DECADES OF CLIMATE CHAOS, OUTGOING UK CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISER WARNS http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/9951872/World-faces-decades-of-climate-chaos-outgoing-chief-scientific-adviser-warns.html

 

April 4, 2013 New York Times
ICE THAT TOOK 1,600 YEARS TO FORM IN PERU'S ANDES MELTED IN ONLY 25, SCIENTIST SAY http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/05/world/americas/1600-years-of-ice-in-perus-andes-melted-in-25-years-scientists-say.html?_r=0

 

May 12, 2013 Mongabay
LAST TIME CO2 HIT 400 PPM, TEMPERATURE WAS 8C WARMER, SEAS 40m HIGHER THAN TODAY http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0512-gen-lake-el-gygytgyn.html

 

 

May 12, 2013 The Independent 400 ppm C02 Levels...and Rising
LIFE ON EARTH UNDER THREAT FROM CO2 LEVELS, SAY SCIENTISTS http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/life-on-earth-under-threat-from-co2-levels-say-scientists-8612900.html

 

April 17, 2013 Reuters
CLEAN ENERGY PROGRESS TOO SLOW TO LIMIT GLOBAL WARMING: REPORT http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/17/us-carbon-energy-warming-idUSBRE93G05A20130417?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

 

May 7, 2013 New Scientist:
AS CLIMATE ROCKETS TO 400 PPM BIG OIL PUSHES FOR MORE TAR SANDS http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23494-keystones-pipeline-cousins-come-under-scrutiny.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|environment

 

April 1, 2013 Huffington Post
NASA's DR. JAMES HANSEN: DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR FAUSTIAN BARGAIN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html

 

 

TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - THE DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH

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"THE DIRTY TRUTH"  http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

 

US CLIMATE BOMB IS TICKING: WHAT THE GAS INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW http://sco.lt/5BIftR

 

FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

 

 

May 10, 2013 Huffington Post Green

ATMOSPHERIC CO2 DAILY CONCENTRATIONS SURPASS 400PPM MILESTONA - NASA http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/10/atmospheric-co2-concentrations_n_3253757.html?utm_hp_ref=green

 

April 29, 2013 Huffington Post Green

ATMOSPHERIC CO2 TO PASS MAJOR MILESTONE

Scientists monitoring global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations report that, for the first time in human history, CO2 levels could soon rise above 400 parts per million for a sustained period of time in much of the Northern Hemisphere.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/400-ppm-atmospheric-co2_n_3179617.html

 

May 9, 2013 Guardian Environment
METEORITE CRATER REVEALS FUTURE OF A GLOBALLY WARMED WORLD http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/09/meteorite-crater-global-warming

 

ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING' RAPIDLY' - HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC TO BE -ICE-FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6qm61h

 

April 2, 2013 Science Heathen
MASSIVE ARCTIC GREENING WITHIN ONLY A FEW DECADES? TRANSFORMATION COULD MAKE ARCTIC THE CENTER OF HUMAN ACTIVITY http://scienceheathen.com/2013/04/02/massive-arctic-greening-within-only-a-few-decades-transformation-will-accelerate-global-climate-change/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

 

April 24, 2013 USA TODAY
CARBON DIOXIDE NOW AT HIGHEST LEVEL IN FIVE MILLION YEARS http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/04/24/carbon-dioxide-keeling-curve-global-warming/2110445/

 

April 8, 2013
CARBON-DIOXIDE LEVELS ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST POINT IN AT LEAST 800, 000 YEARS http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/08/carbon-dioxide-levels-are-at-their-highest-point-in-at-least-800000-years/

 

April 22, 2013 Climate Space
TO RECLAIM OUR FUTURE, WE MUST CHANGE THE PRESENT. OUR PROPOSAL FOR CHANGING THE SYSTEM AND NOT THE CLIMATE http://climatespace2013.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/to-reclaim-our-future-we-must-change-the-present-our-proposal-for-changing-the-system-and-not-the-climate/

 

RICH COUNTRIES DRAG FEET AT CLIMATE TALKS - REMAIN LOYAL TO FOSSIL FUELS  http://sco.lt/4oU3iT

 

 

May 9, 2013 Reuters
WOMEN ARE 'KEY DRIVERS' IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION http://www.trust.org/item/20130509115923-g3z4e/?source=shtw

 

 April 2013 ELDIS

PROTECTING CARBON TO DESTROY FORESTS??!! : LAND ENCLOSURES AND REDD+ http://sco.lt/7DYN17

 

February 21, 2013 - Redd Monitor
REDD Plus or REDD “Light”? BIODIVERSITY, COMMUNITIES AND FOREST CARBON CERTIFICATION http://www.redd-monitor.org/2013/02/21/redd-plus-or-redd-light-biodiversity-communities-and-forest-carbon-certification/

 

THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US.  CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt

 

 

 

 

 

ERADICATING ECOCIDE:  WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE PLATE http://sco.lt/7ExcmX

 

TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - THE DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH

WATCH: "THE DIRTY TRUTH" http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

 

FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

 

 

THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/7oRwsT

 

 

 

 

 

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NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall

NASA Study Projects Warming-Driven Changes in Global Rainfall | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2013 -
A NASA-led modeling study provides new evidence that global warming may increase the risk for extreme rainfall and drought. The study shows for the first time how rising carbon dioxide concentrations could affect the entire range of rainfall types on Earth.... http://www.terradaily.com/reports/NASA_Study_Projects_Warming_Driven_Changes_in_Global_Rainfall_999.html

 

March 13, 2013

PLANET PASSES DAILY 400 PPM CO2 MILESTONE - MARCH TOWARD DISASTER http://sco.lt/8pMIe9

 

