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

The Washington Post, April 10, 2015
▶ THE PACIFIC OCEAN MAY HAVE ENTERED A NEW WARM PHASE -- AND THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DRAMATIC http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/04/10/the-pacific-ocean-may-have-entered-a-new-warm-phase-and-the-consequences-could-be-dramatic/

Mongabay, March 31, 2015
▶ APOCALYPSE NOW?  CLIMATE CHANGE ALREADY DAMAGING AGRICULTURE, ACIDIFYING SEAS, AND WORSENING EXTREME WEATHER http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0331-hance-ipcc-report-impacts.html

Summit County, November 14, 2013
-▶ CLIMATE: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION WILL HAVE HUGE COSTS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/11/14/61627/

                                   OCEANS ACIDIFYING FAST

RISING CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE

                                          http://sco.lt/61C0R7

Yale Environment 360, March 30, 2014
- ▶ HOW LONG CAN OCEANS CONTINUE TO ABSORB EARTH'S EXCESS HEAT? http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_long_can_oceans_continue_to_absorb_earths_excess_heat/2860/

Mother Nature Network, March 31,2015
-▶ MAJESTIC GLACIERS IN ALASKA:  THEN AND NOW

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/majestic-glaciers-in-alaska-then-and-now

August 23, 2013 Grist
-▶ IS CLIMATE CHANGE HUMANITY'S GREATEST-EVER RISK MANAGEMENT FAILURE? http://grist.org/climate-energy/is-climate-change-humanitys-greatest-ever-risk-management-failure/

 

August 5, 2013 Environment News Service

-▶ GLOBAL SCIENTIST SHOCKED BY TRUE SCALE OF OCEAN WARMING http://ens-newswire.com/2013/08/05/global-scientists-shocked-by-true-scale-of-ocean-warming/

 5 May 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ CLIMATE RESEARCH NEARLY UNANIMOUS ON HUMAN CAUSES, SURVEY FINDS  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/16/climate-research-nearly-unanimous-humans-causes

 

-▶ THE WHOLE BELT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CANADIAN BORDER TO NORTHERN ARGENTINA IS GOING TO BE JUST DESERT IN 100 YEARS........BRINGING WITH IT A WIDE ARRAY OF EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES - THREATENING CIVILIZATION http://grist.org/climate-energy/were-already-sick-of-climate-change-and-getting-sicker/

 

-▶ NASA STUDY: GLOBAL WARMING WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF EXTREME RAINFALL AND DROUGHT http://sco.lt/7PjEfJ

 

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

                                      ======================

 

                      GREENLAND, ARCTIC, ANTARCTICA MELTING

      CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN

                                             http://sco.lt/8bjv73

                                     ARCTIC ECOSYSTEMS:

                         CHANGING OUR WORLD FOREVER

             THE WAY TO A NEW, UNKNOWN ARCTIC

                                      http://sco.lt/8eWiUz

                                        =======================

                                              --- WATCH ---

                              August 1, 2013 Discovery News
                  WHAT SEA ICE LOSS MEANS FOR WILDLIFE

                           AND IT'S NOT JUST POLAR BEARS

http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/sea-ice-loss-and-wildlife-impacts-its-not-jus

t-polar-bears-130801.htm

-▶ WHAT HAVE WE DONE? POLAR BEARS MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE http://sco.lt/8I7Pwv

                                                         VIDEO

FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB GOING...GOING...

                                                http://sco.lt/5xliU5

 

                                                          VIDEO
                                                 Grist, May 20, 2014
CLIMATE-CHANGED OCEANS WILL MESS WITH LIFE ABOVE AND BELOW WATER http://grist.org/climate-energy/climate-changed-oceans-will-mess-with-life-above-and-below-water/

 

 Mother Jones, May/June Issue
-▶ SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG ON THE EAST COAST -- AND IT'S KILLING ALL THE BABY PUFFINS http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/04/gulf-maine-puffin-climate-change

International Business Times, February 25, 2014
-▶ RISING SEA LEVELS TO SWALLOW LOW-LYING ISLANDS WITH RARE ANIMAL SPECIES http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/540429/20140225/climate-change-global-warming-island-sanctuaries-new.htm

-▶ HEALTH OF OCEANS 'DECLINING FAST' - MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/8ZyX6v

Summit County News, September 17, 2013
-▶ OCEANS: CLIMATE CHANGE IS DRIVING BIG SHIFTS IN DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE SPECIES . ‘Study after study show that climate change is affecting global fisheries … ‘ ... http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/09/17/oceans-climate-change-is-driving-big-shifts-in-distribution-of-marine-species/

onEarth, March 26, 2015
- ▶ STUDY SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE IS MESSING WITH THE OCEAN'S CIRCULATION.  THAT'S NOT GOOD  http://www.onearth.org/earthwire/thermohaline-circulation-atlantic-current

IPCC REPORT Food 2 Fork, September 27, 2013
-▶ FOOD SECURITY 'UNDER THREAT' AS OCEANS SUFFER UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE  http://www.fish2fork.com/en-GB/news-index/2013/Food-security-under-threat-as-oceans-suffer-under-climate-change.aspx

                                     =======================

 

-▶ THE END OF CORAL REEFS? AROUND FOR 10 MILLION YEARS, WIPED OUT IN 100 http://sco.lt/7y1XHt

 

                      AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF IS DYING

                                    WHAT WE STAND TO LOSE

                                          http://sco.lt/6uQmsD

                                         DEEP SEA MINING

DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/70rdpp

 

                                    =========================

Guardian Environment, September 24, 2013

-▶ WHY GEOENGINEERING SUITS RUSSIA'S CARBON AGENDA, GIVEN THE COUNTRY'S FOSSIL FUEL STRATEGY IN THE ARCTIC
The Arctic, a large portion of which is controlled or claimed by Russia, is a new carbon El Dorado, holding up to a quarter of the globe’s undiscovered oil and gas reserves. According to one energy industry insider: "Climate change is opening up one of the last frontiers for hydrocarbons on our planet. The Arctic … could be set for rapid change and development as exploration, production and infrastructure will have an inevitable, irreversible impact." http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/24/why-geoengineering-suits-russias-carbon-agenda

 

                                                           VIDEO

                                    CLIMATE GEO-ENGINEERING

            CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET BY MESSING WITH NATURE?

                                              http://sco.lt/5R121p

 May 10, 2013 Common Dreams

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

 

      OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB

           THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES

Obama's Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb. The Suicidal Race for Arctic's Natural Resources http://sco.lt/5pPxWD

 

                                               ----- WATCH -----

                                     VIDEO - Moyers and Company

 "ENDING THE SILENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - THE POLITICS"

                                            http://sco.lt/5St5Cj

October 11, 2012 Planet Change
-▶ PEOPLE AT RISK TO NATURAL DISASTER AND HOW NATURE CAN HELP  http://change.nature.org/2012/10/11/people-at-risk-to-natural-disasters-and-how-nature-can-help/

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/

 

-▶ 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/

-▶ WORLD CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2020 ON CLIMATE CHANGE SAYS NEW, HIGHLY-DISTURBING INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY REPORT  http://sco.lt/82bCM5

-▶ "WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT"

UN CHIEF SCIENTIST URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/7r58s5

 

                             LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

                             TOWARD A NEW GLOBAL ETHOS

                                        http://sco.lt/6FzKSX

                                              POWERFUL WATCH

                                            USA State Department

              CLIMATE CHANGE - A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

SECRETARY KERRY DELIVERS REMARKS ON CLIMATE

                                            http://sco.lt/8JvN3Z

 

 

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

-▶  ABRUPT CLIMATE DISASTER THREAT RAISES CALL FOR EARLY WARNING SYSTEM http://sco.lt/5iaoSH

 

                                                          WATCH:

                                              "SEA THE TRUTH" --

                  BY 2048 The Oceans Will Be Empty! (full-length, HiQ)

                                                http://sco.lt/5Nk4Kv

 

                                                        WATCH:

                                                    CNN VIDEO:

-▶  "OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE" http://sco.lt/7e9wYL

Huffington Post Green, October 22, 2013
-▶ THE URGENCY OF PROTECTING THE OCEAN: A SOCIAL DEMAND http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-narbona/the-urgency-of-protecting-ocean_b_4123464.html

 -▶ THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/51LeCn

                        FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION

                                           http://sco.lt/8mKlIP

                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

IN 40 YEARS WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS  http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

                       EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

 

 

 

July 26, 2013 Climate Progress
-▶ MANY SPECIES WILL HAVE TO EVOLVE 10,000 TIMES FASTER TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE  http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/07/26/2294101/many-species-will-have-to-evolve-10000-times-faster-to-adapt-to-climate-change-study-finds/?mobile=nc

-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE COULD ENDANGER MORE ANIMALS THAN WE THOUGHT http://sco.lt/5CEe1Z

                                                   VIDEO REPORT
                                  PBS Newshour, February 17, 2015
                       THE PLIGHT OF THE MIGRATING PIPING PLOVER
Scientists hope to protect the piping plover’s winter home
climate change is likely to disrupt the habitat of about half of North America’s bird species by 2080 http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/scientists-want-protect-piping-plovers-winter-home/

