CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT US ALL

   "WE NEED TO TAX CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS TO PROTECT OUR PLANET AND ECONOMY" 

                                                        WATCH

                   300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUEL IN 300 SECONDS

                                             http://sco.lt/7lDG6b

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EcoWatch, July 08, 2014
▶ THE ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE DENIAL - David Suzuki

In failing to act on global warming, many leaders are putting jobs and economic prosperity at risk, according to recent studies. It’s suicidal, both economically and literally, to focus on the fossil fuel industry’s limited, short-term economic benefits at the expense of long-term prosperity, human health and the natural systems, plants and animals that make our well-being and survival possible. Those who refuse to take climate change seriously are subjecting us to enormous economic risks and foregoing the numerous benefits that solutions would bring...http://ecowatch.com/2014/07/08/economics-of-global-warming/

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                                   WALL STREET SPEAKS OUT

                                New York Times, June 21, 2014

    "WE CAN PREVENT A 'CLIMATE CRASH' WITH A CARBON TAX

      OpEd by Henry M. Paulson Jr., Fmr. US Treasury Secretary

  "THERE is a time for weighing evidence and a time for acting. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned throughout my work in finance, government and conservation, it is to act before problems become too big to manage.

For too many years, we failed to rein in the excesses building up in the nation’s financial markets.

          When the credit bubble burst in 2008, the damage was devastating. Millions suffered. Many still do.

We’re making the same mistake today with climate change. We’re staring down a climate bubble that poses enormous risks to both our environment and economy. The warning signs are clear and growing more urgent as the risks go unchecked.

         "We are building up excesses (debt in 2008, greenhouse gas emissions that are trapping heat now). Our government policies are flawed (incentivizing us to borrow too much to finance homes then, and encouraging the overuse of carbon-based fuels now). Our experts (financial experts then, climate scientists now) try to understand what they see and to model possible futures. And the outsize risks have the potential to be tremendously damaging (to a globalized economy then, and the global climate now)" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/22/opinion/sunday/lessons-for-climate-change-in-the-2008-recession.html?_r=0

                                            VIDEO - CNN
              FMR. U.S. TREASURY SECY. RUBIN ON CLIMATE CHANGE: 

                            "THE RISK HERE IS CATASTROPHIC". 

CNN’s FAREED ZAKARIA GPS features an interview with the former U.S. Treasury Secretary under George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, and the former U.S. Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton, Robert Rubin.  Paulson and Rubin speak with Fareed about their new report on the future of our environment if Americans do not start taking preventative measures against climate change, the cost of inaction, and the limitations to progress posed by Washington. http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/29/fmr-u-s-treasury-secy-rubin-on-climate-change-the-risk-here-is-catastrophic/?iref=allsearch

The Washington Post, July 24, 2014
   -▶ ROBERT RUBIN:  HOW IGNORING CLIMATE CHANGE COULD SINK THE U.S. ECONOMY http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/robert-rubin-how-ignoring-climate-change-could-sink-the-us-economy/2014/07/24/b7b4c00c-0df6-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html

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

Bill Moyers, September 09, 2014
   -▶ CORPORATE AMERICA PAYS TO SEND GLOBAL WARMING DENIERS TO CAPITOL HILL Corporate America Pays to Send Global Warming Deniers to Capitol Hill http://billmoyers.com/2014/09/09/corporate-america-pays-to-send-global-warming-deniers-to-capitol-hill/

The Ecologist, July 23, 2014
   -▶ IGNORE TAR SANDS EMISSIONS !! EU BUCKLES UNDER US, CANADA PRESSUE IN TTIP TRADE TALKS http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2488472/ignore_tar_sands_emissions_eu_buckles_under_us_canada_pressure_in_ttip_talks.html

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

July 24, 2013 New Scientist
-▶  HUGE METHANE BELCH IN ARCTIC COULD COST $60 TRILLION http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23923-huge-methane-belch-in-arctic-could-cost-60-trillion.html#.UfDLLlPc-RQ

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▶ ARCTIC IS RELEASING HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS, OF ENORMOUS PLUMES OF METHANE DIRECTLY INTO EARTH' ATMOSPHERE http://sco.lt/6W97Mf

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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

             -▶  THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION -

                          AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE 

                                       http://sco.lt/8qklOr

▶ USA NATURAL GAS EXPORTS LEAVE A POLLUTION CESSPOOL FOR TAXPAYER CLEAN UP:  EMITTING MASSIVE METHANE ESCALATING GLOBAL WARMING http://sco.lt/6QCpUX

Bloomberg Businessweek, June 26, 2014
 -▶ GIVING UP FOSSIL FUELS TO SAVE THE CLIMATE:  THE $28 TRILLION WRITE DOWN http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-26/giving-up-fossil-fuels-to-save-the-climate-the-28-trillion-writedown.html

TriplePundit, June 26, 2014
 -▶ RISKY BUSINESS:  THE COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO THE U.S. ECONOMY http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/06/risky-business-cost-climate-change-u-s-economy/

CBC Business News, June 24, 2014
 -▶ CLIMATE CHANGE WILL COST BIG BUSINESS DEARLY, REPORT WARNS http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/climate-change-will-cost-big-business-dearly-report-warns-1.2685682

NRDC Switchboard, June 23, 2014
 -▶ U.S. SUPREME COURT BACKS CARBON POLLUTION CONTROLS - AGAIN http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddoniger/supreme_court_backs_carbon_pol.html

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

Forbes, June 27, 2014
 -▶ RISKY BUSINESS REPORT SHOW INVESTORS ARE READY FOR CLIMATE ACTION http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikescott/2014/06/27/risky-business-report-shows-investors-are-ready-for-climate-action/

 ClimateProgress, July 1, 2014
 -▶ THE AMOUNT OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN OUR AIR JUST REACHED A NEW RECORD, AND SCIENTIST ARE WORRIED http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/01/3455026/400-ppm-carbon-dioxide-three-months/

 Washington Post, June 23, 2014
 -▶ NOAA/NASA: EARTH HAS WARMEST MAY ON RECORD, MAY SIGNAL WARMEST YEAR IN PIPELINE http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/06/23/earth-has-warmest-may-on-record-may-signal-warmest-year-in-pipeline/

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

Mashable, June 24, 2014
 -▶ HERE'S A HUGE DOSE OF CLIMATE REALITY FROM BIPARTISAN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP http://mashable.com/2014/06/24/global-warming-business-leaders/

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                                          THE ONLY WAY OUT

CHINA TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENT OVER ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT IN REVISED LAW http://sco.lt/51P1sH