 May 8, 2014

PACIFIC'S MARSHALL ISLANDS FACING DROUGHT EMERGENCY http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Pacifics_Marshall_Islands_facing_drought_emergency_999.html

 

April 16, 2013 Guardian Environment
KIRIBATI ENTERS THE END GAME AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE - IN PICTURES http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2013/apr/16/kiribati-end-game-climate-change-in-pictures

 

April 24, 2013 Yale Environment 360
FIRES BURN MORE FIERCELY AS NORTHERN FORESTS WARM http://e360.yale.edu/feature/fires_burn_more_fiercely_as_northern_forests_warm/2643/

 

 

May 7, 2013 AS CLIMATE CHANGES, BOREAL FORESTS TO SHIFT NORTH AND RELINQUISH MORE CARBON THAN EXPECTED http://www.terradaily.com/reports/As_climate_changes_boreal_forests_to_shift_north_and_relinquish_more_carbon_than_expected_999.html

 

THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US.  CAN HUMANS SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/630INt

 

April 22, 2013 MSN News
KEYSTONE SPECIES' LOSS COULD CAUSE ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE http://news.msn.com/science-technology/keystone-species-loss-could-cause-ecosystem-to-collapse

 

April 1, 2013 Huffington Post
NASA's DR. JAMES HANSEN: DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR FAUSTIAN BARGAIN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html

 

 

VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now May 13, 2013
"The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars", Prof. Michael Mann

CLIMATE TIPPING POINT? CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TOPS 400 PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/13/climate_tipping_point_concentration_of_carbon

 

 

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HOLDING CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE: Mining Companies Devastate Pristine Wisconsin for Frac-Sand - Leaving a Mining, Chemical Wasteland

HOLDING CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE: Mining Companies Devastate Pristine Wisconsin for Frac-Sand - Leaving a Mining, Chemical Wasteland | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

THIS IS THE YEAR 2012: And when the sand is gone, when the mining activity moves out, what will be left of this place? Some big empty rail yards, a pockmarked series of “reclaimed” sites no longer suitable for farming, and a bunch of homes nobody wants to live in any more? A post-mining wasteland and an even more depressed economy? That’s what’s happened in countless other mine-riddled communities.... http://ecowatch.org/2012/mining-companies-invade-wisconsin-for-frac-sand/

 

The Institute for Southern Studies
UN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING IN APPALACHIA http://www.southernstudies.org/2013/05/un-human-rights-group-calls-for-investigation-of-m.html

 

 >>Jan 9, 2013 THE STRUGGLE AGAINST A FRACKING WASTELAND  | ecolutionist | Survival of the Greenest http://ecolutionist.com/the-struggle-against-a-fracking-wasteland/

 

>>>>>FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3994997249/fracking-ourselves-into-oblivion

 

WHEN EARTH IS SCARRED FOREVER - PHOTOS, VIDEOS
http://io9.com/when-earth-is-scarred-forever-495971504

 

TAR SANDS HORROR: SEE THIS INCREDIBLE PHOTO: http://www.energy-reality.org/action/open-pit-mine/

 

TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - "THE DIRTY TRUTH" VIDEO http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

 

ERADICATING ECOCIDE:  WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE PLATE http://sco.lt/7ExcmX

 

CORPORATIONS EXEMPT THEMSELVES FROM FEDERAL EPA, FDA REGULATION, BLOCK INVESTIGATIONS WITH "TRADE SECRETS" AND "PATENT" LAWS http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2918961788/a-must-watch-video-corporations-exempt-themselves-from-federal-epa-fda-regulations-block-investigations-with-trade-secrets

 

>>FRACKING COMPANIES USE "TRADE SECRET" LOOPHOLE TO AVOID CHEMICAL DISCLOSURES  http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/fracking-companies-use-trade-secret-loophole-to-avoid-chemical-disclosures-121001?news=845823

>>FRACKING SECRETS BY THOUSANDS KEEP U.S. CLUELESS ON WELLS - Businessweek http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-30/frack-secrets-by-thousands-keep-u-dot-s-dot-clueless-on-wells

>>YOUR TAX DOLLARS: HOW THE GOVERNMENT BUILD FRACKING  |EMagazine.com http://www.emagazine.com/daily-news/how-the-government-built-fracking

 

October 5, 2012: 

TEXAS FARMER ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING ON HER OWN LAND PROTESTING KEYSTONE XL. TRANSCANADA USING EMINENT DOMAIN TO TAKE HER LAND FOR THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

 http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/texas-farmer-arrested-trespassing-on-her-own-land-protesting-keystone-xl.html

>>October 2, 2012 Special Report:

THE CASUALITIES OF FRACKING COMPANY'S "CHEASAPEAK'S" LAND GRAB ACROSS AMERICA | Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/02/us-chesapeake-landgrab-substory-idUSBRE8910E920121002

 >>October 2, 2012

'INTIMIDATION, THREATS, AND LAWYERS': THE GREAT AMERICAN FRACKING 'LAND GRAB' | Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/02-0

 

 >>THE TRILLION-GALLON LOOPHOLE: LAX RULES FOR DRILLERS THAT INJECT POLLUTANTS INTO THE EARTH  http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2757461215/the-trillion-gallon-loophole-lax-rules-for-drillers-that-inject-pollutants-into-the-earth

 

 

FRACKING: http://ecowatch.org/p/energy/fracking-2/

 

ALSO SEE:

1. What’s the Fracking Problem with Natural Gas? by David Suzuki http://ecowatch.org/2012/whats-the-fracking-problem-with-natural-gas/

2. PART I: What 20 Months of Water Consumption for Fracking in the U.S. Looks Like http://ecowatch.org/2012/water-for-fracking/