Grist, September 10, 2014
  -▶ 10 BIRDS YOUR GRANDKIDS MAY NEVER SEE, THANKS TO CLIMATE CHANGE  http://grist.org/climate-energy/10-birds-your-grandkids-may-never-see-thanks-to-climate-change/

International Business Times, February 25, 2014
-▶ RISING SEA LEVELS TO SWALLOW LOW-LYING ISLANDS WITH RARE ANIMAL SPECIES http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/540429/20140225/climate-change-global-warming-island-sanctuaries-new.htm

EcoInternet, August 04, 2014
-▶ NEW SCIENCE SUGGESTS MORE LAND-BASED ECOSYSTEMS LOST THAN BIOSPHERE CAN BEAR http://www.ecointernet.org/2014/08/04/biosphere_collapse/

▶   POLAR BEARS 'MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE'  http://sco.lt/7JCUk5

 

The Earth Times, July 18, 2014
-▶ DIVERSE WORLDS OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS DISAPPEARING http://www.earthtimes.org/conservation/diverse-worlds-disappearing/2644/

 

MSN NEWS, April 13, 2013
-▶ KEYSTONE SPECIES' LOSS COULD CAUSE ECOSYSTEM TO COLLAPSE http://news.msn.com/science-technology/keystone-species-loss-could-cause-ecosystem-to-collapse

  -▶ TOO COLD FOR COMFORT:  BRITISH WEATHER HAVING A SERIOUS EFFECT ON WILDLIFE  http://sco.lt/5fh24P

 July 2, 2014 Common Dreams
-▶ 'EXTINCTION CRISIS' 21,000 OF WORLD'S SPECIES AT RISK OF DISAPPEARING https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/02-9

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS IN 40 YEARS:  http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

  -▶ CHANGING OUR WORLD FOREVER.  THE WAY TO AN UNKNOWN ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM http://sco.lt/8eWiUz

Treehugger, Feb ruary 24, 2012

  -▶ eBIRD'S CROWDSOURCED BIRDWATCHING DATA USED TO TRACK GLOBAL WARMING'S IMPACT ON MIGRATORY BIRDS http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/ebird-citizen-science-group-tracks-global-warmings-impact-migratory-birds.html

International Fund for Animal Welfare, December 11, 2013

-▶  DRAMATIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANIMALS MUST BE ADDRESSED http://www.ifaw.org/international/news/dramatic-impacts-climate-change-animals-must-be-addressed

  -▶ MASS EXTINCTION FORECAST WITH 6C TEMPERATURE RISE - RAPID WARMING LEAVES FEW CHOICES  http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/01/mass-extinction-forecast-with-6c-temperature-rise/

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

August 14, 2012 Science Daily
-▶ STUDY DEMONSTRATES THAT ONE EXTINCTION LEADS TO ANOTHER  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120814213500.htm?+Animals+News+--+Nature%29

 

▶  WORLD LOSING BIODIVERSITY THOUSAND TIME FASTER THAN NATURAL EXTINCTION: UN http://www.sify.com/news/world-losing-biodiversity-at-unprecedented-rate-un-news-national-lbhpEhbfcaf.html

-▶ STATE OF THE WORLD'S BIRDS REPORT:  INDICATES A PLANET IN PERIL http://sco.lt/4jydYv

-▶ BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAINING ECOSYSTEM AND HUMAN HEALTH http://sco.lt/4u4JhR

 

                                                   --- WATCH --

                                              Dr. Vandana Shiva

WHY DOES LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY MATTER? THREAT TO ECONOMY, POLITICAL SECURITY, ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE ON EARTH

                                            http://sco.lt/5Y5qYT

 

                                            UNPRECEDENTED STUDY

BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY LOSS PAINTS DIRE PICTURE FOR FUTURE OF HUMAN SPECIES http://sco.lt/4m6nZJ

 

May 13, 2013 Mongabay

  -▶ CLIMATE AND HABITAT

Even as concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history last week, a new study in Nature Climate Change warns that thousands of the world's common species will suffer grave habitat loss under climate change... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0513-hance-climate-habitat.html

 

Global Issues
-▶ LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND EXTINCTIONS http://www.globalissues.org/article/171/loss-of-biodiversity-and-extinctions

 

-▶ HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS ESSENTIAL FOR PLANET'S SURVIVAL  http://sco.lt/5LXPEH

 

  -▶ A CULTURE SEPARATED FROM NATURE CANNOT SURVIVE:  BANKRUPTING NATURE http://sco.lt/8EqAwD

 

 

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

  -▶ FOOD FORESTS CAN MITIGATE RISKS OF 'FEAST OR FAMINE' - BIG CORPORATE AG IS NOT THE ANSWER http://sco.lt/8q2M41

 

 

May 28, 2013 Treehugger
-▶ PLANTS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AFTER 400_ YEARS UNDER MELTING GLACIER http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/plants-brought-back-life-after-400-years-under-glacier.html

 

July 4, 2013 Guardian Environment
-▶ RE-WILDING OFFERS HOPE FOR SURVIVAL OF AUSTRALIAN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBATS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/05/wombats-endangered-species-hope

 

-▶ WEB-OF-LIFE UNRAVELLING - HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS VITAL FOR ALL PLANETARY LIFE http://sco.lt/7Obz0L

 

                                                          WATCH:

                                     FROGS: THE THIN GREEN LINE

                                        A World Without Amphibians 

                                               http://sco.lt/6pPisL

 

-▶ WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/8FyZST

 

-▶ DEFORESTATION IS DESERTIFICATION -- A DEADLY GAME FOR ALL LIFE http://sco.lt/72G2nh

 

                                                          VIDEO

                                       "ECOLOGY FROM THE AIR" --

                           SEEING THE FORESTS FOR THE TREES

                                             http://sco.lt/8OErrN

 

 

-▶ THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/903vvt

                                    =========================

                             AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD

                                       The Natural Eye Project

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

                    THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US

                                        http://sco.lt/6lPJeT

 

                                                   WATCH

                                                   "HOME"

                                       Yann Arthus-Bertrand

                An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet

                             Solutions For A Sustainable Planet

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/

 

 

 

 

Guardian, November 10, 2014
▶ WE MUST MANAGE GLOBAL WARMING RISKS BY CUTTING CARBON POLLUTION, TOP SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE. The latest IPCC report details the immense risks posed by failing to mitigate global warming http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/nov/10/we-must-manage-global-warming-risks-by-cutting-carbon-pollution-ipcc

FastCoExist, November 04, 2014
▶ THE MOST APOCALYPTIC PARTS OF THE UN's LATEST BIG CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT http://www.fastcoexist.com/3037979/the-most-apocalyptic-parts-of-the-uns-latest-big-climate-change-report

Truthout, September 22, 2014
▶ UN REPORT:  HUMAN-CAUSED DISRUPTION IS "SEVERE, PERVASIVE, IRREVERSIBLE" http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/26297-un-report-human-caused-global-warming-is-severe-pervasive-irreversible

Bloomberg, August 26, 2014
▶ IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE SEEN FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IN UN LEAK. Humans risk causing irreversible and widespread damage to the planet unless there’s faster action to limit the fossil fuel emissions that cause climate change, according to a leaked draft United Nations report.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-26/irreversible-damage-seen-from-climate-change-in-un-leak.html

Guardian Environment, August 26, 2014
▶ GLOBAL WARMING IS ALREADY HERE AND COULD BE IRREVERSIBLE, UN PANEL SAYS. Global warming is here, human-caused and probably already dangerous – and it’s increasingly likely that the heating trend could be irreversible, a draft of a new international science report says.
    The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on Monday sent governments a final draft of its synthesis report, which combines three earlier, gigantic documents by the Nobel Prize-winning group. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/26/global-warming-irreversible-un-panel-report

 Guardian Environment, March 14, 2014

▶  NASA-FUNDED STUDY: INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION HEADED FOR 'IRREVERSIBLE COLLAPSE'? Nafeez Ahmed:

Natural and social scientists develop new model of how 'perfect storm' of crises could unravel global system...A new study sponsored by Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial civilisation could collapse in coming decades due to unsustainable resource exploitation and increasingly unequal wealth distribution.http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/14/nasa-civilisation-irreversible-collapse-study-scientists

 

Guardian Environment, March 18, 2014
▶  CLIMATE CHANGE IS PUTTING WORLD AT RISK OF IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES, SCIENTIST WARN. The world is at growing risk of “abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes” because of a warming climate, America’s premier scientific society warned on Tuesday.
    In a rare intervention into a policy debate, the American Association for the Advancement of Science urged Americans to act swiftly to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – and lower the risks of leaving a climate catastrophe for future generations... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/18/climate-change-world-risk-irreversible-changes-scientists-aaas

VIDEO (10:00)
OUR FORESTS ARE DYING, ARE WE NEXT?
Trees are the terrestrial lungs of the planet, and they are dying all over the globe. Government agencies and mainstream media are not reporting on the unfolding cataclysm of this die off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPzix8TiHR8

 Quartz, February 04, 2014
-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE IS SLOWLY BUT STEADILY COOKING THE WORLD'S OCEAN http://qz.com/173647/climate-change-is-slowly-but-steadily-cooking-the-worlds-oceans/

 -▶ GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/8bjv73

 

▶ OCEAN ACIDIFYING: RAPIDLY RISING C02 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE  http://sco.lt/8WLvHd