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

ClimateProgress, May 20, 2014
  -▶  INDIA'S NEW LEADERSHIP:  400 MILLION PEOPLE WILL HAVE POWER IN 5 YEARS WITH THE HELP OF SOLAR http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/20/3439254/india-prime-minister-modi-solar/

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 - ▶ MASSIVE DESERTIFICATION, EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES COMING WITH GLOBAL WARMING, THREATENING CIVILIZATION http://sco.lt/7nU397

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

Climate and Capitalism, December 08, 2013
▶  CLIMATE POLITICS MUST BE AS RADICAL AS THE CRISIS: THIS RACE TO WRECK AND POISON THE EARTH FOR PROFIT IS SUICIDAL http://climateandcapitalism.com/2013/12/08/climate-politics-must-be-radical-as-crisis/

 - ▶ GREENLAND'S MELTING:  CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/7MZUVV

                                                    WATCH

                                Our Radically Changing Planet

                            "EXTREME ICE" - UNPRECEDENTED

                                                 PBS Nova

            http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/extreme-ice.html

                                                    OR

                      http://video.pbs.org/video/1108763899/

July 9, 2013 Science Daily

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

                    OBAMA'S "ALL OF THE ABOVE" DRILL, BABY, DRILL:

             FRACKING, TARSANDS OIL, NUCLEAR... MAY KILL US ALL 

                                            http://sco.lt/7p2tEX

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

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

                     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

 -▶ DEEP SEA MINING RUSH MOVES CLOSER AS ICE MELTS: DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS, INCREASING CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS http://sco.lt/60a5h3

  -▶  TWO THIRDS OF FOSSIL FUEL RESERVES MUST STAY UNDERGROUND TO STABILIZE CLIMATE http://sco.lt/5uqxMn

                                TIME-LAPSE VIDEO 1987-2013
                              HuffPost Green, February 18, 2014
        OLDER ARCTIC SEA ICE IS DISAPPEARING AT ALARMING RATE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/time-lapse-arctic-sea-ice_n_4810089.html

Climate Progress, June 24, 2014

 -▶ WORLD BANK:  FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE WOULD BOOST GLOBAL ECONOMY UP TO $2.6 TRILLION A YEAR http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/24/3452323/world-bank-climate-change-economy/

   ▶  WORLD BANK PRESIDENT:  CLIMATE CHANGE AND INEQUALITY IS BREWING GLOBAL SOCIAL UPHEAVAL http://sco.lt/88cdJR

 CBC Business News, June 24, 2014
 -▶ CLIMATE CHANGE WILL COST BIG BUSINESS DEARLY, REPORT WARNS http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/climate-change-will-cost-big-business-dearly-report-warns-1.2685682

NRDC Switchboard, June 23, 2014
 -▶ U.S. SUPREME COURT BACKS CARBON POLLUTION CONTROLS - AGAIN http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddoniger/supreme_court_backs_carbon_pol.html

  ▶  HOW RIGGED IS THE FOSSIL FUEL MARKET? UNEARTHING THE TRUE COST OF FOSSIL FUELS http://sco.lt/97hfX7

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                                               PRICING CARBON

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

                                               http://sco.lt/5BKyfp

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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

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WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND

THE DAYS OF PROFIT-TAKING AT EXPENSE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PLANET ARE OVER.....

 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

Guardian Environment, June 30, 2014
-▶ BESEIGED BY THE RISING TIDES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, KIRIBATI BUYS LAND IN FIJI http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/01/kiribati-climate-change-fiji-vanua-levu

 Business Week, November 21, 2013
-▶ KIRIBATI:  CLIMATE CHANGE DESTROYS PACIFIC ISLAND NATION http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-21/kiribati-climate-change-destroys-pacific-island-nation

 Thomson Reuters Foundation, November 25, 2013
-▶ CLIMATE-THREATENED SOLOMON ISLANDERS PREPARE FOR EVACUATION http://www.trust.org/item/20131125112530-1wkla

The Ecologist, March 20, 2014
-▶  FOREST PEOPLES AT RISK FROM CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT 'CARBON GRAB' http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2325253/forest_peoples_at_risk_from_carbon_grab.html

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

                                                          VIDEO

                                   CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING:

               CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET BY MESSING WITH NATURE?

                                             http://sco.lt/5R121p

     -▶  POPE FRANCIS  WARNS ON COMING "IDOLATROUS" GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, PLEAS FOR ENVIRONMENT http://sco.lt/9JnutN

  -▶ ONLY LOVE FOR MOTHER EARTH CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE:  ZEN MASTER, THICH NHAT HANH & POPE FRANCIS http://sco.lt/8054ev

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

▶   CLIMATE CHANGE PROMISES TOUGH TIMES FOR ASIA AND AFRICA - REPORT http://sco.lt/8vOrab

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

                                               --- WATCH ---

               "THE DIRTY TRUTH" TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION -

                          THE DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH

                                    http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

                      THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION

                          AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE 

                                           http://sco.lt/8qklOr

                            COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE

                                            http://sco.lt/8wLmKX

                                          GLOBAL NUCLEAR WASTE

THE LONG DANGEROUS HALF-LIFE OF STRONTIUM-90:  FUKUSHMA AND CHERNOBYL http://sco.lt/7fduoD

                        SOLAR ON A ROLL :  TAKES OFF WORLDWIDE

                                            http://sco.lt/7T2vmT

                                             WIND TURBINES: 

IS IT OK TO LAUGHTER HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BIRDS/BATS EVERY YEAR IN THE NAME OF CLEAN ENERGY?