3. Thousands Protest Around the World to Ban Fracking http://ecowatch.org/2012/thousands-rally-around-the-world-to-ban-fracking/

4. The Water Footprint of Shale Gas Development http://ecowatch.org/2012/the-water-footprint-of-shale-gas-development/

5. Group Calls for Fracking Ban in Europe http://ecowatch.org/2012/group-calls-for-fracking-ban-in-europe/

6. Will U.S. Reps. Pass Worst Anti-Environmental Bill in the History of Congress? http://ecowatch.org/2012/worst-anit-environmental-bill/

 

 

 

 


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Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities

Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

April 10, 2013 - Grist

Rooftop solar panels and other distributed-energy tools will radically shake up the power sector, according to an unusually frank report from a utility trade group.... http://grist.org/climate-energy/solar-panels-could-destroy-u-s-utilities-according-to-u-s-utilities/

 

May 10, 2013 GOOD
THIS AMAZING ROAD COULD REPLACE THE POWER GRID http://www.good.is/posts/this-amazing-road-could-replace-the-power-grid?utm_campaign=8&utm_source=carousel

 

May 10, 2013 Bloomberg
ROOFTOP SOLAR BATTLE PITS COMPANIES AGAINST UTILITIES http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-10/rooftop-solar-battle-pits-companies-against-utilities.html

 

 April 19, 2013 Solar Daily
PHYSICIANS UNITE AGAINST UTILITIES STOPPING SOLAR ENERGY - ALIGN WITH SOLAR ENERGY COMPANIES TO FORM NEW GROUP TO http://www.solardaily.com/reports/Physicians_Unite_with_Solar_Energy_Companies_to_Form_New_Group_999.html

 

April 25, 2013 - Solar Daily
US BANK AND SOLARCITY INSTALLING SOLAR PANELS OVER CARPORTS AND ROOFTOPS http://www.solardaily.com/reports/US_Bank_and_SolarCity_Installing_Solar_Panels_Over_Carports_And_Rooftops_999.html

 

 

FOR THE LATEST GLOBAL NEWS ON SOLAR TRENDS http://www.solardaily.com/

 


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"Back in January, the Edison Electric Institute — the (typically stodgy and backward-looking) trade group of U.S. investor-owned utilities — released a report [PDF] that, as far as I can tell, went almost entirely without notice in the press. That’s a shame. It is one of the most prescient and brutally frank things I’ve ever read about the power sector. It is a rare thing to hear an industry tell the tale of its own incipient obsolescence."

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Struggling to force the Sahara back as climate change wreaks havoc in Senegal

Struggling to force the Sahara back as climate change wreaks havoc in Senegal | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

April 15, 2013 - Irish Times

Desertification and rising sea levels pose serious threats to life in Africa... http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/struggling-to-force-the-sahara-back-as-climate-change-wreaks-havoc-in-senegal-1.1359970

 

 

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Wall Street's Climate Finance Bonanza

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April 10, 2013 - Common Dreams

Government officials from an elite group of developed countries meeting in Washington, D.C. at the invitation of U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern appear to be on the brink of instigating yet another corporate handout and big bank giveaway—this time in the name of fighting climate change.... http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/04/10-6

 

March 7, 2013 - Smart Planet
MEET THE COMPANIES LOOKING TO PROFIT FROM CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/meet-the-companies-looking-to-profit-from-climate-change/14398

 

 

VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now May 13, 2013
"The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars", Prof. Michael Mann

CLIMATE TIPPING POINT? CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TOPS 400 PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/13/climate_tipping_point_concentration_of_carbon

 

 

 

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China Announces Plans to Export Greenhouse Gases to Terraform Mars

China Announces Plans to Export Greenhouse Gases to Terraform Mars | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

April 1, 2013 - Inhabitat

As an extension of China’s $16 billion plan to combat air pollution in its cities, today the CNSA announced an ambitious plan to export the nation’s emissions to Mars....

The unprecedented plan, they claim, would greatly reduce emissions on Earth while warming the climate on Mars, causing the planet’s polar ice caps to melt and eventually creating an atmosphere capable of sustaining life. 


Read more: China Announces Plans to Export Greenhouse Gases to Terraform Mars | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building http://inhabitat.com/china-announces-plans-to-export-greenhouse-gases-to-terraform-mars/

 

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Too cold for comfort: British weather having a serious effect on wildlife

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31 March, 2013 - The Independent

While most of Britain has reason to curse the coldest March in 50 years, there are other inhabitants for whom the inclement weather this weekend has more serious consequences. Experts fear the impact on wildlife could be far reaching. Migrant birds are few and far between; breeding is delayed, and it is thought some of our favourite species – including the swallow, chiffchaff and sand martin, might produce only half their expected broods this year. "We are nearing the tipping point," said Paul Stancliffe of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). "It could end up being a very bad breeding season."... http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/too-cold-for-comfort-british-weather-having-a-serious-effect-on-wildlife-8555232.html

 

March 30, 2013 - Guardian Environment Freezing weather brings fresh perils for British wildlife http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/30/wildlife-suffering-freezing-weather

 

May 6, 2013 Sydney, Australia
RISING SEA LEVELS COULD WIPE OUT MILLIONS OF BIRDS' MIGRATING FEEDING GROUNDS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Rising_sea_levels_threaten_migratory_birds_study_999.html

 

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Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) still slashing forests in Indonesia, despite new "sustainability" policy VIDEO

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March 27, 2013 Mongabay

Less than two months after its implementation, two Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) suppliers in Indonesian Borneo have been accused of violating the company’s new sustainability policy, which includes a zero deforestation commitment throughout its entire supply chain ... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0327-dparker-app-west-kalimantan.html