▶ VAST METHANE 'PLUMES' SEEN IN ARCTIC OCEAN RISING DIRECTLY INTO ATMOSPHERE AS SEA ICE RETREATS http://sco.lt/8rSiJN

Alternet, July 04, 2014
 ▶   THE GIANT METHANE MONSTER THAT CAN WIPE OUT THE HUMAN RACE: Underneath the frozen Arctic are 1,000 gigatons of the world's most deadly greenhouse gas http://www.alternet.org/environment/giant-methane-monster-lurking

                                                     --- WATCH ---

                       300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS

                                            http://sco.lt/724dSD

A WAKE-UP VIDEO:

"Extreme Ice"

Just How Fast Are We Melting? As It Happens

http://sco.lt/7xj1MH

Bloomberg, August 06, 2014
-▶ DEEP WATER FRACKING NEXT FRONTIER FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING. Energy companies are taking their controversial fracking operations from the land to the sea -- to deep waters off the U.S., South American and African coasts.  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-07/deep-water-fracking-next-frontier-for-offshore-drilling.html

                                               PRICING CARBON

     A FAILED STRATEGY THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET

                                               http://sco.lt/5BKyfp

 ▶   OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB.  THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES  http://sco.lt/5pPxWD

 

AmericaBlog New, July 27, 2014
▶   OBAMA LEASING MILLIONS OF GULF ACRE FOR OFFSHORE OIL & GAS DRILLING:  HIS WORDS DO NOT MATCH HIS DEEDS http://americablog.com/2014/07/obama-leasing-millions-gulf-acres-offshore-oil-gas-drilling.html

 

             -▶  THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION -

                          AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE 

                                       http://sco.lt/8qklOr

 ▶ THE COMING CLIMATE CRASH: LESSONS FROM THE 2008 RECESSION http://sco.lt/6tNs8H

-▶ WORLD LOSING BIODIVERSITY THOUSAND TIMES FASTER THAN NATURAL EXTINCTION: UN http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3618052038/world-losing-biodiversity-thousand-times-higher-than-natural-extinction-un

 July 9, 2013 Science Daily
-▶ EVOLUTION TOO SLOW TO KEEP UP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709175747.htm

 

December 12, 2012 Discovery
-▶ HAVE HUMANS CAUSED A NEW GEOLOGICAL ERA? http://news.discovery.com/human/have-humans-caused-a-new-geological-era-121207.htm

 

 ▶  THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US:  CAN HUMAN SURVIVE? http://sco.lt/95E5aL

    -▶ POLAR BEARS MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE http://sco.lt/6uz4Aj

                                                   WATCH 4:00

                     THE EARTH'S NEXT 100 YEARS, VISUALIZED

                                            http://sco.lt/8vwwb3

 

 

EarthSkyScience, June 18, 2014
▶ NASA: MAY 2014 WAS THE WARMEST MAY ON RECORD. It now seems possible that 2014 could become the hottest year on record, if the trend from the first five months continues. http://earthsky.org/earth/may-2014-was-the-warmest-may-on-record

 

Yale Environment 360, July 02, 2014
▶ 2047 : WHERE WILL EARTH HEAD AFTER ITS 'CLIMATE DEPARTURE'? The term “climate departure” has an odd ring, but its meaning is relatively straightforward. It marks the point at which the earth’s climate begins to cease resembling what has come before and moves into a new state, one where heat records are routinely shattered and what once was considered extreme will become the norm. http://e360.yale.edu/feature/interview_camilo_mora_where_will_earth_head_after_its_climate_departure/2783/

 

-From: @Pavan Sukhdev to @pdjmoo via TWITTER

▶ IT'S TOO LATE FOR MARKET SOLUTIONS.  NEED GLOBAL AGITATION -- NOW -- FOR TAXING FOSSIL FUEL HEAVILY, BANNING THEM BY 2020.

Pavan Sukhdev, Founder-CEO, GIST Advisory. Author- Corporation 2020. Study Leader for UNEP's The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).  Biography: http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/AboutGEI/WhoisGEI/BiographyPavanSukhdev/tabid/56208/Default.aspx

RTCC News, March 2, 2014

  -▶ CLIMATE CHANGE COULD BE LIKE '100-YEAR WAR' SAYS US ARMY EXPERT http://www.rtcc.org/2014/03/18/climate-change-like-100-year-war-says-us-army-expert/

   -▶ MASSIVE DESERTIFICATION, EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES COMING WITH GLOBAL WARMING, MELTING WORLD http://sco.lt/5cPnrF

 

Common Dreams, April 04, 2014
- ▶ CLIMATE CHANGE AND INEQUALITY BREWING GLOBAL SOCIAL UPHEAVAL - President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, is warning that the combined crises of planetary climate change and rising global inequality in a highly interconnected world will lead to the rise of widespread upheaval as the world's poor rise up and clashes over access to clean water and affordable food result in increased violence and political conflict. http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/04

 

Guardian Environment, March 30, 2014
- ▶ CLIMATE DENIAL ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: WHEN WILL WE WAKE UP? 25 YEARS OF IPCC CLIMATE CHANGE WARNINGS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/mar/31/ipcc-climate-change-impacts-report-history-warnings

 

Climasphere, March 30, 2014
ON CLIMATE CHANGE: "HUMANITY IS MAKING A RECKLESS GAMBLE WITH IT'S FUTURE - ONE THAT IS VERY UNLIKELY TO PAY OFF" http://www.climasphere.org/#!article/Even-the-most-optimistic-climate-warming-predictio DOWNLOAD "GLOBAL CLIMATE & HEALTH" REPORTS

The Independent, March 18, 2014

LEAKED UN IPCC REPORT:  GLOBAL WARMING WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD CONFLICT, DISPLACE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND DEVASTATE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/official-prophecy-of-doom-global-warming-will-cause-widespread-conflict-displace-millions-of-people-and-devastate-the-global-economy-9198171.html

 

Guardian Environment, March 18, 2014
▶  THE GLOBAL TRANSITION TIPPING POINT HAS ARRIVED: VIVE LA REVOLUTION. What we are seeing, as I've argued in detail before, are escalating, interconnected symptoms of the unsustainability of the global system in its current form. While the available evidence suggests that business-as-usual is likely to guarantee worst-case scenarios, simultaneously humanity faces an unprecedented opportunity to create a civilisational form that is in harmony with our environment, and ourselves. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/mar/18/transition-tipping-point-revolution-doom

 

                                      SHORT ANIMATED VIDEO
                                   Climate Council, March 31, 2014
                   REALLY. IMPORTANT. SCIENCE. ANNOUNCEMENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOD52WeFVms&feature=youtu.be

Guardian Envronment, March 31, 2014
- ▶ UN IPCC CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT 'SHOULD JOLT PEOPLE INTO ACTION, SAYS IPCC CHIEF: UN science panel's chairman, Rajendra Pachauri, says report on impacts of rising temperatures should push leaders to act http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/31/climate-change-report-ipcc-chief

 

Salon, April 03, 2014
- ▶ GLOBAL WARMING COULD DRY OUT A THIRD OF THE EARTH BY 2100 - Columbia University’s Earth Observatory http://www.salon.com/2014/04/03/global_warming_could_dry_out_a_third_of_the_earth_by_2100/

 

 ▶  WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS http://sco.lt/74mbHF

 

Guardian Environment, March 28, 2014
- ▶ UN IPCC SECOND REPORT:  CLIMATE CHANGE FELT ON ALL CONTINENTS AND ACROSS THE OCEANS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/28/ipcc-report-climate-change-report-human-natural-systems

 

Before It's News, January 14, 2014
▶  OFF THE CHARTS: THE UNBELIEVABLE LIST OF HEAT RECORDS BROKEN IN 2013 http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2014/01/off-the-charts-2013-australias-hottest-year-the-unbelievable-list-of-heat-records-broken-in-2013-2490202.html

 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, March 26, 2014

- ▶ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO WORSEN OVER TIME AS RESOURCES BECOME HARDER TO REACH. Even if current appetites for new things remained stable, the world is headed for more environmental destruction as resources become harder to reach. HAVING PICKED MOST of the 'low hanging fruit', humans are now putting more effort into extracting useful materials, and a new study says the associated environmental impacts are only going to grow. http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2014/03/25/3970411.htm

 

BBC News , March 31, 2014
- ▶ NEW UN IPCC REPORT: CLIMATE IMPACTS ARE OVERWHELMING- The impacts of global warming are likely to be "severe, pervasive and irreversible", a major report by the UN has warned. Scientists and officials meeting in Japan say the document is the most comprehensive assessment to date of the impacts of climate change on the world. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26810559

 

 RTCC News, March 26, 2014
  -▶ UN IPCC SCIENCE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS LIMITS TO CLIMATE ADAPTION. Warns that there are barriers to man’s ability to adapt to projected floods, droughts and other extreme weather events, which means that the world will inevitably endure a certain amount of pain within the next century http://www.rtcc.org/2014/03/26/un-climate-science-report-will-highlight-limits-to-adaptation/

 

Reuters, March 25, 2014

  -▶ IF GLOBAL WARMING IS NOT STOPPED, WILL GO ON FOR CENTURIES - U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/03/25/climatechange-temperature-idINDEEA2O00620140325