                                          http://sco.lt/89su3d

Farm Futures, June 27, 2014
▶   CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT SOUNDS ALARM BELLS FOR AGRICULTURE http://farmfutures.com/blogs-climate-change-report-sounds-alarm-bells-ag-8680

▶   CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/4ygejR

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

 -▶  "AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD:  ONE ENVIRONMENT, ONE HUMANITY, ONE PLANET" http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

                                                   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/

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

                                      ALSO SEE MY SCOOPITS:

 CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT US ALL  http://ow.ly/yksfq

OUR FINITE PLANET: BIODIVERSITY IS LIFE  – #Conservation #Ecosystems #Wildlife #Rivers #Forests #Environment http://ow.ly/yksmc

Sydney Morning Herald, April 20, 2015
 ▶ CHINA AND OTHER BIG EMITTERS CHALLENGE AUSTRALIA OVER ITS CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/china-and-other-big-emitters-challenge-australia-over-its-climate-change-policies-20150419-1mnqt3.html

ClimateProgress, April 17, 2015
 ▶ AUSTRALIA PM PLEDGES MILLIONS TO HELP CLIMATE CONTRARIAN SET UP CENTER TO ARGUE AGAINST CLIMATE ACTION http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/17/3648284/australian-climate-consensus-center-contrarian/

Asian Correspondent, February 09, 2015
 ▶ CLIMATE CHANGE:  LEADERS DALLY WHILE AUSTRALIA HEATS UP
http://asiancorrespondent.com/130427/climate-change-leaders-dally-while-australia-heats-up/

Guardian, November 16, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIAN PM TELLS G20 LEADERS HE BACKS COAL, DESPITE PLEAS ON CLIMATE CHANGE: THE ODD MAN OUT http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/16/g20-leaders-australia-back-down-climate-change-language

 The Australian, June 12, 2014
 ▶ COUNT ME OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT SAYS AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOTT http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/count-me-out-of-climate-change-summit-says-tony-abbott/story-e6frg6xf-1226951212337?nk=d6d3da647967dbdb74a18076b4925751

RTCC, July 17, 2014

 ▶ GLOBAL OUTRAGE AS AUSTRALIA CANS CARBON TAX http://www.rtcc.org/2014/07/17/global-outrage-as-australia-cans-carbon-tax/

RTCC, July 17, 2014

 ▶ AUSTRALIA REVOKES CARBON TAX - INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS http://www.rtcc.org/2014/07/17/australia-axes-carbon-tax-international-reactions/

Sydney Morning Herald, September 27, 2014

 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S STANCE SAVAGELY CONDEMNED AT UN NEW YORK CLIMATE SUMMIT  http://www.smh.com.au/world/australias-climate-stance-savagely-condemned-at-new-york-summit-20140926-10mc0x.html

ABC Australia, September 12, 2014

 ▶ HAS THE MINING INDUSTRY TAKEN OVER THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT? An eleventh hour amendment to already controversial mining laws in Queensland has triggered anger from landholders and green groups, with a lawyer saying the new legislation restricts the rights of landholders to object to a mining lease application. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-12/late-night-amendment-changes-right-of-qld-landholders-mining-lea/5741032

Guardian Environment, July 14, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIA HAS A CHOICE:  JOIN OTHERS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE, OR STAND ALONE http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/14/australia-has-a-choice-join-others-to-combat-climate-change-or-stand-alone

Reuters, November 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIANS 'BURY HEADS IN SAND' PROTEST TO MOCK GOVERNMENT CLIMATE STANCE. More than 400 protesters stuck their heads in the sand on Australia's Bondi Beach on Thursday, mocking the government's reluctance to put climate change on the agenda of a G20 summit this weekend. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/13/us-australia-protests-idUSKCN0IX14420141113

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 Dear Mr. Prime Minister:  If the Climate collapses so will our ecosystems, and the economy. There will be massive social chaos on the planet, and there will be no jobs.  Your environmental policies are destroying the crucial natural environment that we need to stabilize the planet and that supports all life... all in the name of profits and "jobs"...It is time for you to wake up to your responsibility...playing to the corporate dollar will be your downfall ... and ours ...For Without Nature We Do Not Exist.....pdjmoo

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DW.DE November 13, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA 'GOING BACKWARDS' ON CLIMATE CHANGE TARGETS http://www.dw.de/australia-going-backwards-on-climate-change-targets/a-18060290

Huffington Post Green, January 16, 2015
 ▶ BIG OIL DESTROYS THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/big-oil-destroys-the-grea_b_6470476.html

Media Matters for America, July 24, 2014
-▶ HOW RUPERT MURDOCH PUSHED AUSTRALIA INTO A CLIMATE CHANGE RETREAT http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/07/24/how-rupert-murdoch-pushed-australia-into-a-clim/200197

Guardian Environment, August 17, 2014

 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S PM, TONY ABBOTT'S PUSH TO DITCH RENEWABLES COULD HAND COAL AND GAS INDUSTRY $10bn http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/17/tony-abbotts-push-to-ditch-renewables-could-hand-coal-and-gas-industry-10bn

Guardian, October 03, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SLUMPS 70% IN ONE YEAR:  CHOOSES COAL AND FOSSIL FUELS OVER ENVIRONMENT http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/03/australias-investment-in-renewable-energy-slumps-70-in-one-year

Guardian, October 14, 2014
 ▶ MINING COMPANIES LOBBY G20 IN AUSTRALIA TO BACK COAL AS FUTURE OF ENERGY. PR campaign aims to convince world leaders that coal-fired power offers the solution to ‘energy poverty’ in developing countries. ‘Let’s have no demonisation of coal. Coal is good for humanity,’ says Australian PM, Tony Abbott  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/mining-companies-lobby-g20-leaders-to-back-coal-as-future-of-energy

Guardian, October 13, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOT SAYS 'COAL IS GOOD FOR HUMANITY' WHILE OPENING MINE http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/13/tony-abbott-says-coal-is-good-for-humanity-while-opening-mine

Lock The Gate Alliance,
 ▶ FLOGGING THE FARM : BIG COAL'S MASSIVE LAND GRAB. The analysis reveals that coal companies have bought up more than 702,000 acres of freehold land in the Hunter Valley and Gunnedah Basin. - an area greater than the size of the entire Australian Capital Territory.  It's a massive land grab - our governments' aggressive support for expanded coal mining means we're flogging off the farm to multi-national coal companies.  http://www.lockthegate.org.au/flogging_the_farm

Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 2014
 ▶ ABBOTT GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SCRAP THE NATIONAL WATER COMMISSION AS DROUGHT LOOMS http://www.smh.com.au/environment/abbott-government-plans-to-scrap-the-national-water-commission-as-drought-looms-20141126-11u0cy.html

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, November 26, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIA PANDERING TO CORPORATE PROFIT: CONTROVERSIAL MINE WATER BILL PASSED IN QUEENSLAND. Miners in Queensland will no longer need a licence to take ground water and will be exempt from reporting requirements for "low-risk" activities... Critics said the water reform and other legislation would give coal companies the right to extract billions of litres of ground water without having to buy licences or to adhere to caps. Environment groups feared the legislation would damage aquifers and the Great Barrier Reef.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-27/water-bill-passed-by-queensland-parliament/5922396

EcoWatch, July 08, 2014

 ▶ PUTTING JOBS & GROWTH AHEAD OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS SUICIDE:  THE ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL WARMING http://ecowatch.com/2014/07/08/economics-of-global-warming/