 

February 5, 2013 - The Guardian
Asia Pulp and Paper will end the clearing of forest across its supply chain by preserving high-carbon stock rainforests http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/05/paper-firm-indonesian-deforestation

 

February 5, 2013 - Greenpeace International

APP announces an immediate moratorium on further forest clearance and a range of measures to stop its role in deforestation.http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/app-commits-to-end-deforestation/blog/43860/

 

 

PALM OIL ECOCIDE -THE DEFORESTATION HOLOCAUST -  Fast-Tracking Our Own Extinction http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1510545458/palm-oil-ecocide-the-deforestation-holocaust-fast-tracking-our-own-extinction

 

MORE ON CORPORATE DEFORESTATION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=DEFORESTATION

 

 

 

 

 

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How a New Study Seriously Challenges Natural Gas As a Clean Fossil Fuel - Methane Greenhouse Gas Rises

How a New Study Seriously Challenges Natural Gas As a Clean Fossil Fuel - Methane Greenhouse Gas Rises | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

 

 

METHANE IS ABOUT 20 TIMES MORE POTENT IN WARMING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAN CARBON DIOXIDE

 

27 March 2013 - Global Possiibilities

Leakages of gas in production and distribution systems can lead to higher greenhouse gas levels..  Now a New Study Seriously Challenges the Claim That Natural Gas Is a Clean Fossil Fuel... http://www.globalpossibilities.org/how-a-new-study-seriously-challenges-the-claim-that-natural-gas-is-a-clean-fossil-fuel/

 

USA NATURAL GAS TO BE EXPORTED, LEAVING A POLLUTION CESSPOOL FOR TAX PAYER CLEANUP & CLIMATE CHANGE METHANE  http://sco.lt/6f9msr

 

THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION - AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE  http://sco.lt/8qklOrin-energy-subsidies/

 

 CLIMATE CHANGE, LACK OF POLITICAL WILL LEADING TO 'GLOBAL PERFECT STORM' - REPORT  http://sco.lt/8RDNj7

 

27 March, 2013 Washington Post
IMF: WANT TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE?  GET RID OF #1.9 TRILLION IN ENERGY SUBSIDIES http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/27/imf-want-to-fight-climate-change-get-rid-of-1-9-trillion-

 

 FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

 

FRACKING OUR FOOD SUPPLY http://sco.lt/9FYebx

 

 

 

 

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METHANE IS ABOUT 20 TIMES MORE POTENT IN WARMING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAN CARBON DIOXIDE.

The energy costs to extract, transport, store and ship, then transport again must be factored into this "cheap" fuel and the great risk of accelerating the warming of the planet from the methane it releases.

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USA Natural Gas Exports Leave A Pollution Cesspool for Taxpayer Cleanup - Methane Global Warming

USA Natural Gas Exports Leave A Pollution Cesspool for Taxpayer Cleanup -  Methane Global Warming | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

 

METHANE IS ABOUT 20 TIMES MORE POTENT IN WARMING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAN CARBON DIOXIDE

 

April 5, 2013 Mother Jones
Frackers Are Losing $1.5 Billion Yearly to Methane Leaks Into Atmosphere http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/04/frackers-are-losing-15-billion-yearly-leaks

 

WASHINGTON, Mar 26 2013 (IPS) - Environmentalists and others here are reacting with concern to a surprise announcement on Monday of a major deal that would see U.S. natural gas exported to the United Kingdom, marking the first time that such sales have been permitted...

Critics warn that the industry in the U.S. remains too unregulated and that exports will cause a spike in domestic gas prices. In recent months, the debate over exports has become highly divisive.

“We cannot guarantee that drilling occurs safely in the United States, because there is neither the science to justify nor do states enforce what regulations do exist,” Alan Septoff, the Washington-based director of communications for Earthworks, an advocacy group, told IPS. “Increasing demand via exports for a dirty, dangerous process is not something we think is a good idea.”

http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/03/concerns-mount-as-u-s-plans-major-natural-gas-exports/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

+++++SEE: FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

 

March 26, 2013 Democracy Now
VIDEO REPORT: OBAMA ENERGY NOMINEE ERNEST MONIZ CRITICIZED FOR BACKING FRACKING & NUCLEAR POWER; TIES FOR BP, GE, SAUDIS http://www.democracynow.org/2013/3/26/energy_nominee_ernest_moniz_criticized_for

 

SMOKE AND MIRRORS: OBAMA DOE FRACKED GAS EXPORT STUDY CONTRACTOR'S WITH "TOBACCO INDUSTRY TEMPLATE" ROOTS http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/01/24/doe-lng-export-study-contractor-tobacco-industry-roots

 

CORPORATIONS EXEMPT THEMSELVES FROM FEDERAL EPA, FDA REGULATIONS :  Block Investigations with "trade secrets" and "patent" laws http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/2918961788/a-must-watch-video-corporations-exempt-themselves-from-federal-epa-fda-regulations-block-investigations-with-trade-secrets

 

FRACKING INDUSTRY AIMS TO EXPORT NATURAL GAS WHILE TOUTING FALSE CLAIMS OF ENERGY SECURITY
http://ecowatch.org/2012/fracking-industry-export-natural-gas/

 

EXPORTING NATURAL GAS WILL INCREASE FRACKING, RAISE U.S. PRICES AND POLLUTION FOR TAX PAYERS TO CLEAN UP http://newyork2.sierraclub.org/content/club-report-exporting-gas-will-increase-fracking-raise-us-prices

 

February 2011 - 820 Vision

TOXIC CHEMICALS USED IN FRACKING Toxic Chemicals Used In Fracking http://8020vision.com/2011/04/17/congress-releases-report-on-toxic-chemicals-used-in-fracking/