 

Huffington Post Green, March 25, 2014
  -▶ CLIMATE CHANGE COULD DELAY THE FIGHT AGAINST WORLD HUNGER FOR DECADES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/25/climate-change-world-hunger_n_5021535.html

 

Huffington Post, March 26, 2014
  -▶ CLIMATE CHANGE DANGERS HERE NOW, WILL WORSEN MANY HUMAN ILLS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/climate-change-dangers_n_5019412.html

 

 August 9, 2013 Climate Progress

-▶ NEW IPPC REPORT: CLIMATOLOGISTS MORE CERTAIN GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSED BY HUMANS, IMPACTS ARE SPEEDING UP http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/18/2484711/ipcc-report-more-certain-global-warming-is-caused-by-humans-impacts-speeding-up/

 

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

 SF Gate, March 24, 2014
  -▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: CENTRAL VALLEY FARMLAND ON ITS LAST LEGS. Only sensible solution is to retire hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/California-drought-Central-Valley-farmland-on-5342892.php

 

                                                      WATCH
                              PBS Newshour, March 19, 2014
RISING SEAS: SOUTH FLORIDA CONSIDERS INVESTMENT AGAINST RISING SEAS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/south-florida-rising-sea-levels/

 

 

The Ecologist, March 22, 2013
Thich Nhat Hanh:

▶  IN 100 YEARS HUMAN LIFE ON PLANET EARTH MAY HAVE ENDED http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1291786/thich_nhat_hanh_in_100_years_there_may_be_no_more_humans_on_planet_earth.html

 

                           FULL VIDEO OF JOHN KERRY SPEECH

                      POWERFUL ADDRESS FROM INDONESIA

          "Climate Change Is The Greatest Challenge of Our Generation"

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on climate change from Jakarta, Indonesia on February 16, 2014. A transcript can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-yDzHApXiw&feature=youtu.be

 

 FULL TRANSCRIPT http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/02/221704.htm

 

                                                PRICING CARBON

      A FAILED STRATEGY THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET

                                                http://sco.lt/5BKyfp

 

 ▶  THIS FAITH IN THE MARKETS IS MISPLACED: WILL BIG BUSINESS SAVE OR DESTROY OUR PLANET? http://sco.lt/8Yxtgn

 

  -▶ OUR INDUSTRIAL, WESTERN AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM IS DESTROYING THE EARTH AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/63qRl3

 -▶ THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/61gcWf

 

                                                         VIDEO:

                                        "CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING"

          CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET BY MESSING WITH NATURE?

                                             http://sco.lt/5WgE0v

 

 

 ▶ AT THE LIMITS OF THE MARKET:  WHY CAPITALISM HASN'T AND CAN'T SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/84Vywz

 

PR Watch, August 01, 2013
-▶  DIRTY HANDS:  77 ALEC BILLS IN 2013 ADVANCE A BIG OIL, BIG AG AGENDA http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12193/dirty-hands-77-alec-bills-2013-advance-big-oil-big-ag-agenda

 

 

 -▶  OBAMA'S "ALL OF THE ABOVE" DRILL, BABY DRILL MAY KILL US ALL http://sco.lt/6cMFxh

 

 

 ▶  WHY CHOOSING NATURE WILL ONLY ADVANCE HUMAN SOCIETIES http://sco.lt/76Gtij

 

 -▶ THE EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS: HOW A NEW BUSINESS ERA INSPIRED BY NATURE, NOT GREED, CAN BENEFIT US ALL  http://sco.lt/6XU6Kn

 

 -▶ LOOTING THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF LIFE: CORPORATE FINANCIALIZATION OF NATURE: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/13

 

                             WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

                                      http://sco.lt/856DXl

 

▶  UNPRECEDENTED STUDY:  THREATENING OUR OWN EXTINCTION WITH LOSS OF BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY http://sco.lt/64XtcP

 

   ▶ ENOUGHNESS:  WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY http://sco.lt/6EFbPt

 

                                       ERADICATING ECOCIDE:

WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE

                                        http://sco.lt/56vkOH

 

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

 

                                                  WATCH

                                              FILM: ***"HOME"

                    An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet

      http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/

 

                                 

 

 

▶  "WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT" - IPCC REPORT, UN CHIEF SCIENTIST URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/7C0zyb

 

 

PICKING UP THE CORPORATE TAB

The Guardian, March 17, 2014
▶ TOXIC TRAIL:  HOW A LANDMARK SUPERFUND CLEANUP PROGRAM LEAVES ITS OWN TOXIC LEGACY.

Below some of the world’s most expensive real estate, in the heart of Silicon Valley, pipes and pumps suck thousands of gallons of contaminated water every hour from vast underground toxic pools.

Giant industrial filters trap droplets of dangerous chemicals at the surface, all in the hope of making the water drinkable again and protecting the workers of tech giants such as Google and Symantec from toxic vapors. Often the original mess is almost untreatable. In Silicon Valley’s case, it would take 700 years of continuous treatment to make the groundwater drinkable. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2014/mar/-sp-toxic-waste-silicon-valley-trail

 

 

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Via pdjmoo

                                        ANTHROPOCENE -Wikipedia

                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene

 

-▶ WELCOME TO THE ANTHROPOCENE - AN INTRODUCTION http://www.anthropocene.info/en/anthropocene

 

                                                --- WATCH----

                         "WELCOME TO THE ANTHROPOCENE" (3:38)

                               http://vimeo.com/anthropocene/shortfilm

 

SCIENTISTS WARN THE WORLD MUST IMMEDIATELY REIN IN EMISSIONS 

.@IPCC_CH scientists warned today that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will require “rapid and far-reaching” changes to the world’s energy, transportation, and other systems for which there is “no documented historic precedent. 

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/scientists-warn-the-world-must-immediately-rein-in-emissions

 

January 24, 2011 Yale Environment 360

LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: TOWARD A NEW GLOBAL ETHOS

-▶ A decade ago, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Paul Crutzen first suggested we were living in the “Anthropocene,” a new geological epoch in which humans had altered the planet. Now, in an article for Yale Environment 360, Crutzen and a coauthor explain why adopting this term could help transform the perception of our role as stewards of the Earth.... http://e360.yale.edu/feature/living_in_the_anthropocene_toward_a_new_global_ethos_/2363/

 

Climate News Network, March 21, 2105
-▶ EARTH AT RISK IN NEW EPOCH RULED BY DESTRUCTIVE HUMANS http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/earth-at-risk-in-new-epoch-ruled-by-destructive-humans/

 

March 26, 2013 TerraDaily

-▶ SHADOW OF THE 'ANTHROPOCENE' - THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET IS IN OUR HANDS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Shadow_of_Anthropocene_falls_over_Rio_Summit_999.html

 

August 06, 2013 All Things Considered

-▶ EARTH SCIENTISTS PIN CLIMATE CHANGE SQUARELY ON 'HUMANITY' http://www.npr.org/2013/08/06/209462713/earth-scientists-pin-climate-change-squarely-on-humanity

 

In These Times, April 14, 2014
-▶ THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF ANTHROPOCENE. By altering the earth, have humans ushered in a new epoch? http://inthesetimes.com/article/16544/the_dawning_of_the_age_of_anthropocene

 

Truthout, January 25, 2015

-▶ PLANET OR PROFIT?  http://truth-out.org/news/item/22419-planet-or-profit

 

Living on Earth, September 26, 2014
-▶ CAPITALISM vs THE CLIMATE http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00039&segmentID=5

 

 

HUMANITY HAS EXCEEDED 4 OF 9 'PLANETARY BOUNDARIES' THAT KEEP HUMANITY IN A 'SAFE OPERATING SPACE.' http://sco.lt/7Ji72v

 

THE ANTHROPOCENE: OUR PLANET'S THRESHOLDS AND BOUNDARIES. As scientists learn more about how our planet works, both now and in the past, they are increasingly aware of the existence of environmental ‘tipping points’ – points of no return. These are thresholds beyond which environmental change becomes hard to stop....http://www.anthropocene.info/en/thresholds-boundaries

 

                                                        WATCH
              CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 1:06:30
                      The Human Impact on The Planet Explained
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bjn2RGAIo0

 

July 9, 2013 Science Daily
-▶ EVOLUTION TOO SLOW TO KEEP UP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130709175747.htm

 

-▶ WORLD LOSING BIODIVERSITY THOUSAND TIMES FASTER THAN NATURAL EXTINCTION: UN  http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3618052038/world-losing-biodiversity-thousand-times-higher-than-natural-extinction-un

 

New York Times, September 05, 2014
-▶ 'THE HUMAN AGE' - FUTURE FOOTPRINTS. Since the late-18th-century industrialization that marks the Anthropocene’s beginnings, humans have ­shaken Earth’s life systems with a profundity that the paleontologist Anthony Barnosky has likened to an asteroid strike. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/books/review/the-human-age-by-diane-ackerman.html?_r=0

 

May 17, 2013 Yale Environment 360 - Elizabeth Kolbert
-▶ THE ANTHROPOCENE DEBATE: MARKING HUMANITY'S IMPACT http://e360.yale.edu/feature/the_anthropocene_debate__marking_humanitys_impact_/2274/

 

 

                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS IN 40 YEARS http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

 