Sydney Morning Herald, July 08, 2014
 ▶ TONY ABBOTT'S GOVERNMENT IS 'RECKLESSLY ENDANGERING' THE FUTURE ON CLIMATE SAYS UK CHIEF http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-government-is-recklessly-endangering-the-future-on-climate-says-uk-chief-20140708-zszx4.html

Sydney Morning Herald, June 10, 2014

 ▶ AUSTRALIA PM, TONY ABBOT, SEEKS ALLIANCE TO THWART PRESIDENT OBAMA ON CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY. Prime Minister Tony Abbott with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper both say there is no need for carbon ... http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-seeks-alliance-to-thwart-president-obama-on-climate-change-policy-20140609-39t93.html

InsideClimate News, September 23, 2014
 ▶ CANADA-AUSTRALIA 'AXIS OF CARBON' AN OBSTACLE TO CLIMATE PACT. Their prime ministers mince no words in their disdain for putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions to protect their fossil fuel exports.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140923/canada-australia-axis-carbon-obstacle-climate-pact

                          COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE

                                             http://sco.lt/7HudAP

The Converation, August 29, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S PM, TONY ABBOTT' ENVIRONMENT AGENDA IS EVEN HARSHER THAN HE PROMISED http://theconversation.com/abbotts-environment-agenda-is-even-harsher-than-he-promised-30796

Mongabay, July 22, 2014

 ▶ SCIENTISTS BLAST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO DISMANTLE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0722-atbc-resolution-australian-govt.html

RT News, August 27, 2014

 ▶ WHY AUSTRALIA PM @tonyabbottmhr  CLIMATE POLICY IS TOXIC. Climate change poses risks to much more than the economic status quo. It does not just affect carbon-polluting industries, farm exports, physical infrastructure, property and ski-fields. Both physical and mental health are at risk.  http://www.rtcc.org/2014/08/27/why-australia-pm-tony-abbotts-climate-policy-is-toxic/

Rolling Stone, October 3, 2011
▶  CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE END OF AUSTRALIA http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-change-and-the-end-of-australia-20111003 http://ow.ly/sD4jz

                                                   WATCH

                           -Democracy Now, January 9, 2013
AUSTRALIA ON FIRE: RECORD-SHATTERING HEAT, WILDFIRES ENGULF WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORTER OF COAL http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/9/australia_on_fire_record_shattering_heat

Guardian, October 02, 2014
 ▶ PLANET OZ:  SCIENTISTS FIND HUMAN FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER AUSTRALIA'S HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/oct/03/scientists-find-human-fingerprints-all-over-australias-hottest-year-on-record

Salon, January 07, 2015
 ▶ AUSTRALIA IS BURNING : WHY THE COUNTRY'S DEVASTATING WILDFIRES HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH CLIMATE CHANGE

  http://www.salon.com/2015/01/07/australia_is_burning_why_the_countrys_devastating_wildfires_have_everything_to_do_with_climate_change/

France24, January 06, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIA BATTLES WORST WILDFIRES IN 30 YEARS. That has raised questions about whether the blaze is the result of climate change and a possible sign of worse to come.“Unless there are rapid, substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in Australia and globally, Australia will experience more heat waves and bush fires as in 2014,” David Karoly, a professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Melbourne, said in a statement.  http://www.france24.com/en/20150106-australia-battles-worst-wildfires-30-years-adelaide/

Guardian, January 03, 2015
 ▶ WEST AUSTRALIAN $30bn CHEVRON LNG FRACKING PROJECT ALLOWED TO OPERATE EXEMPT FROM REGULATORY OVERSIGHT ON ITS CARBON EMISSIONS http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/04/west-australian-30bn-lng-project-allowed-no-carbon-emission-targets

Renew Economy, December 06, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIA SCRAMBLES AT UN LIMA CLIMATE TALKS TO PREVENT BLOWOUT IN 2020 EMISSIONS TARGET which will not only cause embarrassment around its domestic policies, but could compromise its continued involvement in the Kyoto Protocol. http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/australia-scrambles-in-lima-to-prevent-blowout-in-2020-emissions-target-46837

The Ecologist, September 25, 2014
 ▶ CHINA'S WAR ON POLLUTION COULD LEAVE AUSTRALIA'S DIRTY COAL OUT IN THE COLD http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2570105/chinas_war_on_pollution_could_leave_australias_dirty_coal_out_in_the_cold.html

HuffPost Green, October 01, 2014
 ▶ SOUTH PACIFIC NATIONS PLAN TO BLOCK AUSTRALIAN COAL PORT TO PROTEST CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/01/south-pacific-nations-coal-port_n_5911660.html

Papua New Guinea Mine Watch , July 03, 2011
-▶ AUSTRALIAN NICKEL MINING DESTROYING WEST PAPUA PARADISE http://ramumine.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/australian-nickel-mining-destroying-west-papua-paradise/

Global Voices, July 20, 2014
- ▶ HOW PACIFIC ISLANDERS ARE FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH CANOES http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/07/20/pacific-islanders-plan-journey-to-australia-canoes-climate-change/

Slate Magazine, September 24, 2014

 ▶ THE SAUDI ARABIA OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC: HOW AUSTRALIA BECAME THE DIRTIEST POLLUTER IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/09/australia_s_environmental_movement_has_been_overthrown.html

                                                     --- WATCH ---

                       300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS

                                            http://sco.lt/724dSD

 ▶ TWO THIRDS OF FOSSIL FUEL RESERVE MUST STAY UNDERGROUND TO STABILIZE CLIMATE « http://ecowatch.org/2012/fossil-fuel-underground-stabilize-climate/

Business Spectator, July 28, 2014

 ▶ AUSTRALIA APPROVES ITS BIGGEST COAL MINE YET IN NORTH QUEENSLAND, THREATENING ENVIRONMENT AND WATERWAYS  http://www.businessspectator.com.au/news/2014/7/28/policy-politics/hunt-approves-giant-carmichael-coal-mine

                   AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF IS DYING

                                WHAT WE STAND TO LOSE 

                                        http://sco.lt/6q4ykD

Grist, December 17, 2013
 -▶  IS THE COAL INDUSTRY ABOUT TO WRECK THE AUSTRALIAN GREAT BARRIER REEF? http://grist.org/news/is-the-coal-industry-about-to-wreck-the-great-barrier-reef/

Guardian, August 01, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIA:  THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND THE COAL MINE THAT COULD KILL IT. The Great Barrier Reef is sick. Almost half of its coral is already dead and a massive new coal mine, which was given final approval this week, will only cause further damage. This is not just an issue for Australia, it affects us all http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/01/-sp-great-barrier-reef-and-coal-mine-could-kill-it