 

March 26, 2013 - Bloomberg
SHELL TO SPEND $1 BILLION ON CHINA SHALE GAS FRACKING DEVELOPMENT http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-26/shell-plans-to-spend-1-billion-on-china-shale-gas-development.html

 

 

VIDEO NEWS INTERVIEW: FRACKING "FLOWING BACK" CHEMICALS! - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQMtxcKfQc

 

 

U.S. ENERGY INSECURITY: WHY FRACKING FOR OIL AND NATURAL GAS IS A FALSE SOLUTION - Download full report  http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/tools-and-resources/u-s-energy-insecurity-why-fracking-for-oil-and-natural-gas-is-a-false-solution-2/

 

SMOKE AND MIRRORS: OBAMA DOE FRACKED GAS EXPORT STUDY CONTRACTOR'S WITH "TOBACCO INDUSTRY TEMPLATE" ROOTS http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/01/24/doe-lng-export-study-contractor-tobacco-industry-roots

 

 

>>>>>"FRACKING HELL: THE UNTOLD STORY" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEB_Wwe-uBM

 

>>>>>>60 MINUTE AUSTRALIA - FRACKING - THE COAL SEAM GAS LAND GRAB YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PELxZ3K2o0c

 

YOU TUBE FRACKING VIDEOS

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fracking+natural+gas+process&oq=fracking+natural+gas+process&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3..0.170121.171537.0.172154.8.2.0.6.6.0.56.108.2.2.0...0.0...1ac.1.fWe2VeO8k_c

 

 

>>>>>> AND IT'S GLOBAL, POLITICAL & WALL STREET DRIVEN >>>>>>

 

Jan 13, 2013 The Advocate

>>FRACKING RATTLES RUSSIA http://theadvocate.com/news/business/4030739-123/fracking-rattles-russia

June 14, 2012  - Bloomberg

>>RUSSIA;  EXXON FRACKING SIBERIA TO HELP PUTIN MAINTAIN OIL CLOUT  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-13/exxon-fracking-siberia-to-help-putin-maintain-oil-clout.html

Nov 27 1012 The Guardian

>>CHINA PLANNING 'HUGE FRACKING INDUSTRY'  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/27/china-planning-huge-fracking-industry

March 26, 2013 - Bloomberg
>>SHELL TO SPEND $1 BILLION ON CHINA SHALE GAS FRACKING DEVELOPMENT http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-26/shell-plans-to-spend-1-billion-on-china-shale-gas-development.html

 Dec 8, 2012 - Guardian Environment

>>UK FRACKING LAWS NEEDED TO 'CONTROL UK'S DASH FOR GAS' says MEP   http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/09/fracking-laws-dash-for-gas
Dec 8, 2012 Guardian

>>UK THE FRACKING DREAM which is putting Britain's future at risk  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/09/shale-gas-frackheads-dubious-dream

>>ARAB STATE RUSHES TO JOIN THE SHALE BOOM: Jordan is pressing ahead with plans to develop its massive shale oil deposits, joining a growing push by Arab states to unlock shale reserves... http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/12/07/Arab-states-rush-to-join-the-shale-boom/UPI-62761354911251/

>>JORDAN is pressing ahead with plans to develop its massive shale oil deposits, joining a growing push by Arab states to unlock shale reserves... http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2012/12/07/Arab-states-rush-to-join-the-shale-boom/UPI-62761354911251/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the greed fools will not learn.

 

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Climate research nearly unanimous on human causes, survey finds

Climate research nearly unanimous on human causes, survey finds | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

May 15, 2013 Guardian Environment

Of more than 4,000 academic papers published over 20 years, 97.1% agreed that climate change is anthropogenic... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/16/climate-research-nearly-unanimous-humans-causes

 

Planet Passes Daily 400 PPM CO2 Milestone -  March Toward Disaster | http://sco.lt/8pMIe9

 

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The Sixth Mass Extinction Is Upon Us. Can Humans Survive?

The Sixth Mass Extinction Is Upon Us. Can Humans Survive? | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

May 6, 2013 Newsweek, The Daily Beast

Are we in the first act of a mass extinction that will end in the death of millions of plant and animal species across the planet, including us? Proponents of the “sixth extinction” theory believe the answer is yes.

Five mass extinctions have nearly wiped out life on earth. As Annalee Newitz writes in her new book, the sixth is coming... http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/the-sixth-mass-extinction-is-upon-us-can-humans-survive.html?source=socialflow&account=newsweek&medium=twitter

 

PLANET PASSES DAILY  400 PPM CO2 MILETONE -  MARCH TOWARD DISASTER http://sco.lt/8pMIe9

 

May 13, 2013 Mongabay
CLIMATE CHANGE TO HALVE HABITAT FOR OVER 10,000 COMMON SPECIES http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0513-hance-climate-habitat.html

 

The Ecologist

THICH NHAT HANH: MAYBE IN 100 YEARS THERE WILL BE NO MORE HUMANS ON THE PLANET http://sco.lt/7fkZ3B

 

 AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

 

LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: TOWARD A NEW GLOBAL ETHOS http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/living-in-the-anthropocene-toward-a-new-global-ethos/

 

EMBRACING THE ANTHROPOCENE http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/embracing-the-anthropocene/

 

BUILDING THE NEW ARCHITECTURE OF THE ECOLOGICAL COMMONS http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/building-the-new-architecture-of-the-ecological-commons/

 

THE CURSE OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/4iAdaz

 

PESTICIDE/CHEMICAL REGULATION OVERHAUL NEEDED TO PROTECT WILDLIFE ECOSYSTEMS AND FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/5oplFx

 

ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY - HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC ICE-FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6qm61h

 

WHAT MAKES AN ECOSYSTEM ENDANGERED? IUCN'S "RED LIST" CRITERIA http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/iucn-red-list-criteria-endangered-ecosystem_n_3244326.html

 

KEYSTONE SPECIES LOSS COULD CAUSE ECOSYSTEM TO COLLAPSE http://news.msn.com/science-technology/keystone-species-loss-could-cause-ecosystem-to-collapse

 

April 1, 2013 Huffington Post
NASA's DR. JAMES HANSEN: DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR FAUSTIAN BARGAIN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html

 

 

WATCH:

VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now May 13, 2013
"The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars", Prof. Michael Mann

CLIMATE TIPPING POINT? CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TOPS 400 PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/13/climate_tipping_point_concentration_of_carbon

 

 

WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8BIJP7

 

 

HOW BIODIVERSITY COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE http://sco.lt/90Sr2n

 

OUR OCEANS NEED US http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

 

FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

 

 

 

MORE ON EXTINCTION http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?q=EXTINCTION

 

12 MOST AMAZING TIME-LAPSE VIDEOS OF STARS, LANDSCAPES AND URBAN SCENES http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/natural-sciences/12-most-amazing-time-lapse-videos-stars-landscapes-and-urban-scenes/page/2/#slide-top

 

 

 

 

 

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MASS EXTINCTION!! The animals are in danger!

CineversityTV's curator insight, May 14, 6:53 AM

we have warned for years, but we expect the government and corporate fools not to listen.

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Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly' - Highest Levels in 55 million years - Arctic Ice-Free in Two Years

Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly' - Highest Levels in 55 million years - Arctic Ice-Free in Two Years | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

May 6, 2013 BBC News Science and Environment

Carbon dioxide is rapidly altering the chemistry of the Arctic, and the changes will last many thousands of years, a report says.,, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22408341

 

May 2, 2013 Guardian Environment
NASA VIDEO:

AN ICE FREE ARCTIC IN TWO YEARS: WHITE HOUSE WARNED ON IMMINENT ARCTIC ICE DEATH SPIRAL http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/earth-insight/2013/may/02/white-house-arctic-ice-death-spiral

 

May 10, 2013 Common Dreams

IN 'MARCH TOWARD DISASTER' WORLD HITS 400 PPM CO2 MILESTONE http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/10-5

 

May 7, 2013 Mother Jones
10 KEY FINDINGS FROM A RAPIDLY ACIDIFYING ARCTIC OCEAN http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/05/arctic-ocean-rapidly-getting-more-acidic

 

May 6, 2013
SCIENTISTS SOUND ALARM AT ARCTIC OCEAN'S RAPID ACIDIFICATION  Now at highest levels in at least 55 million years http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Scientists_sound_alarm_at_Arctic_Oceans_rapid_acidification_999.html

 

May 7, 2013 World Environment News -
ACIDIFICATION: THE LATEST UNKNOWN FOR STRESSED ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM http://planetark.org/wen/68601

 

May 12, 3013 About My Planet
ACIDIFICATION OF OCEANS RISKING ECOSYSTEMS
http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/climate-change/acidification-risking-ecosystems-of-oceans/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Aboutmyplanetcom+%28aboutMyPlanet.com%29

 

May 2, 2013 Yale Environment 360
A KEY EXPERIMENT TO PROBE THE FUTURE OF OUR ACIDIFYING OCEANS http://e360.yale.edu/feature/a_key_experiment_to_probe_the_future_of_our_acidifying_oceans/2644/

 

May 7, 2013 The Independent
THE ACID OCEAN: ARCTIC' SOARING CO2 LEAVES FISH AND HUNTERS GASPING FOR LIFE http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/the-acid-ocean-arctics-soaring-co2-leaves-fish-and-hunters-gasping-for-life-8606805.html

 

 

Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION - AN INTRODUCTION - THE TWIN SISTER TO CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.awi.de/en/news/focus/2013/ocean_acidification/

 

WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE FOR 75 YEARS http://grist.org/news/we-have-known-about-climate-change-for-75-years/

 

April 24, 2013 Arctic News
ANIMATION: ARCTIC SEA ICE MINIMUM VOLUME http://arctic-news.blogspot.dk/2013/04/arctic-sea-ice-animation.html

 

ATMOSPHERIC C02 TO PASS MAJOR MILESTONE http://sco.lt/7D2iGH

 

April 3, 2013 - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
WHAT DOES 400 ppm LOOK LIKE?  THE KEELING CURVE  http://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/what-does-this-number-mean/

 

April 8, 2013
CARBON-DIOXIDE LEVELS ARE AT THEIR HIGHEST POINT IN AT LEAST 800, 000 YEARS http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/08/carbon-dioxide-levels-are-at-their-highest-point-in-at-least-800000-years/

 

April 13, 2013 Counter Currents
ARCTIC WILL BE ALMOST COMPLETELY ICE-FREE BY 2020 http://www.countercurrents.org/cc130413.htm

 

April 2013 398.25ppm
EARTH'S CO2 HOME PAGE http://co2now.org/

 

FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

 

 

 

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the change is on its way, Earth as we know it will be lost.

 

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This faith in the markets is misplaced: Will Big Business Save or Destroy Our Planet?