The New York Times, September 27, 2014

-▶ WE ARE BUILDING AN ARK FOR THE ANTHROPOCENE.  We are barreling into the Anthropocene, the sixth mass extinction in the history of the planet. By 2100, researchers say, one-third to one-half of all Earth’s species could be wiped out. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/sunday-review/building-an-ark-for-the-anthropocene.html?_r=1

 

▶  WEB-OF-LIFE UNRAVELLING - HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS VITAL FOR ALL PLANETARY LIFE  http://sco.lt/7Obz0L

 

 

January 25, 2012 Climate Himalaya
-▶ GLOBAL WARMING:  WELCOME TO THE AGE OF MANKIND http://chimalaya.org/2012/01/25/global-warming-welcome-to-the-age-of-mankind/

 

 5 May 2013 Guardian Environment

-▶ CLIMATE RESEARCH NEARLY UNANIMOUS ON HUMAN CAUSES, SURVEY FINDS  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/16/climate-research-nearly-unanimous-humans-causes

 

                                       A WAKE-UP VIDEO

                                           "EXTREME ICE"

                JUST HOW FAST ARE WE MELTING?  AS IT HAPPENS

                                       http://sco.lt/8zIJfd

 

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

 

July 25, 2013 NASA Climate Change: News -

-▶ AN UNRECOGNIZABLE ARCTIC

Arctic systems may be reaching “tipping points” [2]—critical moments in time where a small change has large, potentially irreversible impacts (see sidebar) http://climate.nasa.gov/news/958

 

Global Possibilities, April 10, 2014
-▶ EVIDENCE OF ACCELERATION OF ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE DiSRUPTION ON ALL FRONTS : “No one on this planet will be untouched by climate change,” http://www.globalpossibilities.org/evidence-of-acceleration-of-anthropogenic-climate-disruption-on-all-fronts/

 

Discovery Magazine, December 7, 2012

-▶ HAVE HUMANS CAUSED A NEW GEOLOGICAL ERA? DEMARKING THE ANTHROPOCENE. Humans drive trillions of miles in cars, clear-cut forests for agriculture and create vast landfills teeming with tin cans, soda bottles and other detritus of industrialization. There's no doubt that humans have radically reshaped the planet, and those changes leave traces in the Earth's geological record... http://news.discovery.com/earth/have-humans-caused-a-new-geological-era-121207.htmlhttp://news.discovery.com/earth/have-humans-caused-a-new-geological-era-121207.html

 

                                           VERY IMPORTANT

                            NPR FreshAir, February 12, 2014
                       Interview With Elizabeth Kolbert, Author

▶  IN THE WORLD'S "SIXTH EXTINCTION": ARE HUMANS THE ASTEROID? Elizabeth Kolbert is the author of the new book The Sixth Extinction. It begins with a history of the "big five" extinctions of the past, and goes on to explain how human behavior is creating this sixth one — including our use of fossil fuels and the effects of climate change.

"We are effectively undoing the beauty and the variety and the richness of the world which has taken tens of millions of years to reach," Kolbert tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "... We're sort of unraveling that. ... We're doing, it's often said, a massive experiment on the planet and we really don't know what the end point is going to be." http://www.npr.org/2014/02/12/275885377/in-the-worlds-sixth-extinction-are-humans-the-asteroid

 

Book Review: Vaclav Smil
-▶ HARVESTING THE BIOSPHERE: WHAT WE HAVE TAKEN FROM NATURE http://www.vaclavsmil.com/harvesting-the-biosphere-what-we-have-taken-from-nature

 

  -▶ A CULTURE SEPARATED FROM NATURE CANNOT SURVIVE: BANKRUPTING NATURE http://sco.lt/56EkEb

 

 

 

Guardian, December 29, 2013
-▶  THE COMING LEGAL RECKONING:

IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THE VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE MAKE THE WEST PAY http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/29/poorer-countries-climate-change-case

 

Daily Mail, October 6, 2013
-▶ APOCALYPSE NOW: UNSTOPPABLE MAN=MADE CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BECOME REALITY BY END OF DECADE http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2451604/Apocalypse-Now-Unstoppable-man-climate-change-reality-end-decade-make-New-York-London-Paris-uninhabitable-45-years-says-new-study.html

 

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

 

August 7, 2013 Stanford Climate Scientists

-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE OCCURRING 10 TIMES FASTER THAN AT ANY TIME IN PAST 65 MILLION YEARS http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_change_occurring_10_times_faster_than_at_any_time_in_past_65_million_years_999.html

 

October 19, 2006 Yale Global

-▶ THE PLANET IN PERIL - PART 1 - Jim Hansen, director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, explores the implications of global warming in a two-part series for YaleGlobal...  http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/planet-peril-%E2%80%93-part-i

-▶ PLANET IN PERIL - PART II http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/planet-peril-%E2%80%93-part-ii

 

 - ▶ WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS http://sco.lt/74mbHF

 

August 5, 2013 - Seed Magazine  
-▶ EMBRACING THE ANTHROPOCENE - The Earth has entered a new geological period in which human influence dominates the state of the planet, compounding uncertainty about the future.... http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/embracing_the_anthropocene/

 

THE ANTROPOCENE: THE EARTH SYSTEM

We aren’t an outside force disturbing the natural order of things – we’re an integral part of the Earth system ourselves. But as our societies have grown, the impact of our actions has increased too; we’re now among the main  causes of environmental  change.... http://www.anthropocene.info/en/earth-system

 

Globaia
-▶ A CARTOGRAPHY OF THE ANTHROPOCENE -  new human-dominated period of the Earth's history. - See more at: http://globaia.org/en/anthropocene/#Maps

 

 

▶  SHOULD COMPANIES COMPENSATE SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION FROM WHICH THEY PROFIT?  http://sco.lt/5I5UeX

 

 

▶   FINANCIALIZING NATURE COULD BANKRUPT US ALL:  OLD ECONOMICS OR SUSTAINING POLICY? http://sco.lt/8Y7sK9

 

 

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

 

▶ THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING  http://sco.lt/5GzvTV

 

 

-▶ GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/8bjv73

 

-▶ POLAR BEARS MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE http://sco.lt/7JCUk5

 

-▶ STATE OF THE WORLD'S BIRDS REPORT INDICATES A PLANET IN PERIL http://sco.lt/4yq6z3

 

-▶ STOP BURNING RAIN FORESTS FOR PALM OIL: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN http://sco.lt/6S9nGb

 

 

-▶ GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE TO STAY, WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT http://sco.lt/6Na6zJ

 

 -▶ “ALL NATIONS NEED TO STOP WAITING FOR OTHER TO ACT" - Stanford Scientists http://sco.lt/8fhzQP

 

August 9, 2013 Climate Progress

-▶ NEW IPPC REPORT: CLIMATOLOGISTS MORE CERTAIN GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSED BY HUMANS, IMPACTS ARE SPEEDING UP http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/18/2484711/ipcc-report-more-certain-global-warming-is-caused-by-humans-impacts-speeding-up/

 

 

-▶ MASSIVE DESERTIFICATION, EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES COMING WITH GLOBAL WARMING, THREATENING CIVILIZATION http://sco.lt/98I2F7

 

                                                     --- WATCH ---

                   300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS

                                         http://sco.lt/724dSD

 

 

                                                      VIDEO

                              WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

                                           http://sco.lt/856DXl

 

One Green Planet, April 25, 2014
FROM THE DIRECTOR WHO BROUGHT US THE OSCAR-WINNING "THE COVER" COMES "6" . The documentary explores the role humans play in exasperating the mass extinction of endangered species, http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/from-the-director-who-brought-us-the-oscar-winning-the-cove-comes-6/

 

 

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

 

-▶ PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS:  FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE PLANET http://sco.lt/7UBKIj

 

 -▶ FOOD OR FUEL?  RESEARCH SUGGESTS BIOFUELS WILL COST THE EARTH http://sco.lt/9E2tjF

 

 

-▶ FRYING ON PLANET EARTH http://sco.lt/5GIf4L

 

 

 ▶ DOMESTICATED AN WILD BEES ARE BOTH IN TROUBLE http://sco.lt/95yplJ

 

August 9, 2013 Time Magazine
-▶ THE TROUBLE WITH BEEKEEPING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: WILD BEES ARE IN EVEN WORSE SHAPE THAN HONEYBEES http://science.time.com/2013/08/09/the-trouble-with-beekeeping-in-the-anthropocene/

 

                                               --- WATCH ---

                "THE DIRTY TRUTH" TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION -

                          THE DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH

                                    http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

 

 

-▶ WORLD CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2020 ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS NEW HIGHLY-DISTURBING INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY REPORT http://sco.lt/82bCM5

 

-▶ TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS  http://sco.lt/95LXpR

 

May 10, 2013

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

 

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

 

 

 

                                   --- GRASPING FOR ANSWERS --

 

-▶ UNDER SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY LIFE WILL NOT BE A PRODUCT OF NATURE BUT OF A LAB AND IT WILL BE PATENTED AND PRIVATIZED http://sco.lt/5M23mr

 

-▶ RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF - IS BIOTECHNOLOGY OUT OF CONTROL? http://sco.lt/8GKWi9

 

-▶ WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY BENEFIT OR THREATEN WILD THINGS http://sco.lt/66LUbR