Guardian Sustainable Business, April 1, 2014

- ▶ THE UNQUENCHABLE THIRST OF AN EXPANDING COAL INDUSTRY http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/unquenchable-thirst-expanding-coal-industry

                                                       VIDEO:
                               Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014
                                           THE BIGGEST DRY

       STORIES OF AUSTRALIA'S WANING RIVERS & WORRIED TOWNS http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/science-tech/environment/video-the-biggest-dry-stories-of-australias-waning-rivers-worried-towns/

 CSRWire, March 10, 2009
-▶  "THE BIGGEST DRY": AUSTRALIA'S EPIC DROUGHT, A WARNING OF GLOBAL WATER SCARCITY: http://www.csrwire.com/press_releases/15166-Australia-s-Epic-Drought-a-Warning-of-Global-Water-Scarcity-The-Biggest-Dry-

                 THE BIGGEST DRY - INFOGRAPH, VIDEOS, PHOTOS

                  http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/biggest-dry/

New Scientist, July 10, 2014

INSANITY ▶ AUSTRALIA'S EPIC SCHEME TO FARM ITS NORTHERN WILDS .The government wants to dam northern rivers to create a giant food bowl – but no one knows how it will affect the environment or Indigenous people http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25870-australias-epic-scheme-to-farm-its-northern-wilds.html

 Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014

 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S FOOD BOWL, LIKE THE WORLD'S, IS DRYING UP http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/australia-drought-water-warning/

Bloomberg, August 07, 2014

 -▶ CHINA ADDS SOLAR CAPACITY EQUAL TO AUSTRALIA'S ENTIRE SUPPLY OF POWER IN 2013 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-07/china-add-australia-sized-solar-capacity-in-energy-push.html

Vice News, August 30, 2014
 ▶ HOW AUSTRALIA PERFECTED SOLAR POWER AND THEN WENT BACK TO COAL https://news.vice.com/article/how-australia-perfected-solar-power-and-then-went-back-to-coal

Guardian Environment, August 18, 2014
 ▶ PLAN FOR ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST SOLAR POWER STATIONS SCRAPPED http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/18/plans-for-one-of-australias-largest-solar-power-stations-scrapped

SOLAR ON A ROLL :  TAKES OFF WORLDWIDE

http://sco.lt/7T2vmT

                                        THE ONLY WAY OUT: 

CHINA TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENT OVER ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT IN REVISED

                                              http://sco.lt/51P1sH

▶ CHINA AND AUSTRALIA TOP THE LIST OF 'CARBON BOMB' PROJECTS http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/22/china-australia-carbon-bomb.

                               AT THE LIMITS OF THE MARKET

                WHY CAPITALISM CAN'T SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE

                                        http://sco.lt/84Vywz

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 July 14, 2013 The Conversation

     ▶ EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES ARE FRAUGHT TERRITORY: IS AUSTRALIA READY FOR THE CORPORATE SCAM? http://theconversation.com/emissions-trading-schemes-are-fraught-territory-is-rudd-ready-16062

                PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS 

            FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE PLANET

                                      http://sco.lt/7d7RmT

                    HOW RIGGED IS THE FOSSIL FUEL MARKET?

                UNEARTHING THE TRUE COST OF FOSSIL FUELS:

                                          http://sco.lt/4ruX0z

                                     AUSTRALIA BURNING:

                      BUSHFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL

                                      http://sco.lt/7otlxZ

-▶  AUSTRALIAN HONEYBEE HIVES ARE MELTING AS TEMPERATURES SOAR http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/australian-honeybees-unable-to-make-honey_b_4670475.html

Guardian, July 13, 2014

 ▶ SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA FACES 40% REDUCTION IN RAINFALL BY END OF CENTURY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Perth in Western Australia identified as most vulnerable city under prediction of massive 40% reduction in rainfall http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jul/14/southern-australia-faces-water-crisis-by-end-of-century-due-to-climate-change

Circle of Blue, March 09, 2014

 ▶ AUSTRALIA'S EPIC DROUGHT IS GLOBAL WARMING. The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation. http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/australia-drought-water-scarcity-desertification/

 New Scientist, July 13, 2014

 ▶ AUSTRALIA IS DRYING OUT THANKS TO OUR EMISSIONS http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25887-australia-is-drying-out-thanks-to-our-emissions.html

Summit Voice, July 14, 2014
 ▶ GREENHOUSE GASES DRIVE AUSTRALIA DRYING TREND: SCIENTISTS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/07/14/climate-greenhouse-gases-drive-australia-drying-trend/

 The Guardian, August 07, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA: 'ABNORMALLY EARLY' BUSHFIRE SEASON PROMPTS CALL FOR MORE RESOURCES http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/abnormally-early-bushfire-season-prompts-call-for-more-resources

                             SCHIZOPHRENIC ABBOTT

                                 Guardian August 02, 2014
 ▶ AUSTRALIAN PM, TONY ABBOTT, LAUNCHES GREEN ARMY RECRUITING 15,000 YOUNG AUSTRALIANS. About 15,000 young Australians will be mobilised for the government’s Green Army and get their hands dirty on environmental projects for a weekly wage of up to $500.
The Abbott government’s Green Army initiative will involve 1500 projects implemented over the next three years. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/02/tony-abbott-green-army-recruiting-drive

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ENVIRONMENT, WILDLIFE

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

Guardian Environment, April 01, 2014

-▶ AUSTRALIAN KOALAS MAY DISAPPEAR IN AREAS AFFECTED BY CARBON OFFSET SCHEME:  NO TO BIODIVERSITY OFFSETTING http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/02/koalas-may-disappear-in-areas-affected-by-offset-scheme-says-foundation

 Climate Progress, December 20, 2013
-▶ MASSIVE KOALA-DISPLACING WITH COAL MINE IN AUSTRALIA'S GALILEE BASIN - The AU$6.4 billion mine will produce up to 40 million tonnes of a coal a year, which according to The Guardian, “would release an estimated 85.6m tonnes of CO2 once burned, slightly more than the annual emissions of Romania.” http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/20/3095491/australias-galilee-basin-palmer-coal/#

The Converation, March 26, 2014
▶  AUSTRALIA SHOULD ENLIST DINGOES TO CONTROL INVASIVE SPECIES, INSTEAD OF KILLING THEM http://theconversation.com/australia-should-enlist-dingoes-to-control-invasive-species-24807

AUSTRALIAN ENDANGERED WOMBATS STARVING TO DEATH

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/wombats-hit-by-killer-plants-8373788.html