This faith in the markets is misplaced: Will Big Business Save or Destroy Our Planet? | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

April 22, 2012 George Monbiot:

The European emissions trading system died last week. Why? Because of the lobbying power of big business... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/22/faith-markets-misplaced-governments-save-planet?CMP=twt_fd

 

PLANET PASSES DAILY 400 PPM CO2 MILESTONE - MARCH TOWARD DISASTER http://sco.lt/8pMIe9

 

April 22, 2013 Climate Space
TO RECLAIM OUR FUTURE, WE MUST CHANGE THE PRESENT. OUR PROPOSAL FOR CHANGING THE SYSTEM AND NOT THE CLIMATE http://climatespace2013.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/to-reclaim-our-future-we-must-change-the-present-our-proposal-for-changing-the-system-and-not-the-climate/

 

 April 2013 ELDIS

PROTECTING CARBON TO DESTROY FORESTS??!! : LAND ENCLOSURES AND REDD+ http://sco.lt/7DYN17

 

February 21, 2013 - Redd Monitor
REDD Plus or REDD “Light”? BIODIVERSITY, COMMUNITIES AND FOREST CARBON CERTIFICATION http://www.redd-monitor.org/2013/02/21/redd-plus-or-redd-light-biodiversity-communities-and-forest-carbon-certification/

 

THE CURSE OF INDUSTRIAL, CHEMICAL-BASED FERTILIZERS http://sco.lt/7oRwsT

 

 

 

 

 

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Frying On Planet Earth: Fires Burn More Fiercely As Northern Forests Warm

Frying On Planet Earth: Fires Burn More Fiercely As Northern Forests Warm | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

April 25, 2013 - Yale Environment 360

From North America to Siberia, rising temperatures and drier woodlands are leading to a longer burning season and a significant increase in forest fires. Scientists warn that this trend is expected continue in the years ahead.... http://e360.yale.edu/feature/fires_burn_more_fiercely_as_northern_forests_warm/2643/

 

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Sweden's Quest to be the First Oil-free Nation BY 2020

Sweden's Quest to be the First Oil-free Nation BY 2020 | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

| April 13, 2013 The Energy Collective

Famous for Volvo, Ikea and Absolut Vodka, Sweden is now on a new pursuit to become the first completely oil-free economy in the world by 2020.

The oil crisis in the early 1970s forced Sweden to embark on a quest for alternative energy sources. Its phasing out of oil has proceeded smoothly; in 1970, oil accounted for 77% of Sweden’s energy, but by 2003 that figure fell to 32%.... http://theenergycollective.com/znesheiwat/208421/swedens-quest-be-first-oil-free-nation


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Stephane Bilodeau's curator insight, April 11, 6:28 PM

“Our dependency on oil should be broken by 2020,” said Mona Sahlin, minister of Sustainable Development, in an interview with The Guardian newspaper. “There shall always be better alternatives to oil, which means no house should need oil for heating, and no driver should need to turn solely to gasoline.”

rajendrashende's curator insight, April 21, 4:52 AM

Whether Sweeden will achive their objective can be debated , but their resolve is backed by robust strategy and plan. And they are on path, even for the transport sector . FFV (Flexi-Fuel-Vehicle) is somethig that can inspire Public Private Partnerships even in the developinf countries  

CineversityTV's curator insight, April 21, 1:34 PM

who's next, surely not my country, the Netherlands with its rightwing government Rutte II

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Study Finds Plants Flowering And Leafing Much Earlier Compared To Climate Models

Study Finds Plants Flowering And Leafing Much Earlier Compared To Climate Models | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

April 9, 2013 - Abut My Planet

Climate modeling has become an important method of attempting to determine the impacts of climate change in years to come. However, climate modeling is not without faults. Climate modeling is an evolving process which is refining along the way. A new study based on plants indicates that some significant tweaking is required for some climate models. Led by Dr. Elizabeth Wolkovich from the University of British Columbia, the study evaluated flowering and leafing plants for their blooming dates. Published in the journal Nature, the researchers determined that the current climate models are significantly lagging behind the real-time impacts of leafing and flowering plants... http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/study-finds-plants-flowering-and-leafing-much-earlier-compared-to-climate-models/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Aboutmyplanetcom+%28aboutMyPlanet.com%29

 

March 13, 2013

PLANET PASSES DAILY 400 PPM CO2 MILESTONE - MARCH TOWARD DISASTER http://sco.lt/8pMIe9

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This is our Energy Reality

 

AND THEN THERE'S "FRACKING" FOR NATURAL GAS

http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet?q=FRACKING

 

Promotional slideshow for Post Carbon Institute/Foundation for Deep Ecology's new photo book - ENERGY: Overdevelopment & the Delusion of Endless Growth... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exXqrzhozRI&list=UU4aS7WdRm8_IkIBpDVJZNww&feature=player_embedded

 

April 1, 2013 -POST CARBON INSTITUTE —

Richard Heinberg: The economy is all about energy. Almost all of our environmental issues relate to energy in one way or another. Certainly, climate change does. War and peace, it's all about energy. Upping the energy literacy of the American people and thought leaders is a pretty high priority.

http://ecowatch.com/2013/addiction-to-endless-growth-on-finite-planet/

 

April 1, 2013 Huffington Post
NASA's DR. JAMES HANSEN: DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR FAUSTIAN BARGAIN http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html/dr-james-hansen/doubling-down-on-our-faustian-bargain_b_2989535.html

 

April 1, 2013 - Democracy Now

VIDEO REPORT: ExxonMobil Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Ruptures in Arkansas as Obama Ponders Fate of #KeystoneXL http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/1/exxonmobil_tar_sands_oil_pipeline_ruptures

 

April 1, 2013

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80,000 GALLON ARKANSAS OIL SPILL LEAVES CRUDE RUNNING THROUGH SUBURBAN STREETS (VIDEOS) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/mayflower-arkansas-oil-spill_n_2992373.html?ref=topbar

 

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GOP REP SAYS "KEYSTONE XL IS A 'NO BRAINER' (VIDEO)

Encouraged by the passage of a Senate budget amendment to approve the construction of the Keystone XL, Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) is touting his support for the controversial oil pipeline.) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/lee-terry-keystone-xl_n_2993795.html?ref=topbar

 

March 7, 2013 CBC -The Nature of Things with David Suzuki - -
TIPPING POINT: AGE OF THE OIL SANDS http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episode/tipping-point.html

 

30 March 2013 The Tyee –
KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE COMPANY BULLIES http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/03/30/Pipeline-Company-Bullies/

 

 

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VIDEO: TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - "THE DIRTY TRUTH" http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

 

 

AND THEN THERE'S "FRACKING" FOR NATURAL GAS

http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet?q=FRACKING

 

 

 

CineversityTV's curator insight, April 3, 5:20 AM

where greed is involved damage is done to the environment, sickening.