 

CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING:

-▶ THE ANTHROPOCENE - ATMOSPHERIC GOVERNANCE: WEIGHING THE RISKS OF GEOENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE  via The Economist http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/12/anthropocene

ALSO SEE: Raining Chemical From The Sky https://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2636&action=edit

 

 

 

-▶ ERADICATING ECOCIDE AND GENOCIDE: WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/56vkOH

 

-▶ RESTORING THE EARTH - THE BONN CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/4p7B3Z

 

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

 

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

 

 

▶  WARSAW U.N. CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 11-22, 2013 - COP19, UNFCCC http://sco.lt/8vqDpZ

 

-▶ "WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT" - IPCC REPORT: UN CHIEF SCIENTIST URGEST ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/6Or0QT

 

-▶ SOLAR ON A ROLL :  TAKES OFF WORLDWIDE http://sco.lt/7T2vmT

 

 

                                                --- WATCH --

                                     REMEMBERING "GREEN" -

                  AN ORANGUTAN'S JOURNEY - DON'T MISS THIS

                                        http://sco.lt/6JdIP3

 

                                                   WATCH

                                                   "HOME"

                                       Yann Arthus-Bertrand

                An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet

                             Solutions For A Sustainable Planet

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/

 

 

 

 

                                                      WATCH

-▶  THREE YEARS AFTER DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL DISASTER, DOLPHINS DYING IN DROVE AND SCIENTISTS CAN'T STOP IT  http://sco.lt/5cPoG1

TruthOut, April 09, 2015
-▶  WHAT IS THE US GOVERNMENT NOT TELLING US ABOUT FRACKING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO?

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30116-what-is-the-government-not-telling-us-about-fracking-in-the-gulf-of-mexico#

 

                                                  --- WATCH ---

                      300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS

                                            http://sco.lt/724dSD

The Guardian, March 31, 2015
-▶ US PLEDGES EMISSIONS CUTS OF UP TO 28% AHEAD OF UN PARIS GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/31/us-set-to-propose-emissions-cuts-of-28-ahead-of-global-climate-treaty

 

OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB

THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES

                                          http://sco.lt/5pPxWD

Ecowatch, April 01, 2015
▶ PRESIDENT OBAMA APPROVES DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC: SHELL'S ARCTIC DRILLING PLANS APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

http://ecowatch.com/2015/04/01/interior-approves-shell-arctic-drilling/

The Nation, January 28, 2015
-▶ THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH OBAMA'S CLIMATE POLICY?  IT MAKES NO SENSE http://www.thenation.com/blog/196473/obamas-climate-policy-doesnt-make-any-sense

The Daily Beast, January 29, 2015
▶ DID OBAMA FORGET THE BP OIL SPILL? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/29/obama-doubles-down-on-offshore-drilling-and-it-s-still-a-stupid-bet.html

The Guardian, January 27, 2015
▶   WHITE HOUSE UNVEILS PLAN TO OPEN ATLANTIC WATERS TO OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/27/white-house-obama-plan-offshore-drilling-atlantic-ocean

AmericaBlog New, July 27, 2014
▶   OBAMA LEASING MILLIONS OF GULF ACRE FOR OFFSHORE OIL & GAS DRILLING:  HIS WORDS DO NOT MATCH HIS DEEDS http://americablog.com/2014/07/obama-leasing-millions-gulf-acres-offshore-oil-gas-drilling.html

 

Grist, January 22, 2014

-▶  BIG GREEN GROUPS DEMAND AN END TO OBAMA'S "ALL OF THE ABOVE ENERGY STRATEGY http://grist.org/news/big-green-groups-demand-an-end-to-obamas-all-of-the-above-energy-strategy/

Grist, February 13, 2015
-▶ THE FIGHT OVER OBAMA'S CLEAN POWER PLAN HEATS UP IN THE STATES  http://grist.org/climate-energy/the-fight-over-obamas-clean-power-plan-heats-up-in-the-states/

Mashable, January 07, 2015

-▶ NEW STUDY SHOWS HOW MUCH COAL, OIL AND GAS MUST STAY UNTOUCHED TO SOLVE GLOBAL WARMING http://mashable.com/2015/01/07/carbon-budget-limits-fossil-fuel-burning/

 

Reuters, December 30, 2014

▶ CHECKMATE: OBAMA BOWS TO PRESSURE: U.S. OPENS DOOR TO OIL/FRACKING EXPORTS AFTER YEAR OF PRESSURE: Exporting Climate Change and Guaranteeing more Natural Gas Fracking and Canadian Tar Sands http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/31/us-usa-crude-exports-guidance-idUSKBN0K81C920141231

DeSmog Blogs, December 14, 2014
▶ HOW BIG OIL GOT EXPEDITED PERMITTING FOR FRACKING ON PUBLIC LANDS INTO THE RUSHED 2015 DEFENSE BILL

http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/12/14/big-oil-expedited-permitting-fracking-public-lands-defense-bill

Guardian, January 04, 2014
▶ METHANE PLUME OVER WESTERN US ILLUSTRATES CLIMATE COST OF GAS LEAKS  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/04/leaking-methane-gas-plume-us

EcoWatch, June 14, 2014

▶ OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD SELLING OFFSHORE GAS AND OIL LEASES http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/14/obama-offshore-gas-oil-leases/

                               Climate Change — VIDEO 4:00

                  THE  EARTH'S NEXT 100 YEARS VISUALIZED

                                   http://sco.lt/8vwwb3

 

-▶  CHEAP OIL OR A STABLE CLIMATE? WE CAN CAN'T HAVE BOTH, IEA REPORT SAYS  http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3325881879/cheap-oil-or-a-stable-climate-we-can-t-have-both-iea-report-say

                                               =================

                                                      SUBSIDIES

TIME TO END PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND SUBSIDIES FOR FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCERS http://sco.lt/9Gvlir

                                                 ==================

 

The Boston Globe, September 14, 2014
-▶ AS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ORDERS CARBON CUTS TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING, IT SELLS COAL RIGHTS THAT WOULD INCREASE IT http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2014/09/13/obama-administration-orders-carbon-cuts-fight-global-warming-sells-coal-rights-that-could-increase/0W4zSKgfJJTgXtWmGeJaOP/story.html

 

Politico, January 29, 2014

 -▶  STATE OF THE UNION 2014:  OBAMA ON ENERGY - CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/obama-on-energy-having-it-both-ways-102784.html

 

The Nation, July 28, 2014
▶   THE CENTERPIECE OF OBAMA'S ENERGY POLICY WILL ACTUALLY MAKE CLIMATE CHANGE WORSE. Wishful thinking and corporate greed are leading us down the wrong path to solving our climate crisis. http://www.thenation.com/article/180791/centerpiece-obamas-energy-policy-will-actually-make-climate-change-worse

 

AlterNet, January 29, 2014

- ▶ OBAMA'S HOPELESSLY WRONG ON THE ENVIRONMENT -- HERE'S THE REALITY OF WHAT WE FACE http://ow.ly/t5NSU

 

                                               OIL WARS

OIL IN NEW ERA AS OPEC REFUSES TO YIELD TO U.S. SHALE FRACKING  http://sco.lt/7L1Kfh

 

                            AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA

New Economic Perspectives, January 31, 2014
 ▶ ARE YOU GOING TO DETONATE THE WORLD'S LARGEST "CARBON BOMB"?  http://neweconomicperspectives.org/2014/02/president-obama-going-detonate-worlds-largest-carbon-bomb.html

 

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                                                        EXPORTS

                                                  =============

 

Rolling Stone, Politics, February 03, 2014

▶  HOW THE U.S. EXPORTS GLOBAL WARMING: While Obama talks of putting America on the path to a clean, green future, we're flooding world markets with cheap, high carbon fuels http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/how-the-u-s-exports-global-warming-20140203

 

August 6, 2013 Climate Progress

 ▶' AMERICAN CARBON' ENTERS WORLD ECONOMY AND ATMOSPHERE AT FASTEST PACE EVER http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/06/2418971/american-carbon-fastest-pace-ever/

 

Guardian Environment, January 19, 2014
-▶  C02 EMISSIONS ARE BEING 'OUTSOURCED' BY RICH COUNTRIES TO RISING ECONOMIES http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/19/co2-emissions-outsourced-rich-nations-rising-economies

 

The Hill, September 09, 2014
▶ DRILL, BABY DRILL: MOMENTUM BUILDS TO ALLOW US OIL EXPORTS : COULD PUSH UP DOMESTIC PRICES AS DEMAND GROWS http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/217620-momentum-builds-to-allow-us-oil-exports

Grist, January 13, 2014

-▶  LIFTING THE CRUDE-OIL EXPORT BAN WOULD WORSEN POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://grist.org/climate-energy/lifting-the-crude-oil-export-ban-would-be-bad-news-for-the-environment/

 

New York Times, February 04, 2014

▶  U.S. PUSH TO EXPORT DIRTY FOSSIL FUELS PARALLELS PAST ACTION ON TOBACCO http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/04/u-s-push-to-export-dirty-fossil-fuels-parallels-past-action-on-tobacco/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

 

                                      GREENPEACE REPORT

                                    Greenpeace, July 28, 2014
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION EXPORTING CLIMATE CHANGE BY EXPORTING COAL. Greenpeace USA has released a major new report on an under-discussed part of President Barack Obama's Climate Action Plan and his U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carbon rule: it serves as a major endorsement of continued coal production and export to overseas markets. http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/07/28/greenpeace-report-obama-administration-exporting-climate-change-exporting-coal

 

                               USA NATURAL GAS EXPORTS

     LEAVING A POLLUTION CESSPOOL FOR TAXPAYER CLEAN-UP

                                           http://sco.lt/6f9msr

 

                                                ==========

Oil Price, December 29, 2013
▶  WHY OIL IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD FOR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY http://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/International/Why-Oil-is-Mightier-than-the-Sword-for-U.S.-Foreign-Policy.html

 

                       HOW RIGGED IS THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY?