Canberra Times, January 29, 2014

-▶ AUSTRALIA: IT'S BECOMING HARDER TO SEE THE TREES FOR THE REVENUE. Conserving our biodiversity is becoming dependent on its destruction http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/its-becoming-harder-to-see-the-trees-for-the-revenue-20140128-31l2b.html

 -▶  AUSTRALIA'S BRUTAL SHARK CULL IMPOVERISHES OCEAN: GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED ECOCIDE http://sco.lt/7jFYdl

 - ▶ AUSTRALIA: OCEAN-GRABBING BY HUGE CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS 'THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES' http://sco.lt/6cD1N3

 Guardian Environment, November 25, 2013

▶  AUSTRALIA UNDER FIRE FOR FAILING TO PROTECT THREATENED ANIMALS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/26/australia-under-fire-for-failing-to-protect-threatened-animals

Guardian Environment, March 24, 2014
 - ▶ AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES ACCUSED OF JEOPARDIZING SUMATRAN PRIZED LEUSER ECOSYSTEM INDONESIAN THREATENING WILDLIFE EXTINCTION  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/24/australian-companies-accused-of-hampering-conservation-in-indonesia

The Conversation, May 26, 2013

- ▶ AUSTRALIA:  VICTORIAN LAW CHANGE ABANDONS NATIVE FORESTS TO CORPORATE LOGGERS -- FOR PURE PROFIT http://theconversation.com/victorian-law-change-abandons-native-forests-to-loggers-14113

 ▶ UNFAIR SHARES:  HOW THE COAL INDUSTRY BOUGHT AUSTRALIA'S HUNTER RIVER - Pushing out rich farmland, consuming and polluting precious water PHOTOS http://www.lockthegate.org.au/unfairshares

Reuters, February 28, 2014

▶ AUSTRALIA: ELDERLY, YOUNG TO LEAVE AREA NEAR AUSTRALIAN MINE FIRE BURNING FOR 3 WEEKS. Children, the elderly and pregnant women have been urged to leave a small Australian town because of health concerns from a fire that has been burning at a nearby coal mine for almost three weeks.
    Particulate pollution, which can damage the lungs and respiratory system, has been measured at more than 10 times the recommended daily threshold in the area around the fire near South Morwell, about 150 km (95 miles) east of the Victoria state capital of Melbourne.  http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/28/us-australia-minefire-idUSBREA1R0AR20140228

 ▶ AN ELDERS PRAYER FOR THE RIVER: Fish Come Back Dead Red Gum trees, Lake Pamamaroo near Menindee (click image to enlarge) http://ht.ly/2YD7S

                AUSTRALIA BANS SUPER TRAWLERS: PERMANENTLY

                        NO Super Trawlers.  Not Here.  Not Anywhere

                                             http://sco.lt/7eC9gX

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                                            WATCH - NOVA PBS                                
                      AUSTRALIA:  FIRST 4 BILLION YEARS (SERIES)
                                        "AUSTRALIA AWAKENING"

One of the strangest landscapes on Earth reveals our planet's complex history http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/australia-first-years.html#australia-awakening

YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rArGi6lwds

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

Sydney Morning Herald, January 20, 2014
-▶  MAJOR EL NINO EVENTS LIKELY TO DOUBLE DUE TO GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS INCREASES http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/major-el-nino-events-likely-to-double-in-next-century-20140119-312sy.html

 Business Green, January 15, 2014

▶  BP: GLOBAL EMISSIONS TO SOAR 29 PERCENT BY 2030 http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2323190/bp-global-emissions-to-soar-29-per-cent-by-2030?utm_term=&utm_content=headline_title&utm_campaign=BG.Daily_RL.EU.A.U&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=BG.DCM.Editors_Updates

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/

                                        WALL STREET SPEAKS OUT

                                    THE COMING CLIMATE CRASH

                              LESSONS FROM THE 2008 RECESSION

                                             http://sco.lt/6tNs8H

 -▶ THE SHEER LUNACY OF BIODIVERSITY OFFSETTING:  CONSERVING NATURE IS BECOMING DEPENDENT ON ITS DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/9EcFvt

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                                       A WAKE-UP VIDEO

                                           "EXTREME ICE"

                JUST HOW FAST ARE WE MELTING?  AS IT HAPPENS

                                       http://sco.lt/8zIJfd

- ▶ GREENLAND'S ANTARCTICA MELTING:  CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/7MZUVV

  Climate Central April 2nd 2014
▶ WARMING TEMPERATURES COULD DRY OUT ONE THIRD OF PLANET http://www.climatecentral.org/news/warming-temperatures-could-dry-out-one-third-of-planet-17249

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

                         DEFORESTATION IS DESERTIFICATION

     A DEADLY GAME FOR ALL LIFE -  AUSTRALIA & GLOBAL ECOCIDE

                                                http://sco.lt/72G2nh

ARCTIC IS RELEASING HUNDREDS, PERHAPS THOUSANDS, OF ENORMOUS PLUMES OF METHANE DIRECTLY INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

                                                 http://sco.lt/8gVi1x

                           THE SHALE GAS "FRACKING" REVOLUTION

                                 AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE

http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3221506918/the-shale-gas-fracking-revolution-an-environmental-nightmare

                                   WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

                                               The Water Crisis

                                            http://sco.lt/53HMPJ

                                                       WATCH
                              Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV

                                          Four Corners Investigation

                               "A BLOODY BUSINESS" (60 minutes)

                                   AUSTRALIAN LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTS

                                                http://sco.lt/7cFyuf

                                                    WATCH

                        FACTORY FARMING - FROM AUSTRALIA

                THE MOST SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO

                http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/3123800365/watch-the-most-shockingly-beautiful-video-about-factory-farming-from-australia

                      THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US

                                             http://sco.lt/4ywB3h

ONLY LOVE FOR MOTHER EARTH CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE:  ZEN MASTER THICH NHAT HANH AND POPE FRANCIS http://sco.lt/57JX0L

 - ▶ FAST-TRACKING OUR OWN EXTINCTION: THE DEFORESTATION HOLOCAUST AND PALM OIL ECOCIDE http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/1510545458/fast-tracking-our-own-extinction-the-deforestation-holocaust-and-palm-oil-ecocide

                                                 --- WATCH ---

                     300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS

                                        http://sco.lt/724dSD

                          1. GENERAL

                           2. COAL ASH

                           3. WATER

                           4. CARBON CAPTURE, CARBON STORAGE

Rainforest Action Network May 06 2015
-▶ BANK OF AMERICA DUMPS COAL MINING IN SWEEPING NEW POLICY http://www.ran.org/breaking_bank_of_america_dumps_coal_mining_in_sweeping_new_policy