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In pictures: Brutal drought lingers in Brazil

In pictures: Brutal drought lingers in Brazil | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

29 March 2013 - Al Jazeera

Cattle are dying and farmers are going bankrupt as a severe drought continues in northeastern Brazil....

Brazil's northeast interior has been experiencing a severe drought in what should be the rainy season. 

"What falls from the sky does not fill a glass of water," Raimundo, a farmer, said. Natural vegetation, which would normally provide food for livestock, has dried up and many ranchers cannot afford to buy imported feed for their herds. Many farmers are on the brink of collapse, while others have given up on ranching and have moved to other parts of the country in search of work.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2013/03/2013327134417357984.html

 

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Rich Countries Drag Feet at Climate Talks - Remain Loyal to Fossil Fuels

Rich Countries Drag Feet at Climate Talks - Remain Loyal to Fossil Fuels | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

UXBRIDGE, Canada, May 7 2013 (IPS): Rich Countries Drag Feet at Climate Talks -

Another week of international climate negotiations ended in Bonn, Germany last Friday, but there was little mid-level bureaucrats could do when world leaders remain in thrall to the fossil fuel industry,...

“The main barrier to confronting the climate crisis isn’t lack of knowledge about the problem, nor is it the lack of cost-effective solutions,” said Alden Meyer, director of strategy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

"World leaders are acting like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

“It’s the lack of political will by most world leaders to confront the special interests that have worked long and hard to block the path to a sustainable low-carbon future. Until this changes, we’re not going to see the action we need,”

Canada offers a perfect example. Its much-promoted strategy for future prosperity is based on pumping two billion of tonnes of climate-heating CO2 into the atmosphere. Tens of billions of dollars are being invested in the Alberta tar sands to increase production from 1.6 million barrels a day to four to five million a day by 2020.

That translates into one billion tonnes of CO2 a year from tar sands extraction and burning the resulting fuels.

Canada is also one of the world’s largest natural gas producers, with aggressive expansion plans estimated to result in adding 0.5 billion tonnes of CO2 annually by 2020 for production and burning.... http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/rich-countries-drag-feet-at-climate-talks/

 

TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - "THE DIRTY TRUTH" VIDEO http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

 

FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

 

HOW A NEW STUDY SERIOUSLY CHALLENGES NATURAL GAS AS A CLEAN FOSSIL FUEL - METHANE GREENHOUSE GAS RISES http://sco.lt/7Ftflp

 

ATMOSPHERIC C02 PASSES MAJOR MILESTONE http://sco.lt/7D2iGH

 

 

 

 

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We have known about climate change for 75 years

We have known about climate change for 75 years | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

April 29, 2013 Grist

Global warming was originally known as the Callendar Effect, in honor of an engineer who discovered it in 1938.... http://grist.org/news/we-have-known-about-climate-change-for-75-years/

 

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Scientists link frozen spring to dramatic Arctic sea ice loss

Scientists link frozen spring to dramatic Arctic sea ice loss | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it

25 March 2013 - Guardian Environment, John Vidal

Climate scientists have linked the massive snowstorms and bitter spring weather now being experienced across Britain and large parts of Europe and North America to the dramatic loss of Arctic sea ice.

Melting sea ice, exposing huge parts of the ocean to the atmosphere, explains extreme weather both hot and cold.  Arctic ice loss adds heat to the ocean and atmosphere which shifts the position of the jet stream, which affects weather in the northern hemisphere.

"The sea ice is going rapidly. It's 80% less than it was just 30 years ago. There has been a dramatic loss. This is a symptom of global warming and it contributes to enhanced warming of the Arctic," said Jennifer Francis, research professor with the Rutgers Institute of Coastal and Marine Science.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/25/frozen-spring-arctic-sea-ice-loss

 

March 26, 3013 - Climate Central
ARCTIC ICE HITS ANNUAL MAX AND IT'S 6th LOWEST ON RECORD - ALL IN LAST DECADE http://www.climatecentral.org/news/arctic-ice-hits-annual-max-may-be-tied-to-cold-snowy-march-15782http://ow.ly/jrSYp

 

VIDEO REPORT Democracy Now May 13, 2013
"The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars", Prof. Michael Mann

CLIMATE TIPPING POINT? CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE TOPS 400 PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/13/climate_tipping_point_concentration_of_carbon

 

 

 

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World faces decades of climate chaos, outgoing chief UK scientific adviser warns

World faces decades of climate chaos, outgoing chief UK scientific adviser warns | Latest in GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE News | Scoop.it
The world faces decades of turbulent weather even if it takes drastic action to tackle climate change, the Government's chief scientific adviser said today in a final stark warning as he prepares to step down.

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David Collet's curator insight, March 25, 9:39 PM

Imagine Malaysia without water in some places and severe flooding in others. This makes the small dispute between Selangor and the Federal Government over water management meaningless. There are global implications to climate change and Malaysia will not be spared the impact.