                                             http://sco.lt/97hfX7

 

Climate Progress, December 27, 2014
▶ IN THE MIDST OF RECORD OIL BOOM, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SEEKS MORE OIL PRODUCTION  http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/27/3105211/obama-administration-oil-production/#

 

 

                                      ======================

                                           DEEP SEA MINING 

          DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN

                                   ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/70rdpp

 

                     THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION -

                               AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE 

                                       http://sco.lt/8qklOr

 

                                        =======================

 

 

World Wildlife Fund, October 31, 2014
▶ FEDERAL ASSESSMENT REITERATES RISK OF OFFSHORE DRILLING IN AMERICA'S ARCTIC https://www.worldwildlife.org/press-releases/federal-assessment-reiterates-risk-of-offshore-drilling-in-america-s-arctic

 

Yale Global, October 16, 2014
▶ HOW WALL STREET IS KILLING BIG OIL. Investors force big private energy companies into liquidation; energy dominance shifts to emerging markets  http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/how-wall-street-killing-big-oil

 

Real News One, June 10, 2014

-▶ PUTTING THE ECONOMY BEFORE THE ENVIRONMENT IS ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM AND SUICIDAL http://realnewsone.com/2014/06/10/putting-the-economy-before-the-environment-is-environmental-vandalism/

 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, March 26, 2014
- ▶ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO WORSEN OVER TIME AS RESOURCES BECOME HARDER TO REACH http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2014/03/25/3970411.htm

 

Guardian Sustainable Business: March 27, 2014

▶ THE RUSH FOR NEW OIL AND GAS SOURCES IS PUSHING US TOWARDS EXTREME ACTIONS http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/rush-new-oil-gas-sources-extreme-measures-arctic-russia

 

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, March 26, 2014
- ▶ ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO WORSEN OVER TIME AS RESOURCES BECOME HARDER TO REACH http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2014/03/25/3970411.htm

 

Grist, January 29, 2014

- ▶ ENERGY STATE OF OBAMA'S UNION: DRILL? FRACK? CUT CARBON? "ALL OF THE ABOVE"? President Obama received a letter 10 days ago from the nation’s leading environmental organizations, urging him to stop opening American lands and waters to fossil fuel extraction. Instead, the president doubled down on both his "something for everyone" energy policy goals http://grist.org/politics/energy-state-of-obamas-union-drill-frack-cut-carbon-all-the-above/

 

THE GREAT AMERICAN CORPORATE GIVEAWAY:

OUR PUBLIC LANDS: OIL, FRACKING

                                              http://sco.lt/7hcWET

 

                                              PRICING CARBON

     A FAILED STRATEGY THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET

                                               http://sco.lt/5BKyfp

 

 Redd-Monitor, February 25, 2014

▶ WORLD BANK'S CARBON CARAVAN http://www.redd-monitor.org/2014/02/25/bruce-rich-on-the-world-banks-response-to-climate-change-1-the-carbon-caravan/

 

-▶ WORLD BANK AND UN CARBON OFFSET SCHEME 'COMPLICIT' IN GENOCIDAL LAND GRABS http://sco.lt/5IxW2j

 

Guardian Environment, January 09, 2014

▶  GLOBAL WARMING IS BEING CAUSED BY HUMANS, NOT THE SUN, AND IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO CARBON, NEW RESEARCH SHOWS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/jan/09/global-warming-humans-not-sun

 

                                        =======================

 

                                             OCEAN ACIDIFYING

RAPIDLY RISING CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE http://sco.lt/8LsqbR

 

                                          =======================

 

Business Green, January 15, 2014

▶  BP: GLOBAL EMISSIONS TO SOAR 29 PERCENT BY 2030 hthttp://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2323190/bp-global-emissions-to-soar-29-per-cent-by-2030

 

Grist, April 14, 2014
▶  THE FOUR FOSSIL FUEL STOCKPILES THAT COULD TOAST THE WORLD http://grist.org/news/the-four-fossil-fuel-stockpiles-that-could-toast-the-world/

 

Climate Progress, December 17, 2013

▶  WHAT A YEAR: 45 FOSSIL FUEL DISASTERS THE INDUSTRY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/17/3056321/year-fossil-fuel-disasters/

 

Boulder Weekly, March 13, 2014

▶ AMERICA'S DIRTIEST SECRET: The oil and gas industry’s contamination problems are so large, they have been deemed impossible to prevent or clean up by both industry and government. An unimaginable tonnage of contamination is being placed into our environment every year thanks to lax regulation of exploration and production wastes http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-12516-americarss-dirtiest-secret.html

 

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CHINA

THE ONLY WAY OUT

CHINA TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENT OVER ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT IN REVISED LAW

http://sco.lt/51P1sH

============================

Slate Magazine, January 13, 2014

▶ U.S. CARBON EMISSIONS RISE 2 PERCENT IN 2013, SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL FOR OBAMA http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/01/13/u_s_carbon_emissions_rise_2_percent_in_2013_should_be_wake_up_call_for_obama.html

ClimateProgress, July 1, 2014

▶   THE AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN OUR AIR JUST REACHED A NEW RECORD, AND SCIENTISTS ARE WORRIED

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/01/3455026/400-ppm-carbon-dioxide-three-months/l

 

Science Daily, January 19, 2014
▶  GET USED TO HEAT WAVES:  EXTREME EL NINO EVENTS TO DOUBLE DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING EMISSIONS http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140119142454.htm

 

 

==================

FRACKING

==================

METHANE IS ABOUT 20 TIMES MORE POTENT IN WARMING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAN CARBON DIOXIDE. FRACKING FOR NATURAL GAS RELEASES METHANE

 

 Common Dreams, March 27, 2014
▶ FORGET RUSSIAN GAS, JUST FRACK EUROPE & TAKE US EXPORTS: OBAMA http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/27-2

 

 

-▶ VAST METHANE PLUMES IN ARCTIC OCEAN SEEN RISING DIRECTLY INTO ATMOSPHERE AS SEA ICE RETREATS http://sco.lt/6H0vuD

Mother Jones, September 08, 2014
-▶ BAD NEWS FOR OBAMA:  FRACKING MAY BE WORSE THAN BURNING COAL - "ALL OF THE ABOVE' STRATEGY FALLING APART  http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/09/methane-fracking-obama-climate-change-bill-mckibben

 

Living on Earth, June 13, 2014

- ▶ NEW EPA RULES IGNORE METHANE (FRACKING) http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00024&segmentID=1

 

US New and World Report, November 26, 2013

-▶  U.S. GOVERNMENT UNDERESTIMATES METHANE EMISSIONS BY 50 PERCENT.  New research suggests methane emissions in the United States may be 50 percent higher than previous Environmental Protection Agency estimations. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/11/26/government-underestimates-methane-emissions-by-50-percent

 

Dissident Voice, March 07, 2014

▶  FRACKING:  SUICIDE CAPITALISM POISONS THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE AND WATER WE DRINK http://dissidentvoice.org/2014/03/fracking-suicide-capitalism-poisons-the-air-that-we-breathe/

 

-▶  SHALE GAS WON'T STOP PEAK OIL, BUT COULD CREATE AN ECONOMIC CRISIS http://www.resilience.org/stories/2013-06-25/shale-gas-won-t-stop-peak-oil-but-could-create-an-economic-crisis

 

 

              USA "NATURAL" GAS LNG EXPORTS - FRIEND OR FOE?

FOSSIL FUEL LEAVES A POLLUTION CESSPOOL FOR U.S. TAXPAYERS

                                          http://sco.lt/5gdUIL

 

Bloomberg, August 06, 2014
-▶ DEEP WATER FRACKING NEXT FRONTIER FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING. Energy companies are taking their controversial fracking operations from the land to the sea -- to deep waters off the U.S., South American and African coasts. 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-07/deep-water-fracking-next-frontier-for-offshore-drilling.html

 

 ▶ HOLDING CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE: MINING COMPANIES DEVASTATE PRISTINE WISCONSIN FOR FRAC-SAND -- LEAVING CHEMICAL CESSPOOL http://sco.lt/6gL1ov

 

                                                   WATCH:

               TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION - "THE DIRTY TRUTH"

                                       http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

 

                                                   FOOD OR FUEL?