Grist, January 16, 2014
▶ U.N. CLIMATE CHIEF CALLS FOR FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT http://grist.org/news/u-n-climate-chief-calls-for-fossil-fuel-divestment/

                                                    WATCH
HEIRS OF BILLIONAIRE OIL TYCOON JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JOIN GROWING FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT MOVEMENT

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/22/heirs_of_billionaire_oil_tycoon_john

March 7, 2013 Inside Climate News

▶ DIVESTING IN FOSSIL FUELS: SHAREHOLDERS FILE FIRST-EVER 'CARBON BUBBLE' RESOLUTIONS  http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130307/investor-shareholders-activism-as-you-sow-carbon-bubble-climate-change-global-warming-fossil-fuels-consol-alpha

                                                      VIDEO
                                  DeSmogBlog, January 30, 2015
                        THE COAL INDUSTRY OWNS THE COURTS
http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/01/30/coal-industry-owns-courts-video

Scientific American, February 17, 2015
-▶ HOW COAL KILLS

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-coal-kills/?WT.mc_id=SA_ENGYSUS_20150219

                                       THE COST OF CLEAN COAL
                                      http://exp.grist.org/clean-coal/

Guardian, February 05, 2015
-▶ WORLD'S BIGGEST SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND DUMPS DOZENS OF COAL COMPANIES  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/05/worlds-biggest-sovereign-wealth-fund-dumps-dozens-of-coal-companies

July 29, 2013 Yale Environment 360

▶  FACING TOUGH MARKET AT HOME, U.S. COAL GIANT PUSHES OVERSEAS.  SHIFTING THE BURDEN OF CO2 POLLUTION

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/facing_tough_market_coal_giant_peabody_energy_pushes_overseas/2676/

National Geographic, January 22, 2014

-▶  HOW MUCH IS THE U.S. TO BLAME FOR "MADE-IN-CHINA" POLLUTION? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2014/01/140122-made-in-china-pollution-from-exports/

ClimateProgress, January 07, 2015
-▶ COAL COMPANIES ARE SELLING COAL TO THEMSELVES TO GET MORE GOVERNMENT TAXPAYER  SUBSIDIES http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/07/3609210/coal-companies-selling-to-themselves/

August 30, 2013 Huffington Post Green, Kate Sheppard
▶  DEMOCRATS, LOBBYISTS LAUNCH PRO-COAL ADVOCACY GROUP, UNDER SLICK PR SLOGAN "COAL BLUE" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/democrats-coal-congress_n_3839660.html?ir=Green

HuffPost Politics, March 29, 2014
▶ WORLD'S BIGGEST COAL COMPANY, WORLD'S BIGGEST PR FIRM PAIR UP TO PROMOTE COAL FOR POOR PEOPLE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/27/peabody-burson-marstellar-coal_n_5044962.html

Grist, May 23, 2014
 -▶ DO COAL COMPANIES HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN VOTERS? http://grist.org/business-technology/do-coal-companies-have-more-rights-than-voters/

ClimateProgress, February 09, 2015
-▶ COAL COMPANIES DON'T PAY ENOUGH TO MINE FOR COAL ON FEDERAL LAND, REPORT SAYS. Coal companies that mine on federal lands have been exploiting loopholes that serve to make their coal inexpensive for years...  http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/09/3620789/coal-company-loopholes-cap-report/

Climate Progress, January 28, 2015
-▶ GETTING OFF CHEAP:  FEDERAL COAL PROGRAM COSTING TAXPAYERS AND STATES BILLIONS IN LOST ROYALTIES http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/28/3616461/federal-coal-program-costing-billion/

Climate Progress, April 13, 2012
-▶ TOP THREE WAYS THAT AMERICAN TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE DIRTY COAL DEVELOPMENT http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/04/13/463874/top-three-ways-that-american-taxpayers-subsidize-dirty-coal-development/

                      HOW RIGGED IS THE FOSSIL FUEL MARKET?

                    UNEARTHING THE TRUE COST OF FOSSIL FUELS

                                          http://sco.lt/4ruX0z

▶ TWO THIRDS OF FOSSIL FUEL RESERVE MUST STAY UNDERGROUND TO STABILIZE CLIMATE « http://ecowatch.org/2012/fossil-fuel-underground-stabilize-climate/

                                                          WATCH
                                    Climate Progress, January 22, 2015
  INSIDE A COAL ASH COMMUNITY THAT CAN'T USE ITS TAP WATER

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/21/3613633/coal-ash-video/

Corporate Europe Observatory, December 08, 2014
-▶ ANGLO AMERICAN'S DIRTY ENERGY LOBBY AND ITS FALSE CLIMATE SOLUTIONS http://corporateeurope.org/blog/anglo-americans-dirty-energy-lobby-and-its-false-climate-solutions

                                                VIDEO REPORT
                               PBS Newshour, December 19, 2014
   EPA LAYS OUT NEW RULES ON HIGHLY TOXIC COAL ASH DISPOSAL
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/epa-decision-classify-coal-ash-hazardous-angers-environmentalists/

EcoWatch, February 04, 2014
 -▶  WHY BIG COAL OPERATES IN CONSTANT STATE OF VIOLATION http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/04/big-coal-constant-violation/

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

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November 1, 2012 Grist

▶  IS THE WORLD'S 'CLEANEST COAL-FUELED POWER PLANT' A CLIMATE BAIT-AND-SWITCH? http://grist.org/climate-energy/worlds-cleanest-coal-fueled-power-plant-is-a-climate-bait-and-switch/

Salon, April 26, 2014
▶  COAL INDUSTRY LOBBY WON'T ADMIT TO ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.salon.com/2014/04/26/coal_industry_lobby_wont_admit_to_role_in_climate_change_partner/

Vox, April 17, 2014
▶  CHINA'S COAL BOOM IS SLOWING. THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE... http://www.vox.com/2014/4/17/5624360/china-coal-boom-ending-climate-change

July 4, 2013 Science Daily

▶  CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS, FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES USING DIRTY TRICKS FROM 'TOBACCO WARS' http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130704095132.htm

May 23, 3013 Smart Planet
▶ OBAMA'S COAL COMEBACK http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/coals-us-comeback/20453?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660&ttag=e660