                   RESEARCH SUGGESTS BIOFUEL WILL COST THE EARTH

                                         http://sco.lt/8ezJ2X

 

 - ▶ MORE THAN HALF OF U.S. RIVERS ARE TOO POLLUTED TO SUPPORT LIFE SHOCKING REPORT REVEALS http://sco.lt/5JvEi9

 

                                   =======================

 

-From: @Pavan Sukhdev to @pdjmoo via TWITTER

▶ IT'S TOO LATE FOR MARKET SOLUTIONS.  NEED GLOBAL AGITATION -- NOW -- FOR TAXING FOSSIL FUEL HEAVILY, BANNING THEM BY 2020.

Pavan Sukhdev, Founder-CEO, GIST Advisory. Author- Corporation 2020. Study Leader for UNEP's The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).  Biography: http://www.unep.org/greeneconomy/AboutGEI/WhoisGEI/BiographyPavanSukhdev/tabid/56208/Default.aspx

 

 

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                                                            OIL

                                               =============

                                                      WATCH

-▶  THREE YEARS AFTER DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL DISASTER, DOLPHINS DYING IN DROVE AND SCIENTISTS CAN'T STOP IT  http://sco.lt/5cPoG1

Yale Global - 22 October 2010

▶ GROWING CHALLENGES OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT  – Part I

BP unleashed the oil spill disaster, but all Americans are complicit

 http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/growing-challenges-energy-and-environment-part-i

Greenpeace International March 21, 2014

▶ LESSONS FROM EXXON VALDEZ, 25 YEARS LATER http://greenpeaceblogs.org/2014/03/21/lessons-from-exxon-valdez-25-years-later/

                                     WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH?

                               ClimateProgress, December 27, 2013

America produced an average of 7.5 million barrels of crude oil per day in 2013, an increase of one million barrels per day and the biggest one-year jump in the nation’s history, FuelFix reported Thursday. The U.S. Energy Information Association (EIA) estimates production will grow by another one million barrels in 2014 and will peak at a whopping 9.5 million barrels per day in 2016.

And the production surge doesn’t stop at the water’s edge. According to FuelFix, “the Gulf of Mexico also is seeing a boost, with oil production expected to grow to 1.4 million barrels per day in 2014, up by 100,000 barrels.”... http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/27/3105211/obama-administration-oil-production/#

 

                                                      WATCH
               BOMB TRAINS: THE CRUDE GAMBLE OF OIL BY RAIL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpXfQMFR_Qs&feature=youtu.be

 

Grist, February 25, 2014

 ▶ OIL IS SPILLING FROM TRAINS, PIPELINES....AND NOW BARGES http://grist.org/news/oil-is-spilling-from-trains-pipelines-and-now-barges/

 

 Nation of Change, February 25, 2014
 ▶ 31,500 GALLON OIL SPILL SHUTS DOWN 65 MILES OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER http://www.nationofchange.org/oil-spill-shuts-down-65-miles-mississippi-river-1393342176

 

 -▶  NORTH DAKOTA CRUDE OIL TRAIN DERAILS, CARS EXPLODES, RESIDENTS WARNED TO STAY INSIDE http://desmogblog.com/2013/12/30/north-dakota-crude-oil-train-derails-cars-explode-residents-warned-stay-inside

 

 Huffington Post Green, January 14, 2014
▶ OIL SPILLS LEAVE TRINIDAD'S BEACHES COVERED IN CRUDE - ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S WORST ENVIRONMENT DISASTERS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/trinidad-oil-spill-petrotrin-energy-company_n_4596696.html

 

▶  SHELL OIL WRECKS NIGER'S OGONILAND WITH OIL SPILLS ... AND GETS AWAY WITH IT.  WHO RESTORES THE ENVIRONMENT? http://sco.lt/7jKR3x

 

Salon, September 06, 2014
-▶ THE HORRIFYING TRUTH:  OUR OIL ADDICTION IS ONLY GETTING WORSE. Americans are driving more than ever and guzzling more gas, while the White House stands by and lets it happen http://www.salon.com/2014/09/06/the_horrifying_truth_our_oil_addiction_is_only_getting_worse_partner/

 

Common Dreams, March 21, 2014

▶ FOSSIL FUEL GIANTS GUZZLING WORLD'S WATER AS POOR GO THIRSTY http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/03/21-2

 

                      COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE 

                                       http://sco.lt/8wLmKX

                            

                          GLOBAL NUCLEAR WASTE NIGHTMARE

                      THE LONG HALF-LIFE OF STRONTIUM-90

                                FUKUSHIMA AND CHERNOBYL

                                        http://sco.lt/7fduoD

 

                                             WIND TURBINES: 

IS IT OK TO SLAUGHTER HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BIRDS AND BATS EVERY YEAR IN THE NAME OF CLEAN ENERGY? http://sco.lt/5LcZRB

           

                   SOLAR ON A ROLL :  TAKES OFF WORLDWIDE

                                      http://sco.lt/7T2vmT

 

Monetary Realism, June 05, 2014
 ▶ CHINA LAUGHED WHEN IT SAW HOW CHEAP SOLAR COULD BE  http://ow.ly/yhOTD

 

 HuffPost Politics, March 28, 2014
▶ U.S. TRIES TO STOP INDIA'S SOLAR POLICY WHILE PUSHING FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/28/india-us-solar-wto_n_5031345.html

 

 

                                           ======================

                                                  CLIMATE CHANGE

                                           ======================

 

                                        THE COMING CLIMATE CRASH

                                    LESSONS FROM THE 2008 RECESSION

                                                  http://sco.lt/6tNs8H

 

YES Magazine, January 3, 2014

▶  WHAT IF WINSTON CHURCHILL WERE LEADING THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE? http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/how-to-eat-like-our-lives-depend-on-it/winston-churchill-leading-fight-climate-change

 

▶ WHY CAPITALISM HASN'T (CAN'T) SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/84Vywz

 Der Spiegel, December 6, 2013

-▶ WARSAW CLIMATE CONFERENCE SHOWS CAPITALISM ROOT OF CLIMATE FAILURE http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/warsaw-climate-conference-shows-capitalism-root-of-climate-failure-a-937453.html

 

                                      WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE

    THREE REASONS WE WON'T SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE WITHOUT IT

                                           http://sco.lt/83NaQj

                                                A WAKE-UP VIDEO:

                                                   "EXTREME ICE"

                          Just How Fast Are We Melting? As It Happens

                                                http://sco.lt/8zIJfd

 

  ▶   GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/8bjv73

                                                        

                                                    Greenpeace
                                               SAVE THE ARCTIC
                                          http://savethearctic.org/

Yale Environment 360, July 02, 2014

▶ 2047 : WHERE WILL EARTH HEAD AFTER ITS 'CLIMATE DEPARTURE'? The term “climate departure” has an odd ring, but its meaning is relatively straightforward. It marks the point at which the earth’s climate begins to cease resembling what has come before and moves into a new state, one where heat records are routinely shattered and what once was considered extreme will become the norm.http://e360.yale.edu/feature/interview_camilo_mora_where_will_earth_head_after_its_climate_departure/2783/

 

Before It's News, January 14, 2014

▶  OFF THE CHARTS: THE UNBELIEVABLE LIST OF HEAT RECORDS BROKEN IN 2013 http://beforeitsnews.com/environment/2014/01/off-the-charts-2013-australias-hottest-year-the-unbelievable-list-of-heat-records-broken-in-2013-2490202.html

Green Prophet, April 10, 2012
 -▶ TIME TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/04/adapt-climate-change/

  

                                     THE COMING RECKONING

                                    Guardian, December 29, 2013

IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE THE VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE MAKE THE WEST PAY http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/29/poorer-countries-climate-change-case

 

THE END OF CORAL REEFS?

AROUND FOR 10 MILLION YEARS, WIPED OUT IN 100

http://sco.lt/7y1XHt

 

   -▶  WORLD CAN'T WAIT UNTIL 2020 ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS NEW HIGHLY-DISTURBING INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY REPORT  http://sco.lt/82bCM5

 

                                                          VIDEO

                                   CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING:

               CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET BY MESSING WITH NATURE?

                                             http://sco.lt/5R121p

 

 

 Pavan Sukhdev Kevin Kromash, May 2013
-▶  TRANSFORMING BUSINESS FOR TOMORROW'S WORLD http://thesolutionsjournal.com/node/22221

 -▶  ERADICATING ECOCIDE:  WHY BUSINESS LEADERS MUST STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE http://sco.lt/7uGWKv

 

 

 ▶   THE WORLD IS SITTING ON A CONSUMPTION TIME BOMB  http://sco.lt/7sR3eT

 

 ▶  TERRACIDE: THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS  http://sco.lt/95LXpR

 

-▶  "WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT" - UN CHIEF SCIENTIST URGES ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE" http://sco.lt/7r58s5

 

 

 ▶    THE EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS:  HOW  NEW BUSINESS ERA INSPIRED BY NATURE, NOT GREED, CAN BENEFIT US ALL http://sco.lt/97vmc5

                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

IN JUST 40 YEARS WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

 

 

                           AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD

                                       http://ow.ly/n97Vf

 

 

 ▶  ZEN MASTER THICH NHAT HANH:

ONLY LOVE FOR MOTHER EARTH CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3995311842/zen-master-thich-nhat-hanh-only-love-for-mother-earth-can-save-us-from-climate-change

 

                                                   WATCH

                                              FILM: ***"HOME"

                    An Exquisite Dedication To the Stewards of Our Planet

      http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/home-an-exquisite-story-of-our-world/