AlterNet, January 18, 2014
-▶  GAME OVER?  OBAMA GIFTS TO BIG COAL $1 BILLION http://www.alternet.org/environment/obama-gifts-big-coal-1-billion?akid=11427.237541.SV5Uzp&rd=1&src=newsletter950229&t=3

The Daily Climate. March 7, 2013

-▶ HEALTH COSTS OF BURNING COAL

Burning coal to produce electricity costs Europeans €42.8 billion, or $55 billion, in health care costs annually, a new analysis finds. In Poland alone, the tab tops €8 billion.... http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2013/03/coal-health-costs

Grist, December 02, 2014
 ▶ COULD THIS LAWSUIT FORCE OBAMA TO FIX HIS CORPORATE GIVE-AWAY COAL LEASING PROGRAM ON PUBLIC LANDS http://grist.org/climate-energy/could-this-lawsuit-force-obama-to-fix-his-ridiculous-coal-leasing-program/

                   THE GREAT AMERICAN CORPORATE GIVEAWAY

                  COAL, OIL, FRACKING AWAY OUR PUBLIC LANDS
                  DESTROYING OUR BIODIVERSITY AND FORESTS

                                           http://sco.lt/7hcWET

 July 11, 2013 The Nation
-▶ THE WAR ON COAL OBAMA ISN'T FIGHTING: MINING ON PUBLIC LANDS CHEATING TAXPAYERS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS http://www.thenation.com/blog/175210/war-coal-obama-isnt-fighting#

Grist, February 04, 2014

▶  STEP RIGHT UP, BIG COAL, FOR AMERICA'S BIG COAL GIVEAWAY. It’s bad enough that the federal government leases out public lands to private companies to be torn up and mined for coal. Even worse is that the feds are ripping off taxpayers in the process, leasing the coal tracts at way-below-market prices, through a totally inept program, according to a new federal study. http://grist.org/news/step-right-up-big-coal-for-americas-big-coal-giveaway/

July 25, 2013 Global Possibilities

▶  COAL EXPORTS CONTRADICT OBAMA'S CLIMATE PLEDGE, CRITICS SAY  http://www.globalpossibilities.org/coal-exports-contradict-obamas-climate-pledge-critics-say/

                       THE PRODUCTION vs CONSUMPTION GAME

International Business Times, July 28, 2014
-▶ U.S. COAL EXPORTS DIRTYING THE WORLD: REPORT: U.S. energy companies have exported more coal in the last six years than ever before, the report said, analyzing preliminary data released by the Energy Information Administration, or EIA. In the same time period, the U.S. reduced domestic coal consumption by 195 million tons. As a result, the reduction in domestic coal consumption made the U.S. appear to be making more progress than it really is on curbing greenhouse gas emissions.  http://www.ibtimes.com/us-coal-exports-dirtying-world-report-1640648

                                      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

                                  THIS IS THE COST OF COAL  -

                                   PHOTO EXPOSE & VIDEO

                                       http://sco.lt/82iv3p

Rainforest Action Network
▶  EXTREME COAL -- NO LONGER BUSINESS AS USUAL
http://understory.ran.org/2014/04/17/2014-coal-finance-report-card-extreme-investments-extreme-consequences/

May 29, 2013 Global Possibilities
▶ COAL IS REBOUNDING, NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE UP AND THE WORLD'S OIL CARTEL IS HAPPY http://www.globalpossibilities.org/coal-is-rebounding-natural-gas-prices-are-up-and-the-worlds-oil-cartel-is-quite-content/

The Guardian, November 10, 2014
 ▶ THE REAL STORY OF US COAL: INSIDE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST COAL MINE. Despite Obama’s pledge to cut carbon emissions, production at North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming is booming - and climate change is off the agenda. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/10/-sp-the-real-story-of-us-coal-inside-the-worlds-biggest-coal-mine

▶ DOUBTS RAISED OVER COAL SEAM GAS'S GREEN RATING - - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-14/study-suggests-coal-seam-gas-dirtier-than-industry-claims/4372410

ClimateProgress, November 12, 2013
▶  THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE DANGEROUS NEW EXPERIMENT COAL COMPANIES WANT TO BRING TO AMERICA http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/12/2923951/untold-story-wyoming-proposed-coal-project/

Reuters, November 18, 2013

▶  'CLEAN UP YOUR ACT', UN CLIMATE CHIEF FIGUERES URGES COAL INDUSTRY http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/18/us-climate-talks-idUSBRE9AH0PB20131118?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

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 Guardian Environment, August 06, 2014
-▶ CHINA:  COAL MINE IMPACT ON YELLOW RIVER UPPER BASIN: IN PICTURES Muli coalfield is illegally gobbling up a nature reserve, blasting away alpine meadows and destroying the ecosystem of the country’s second largest river, Greenpeace investigation shows. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/aug/07/china-coal-mine-impact-on-yellow-river-upper-basin-in-pictures

BreakingViews, February 04, 2014

▶  WATER FIGHTS: SMOG OBSCURES LOOMING WATER RISK FOR CHINA: THE NEVER-ENDING THIRST OF FOSSIL FUELS....MINING, COAL...  http://www.breakingviews.com/smog-obscures-looming-water-risk-for-china/21129863.article

                       28,000 RIVERS WIPED OFF THE MAP OF CHINA

                          ENERGY, DAMS, ECOCIDE, FOSSIL FUELS

http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life/p/3999184497/2013/03/31/28-000-rivers-wiped-off-the-map-of-china

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

Santiago Times, January 20, 2014

-▶  FISHERMEN, ENVIRONMENTALISTS SLAM HIGH COURT'S $1.4 BILLION COAL PLANT APPROVAL http://santiagotimes.cl/fishermen-environmentalists-slam-high-courts-coal-plant-approval/

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About My Planet, March 08, 2014

-▶ EPA: COAL POWER PLANTS MUST INSTALL POLLUTION CONTROLS BY 2016  http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/black-gold/epa-coal-power-plants-must-install-pollution-controls-by-2016/

June 6, 2013 Global Possibilities

▶   AN INSIDE LOOK INTO WHAT A COAL TERMINAL'S REALLY LIKE: This is required reading — and viewing — for anyone worried about how export terminals handle coal... http://www.globalpossibilities.org/an-inside-look-into-what-a-coal-terminals-really-like/

 February 25, 2012 The Economist
▶ OLD KING COAL: HOW LONG WILL IT REIGN? Asian growth will remain fuelled by coal, which is worrying for the planet http://www.economist.com/node/21548237

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                                             2. COAL ASH

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Earth Justice

▶ HOW COAL ASH CONTAMINATES OUR LIVES. http://earthjustice.org/our_work/campaigns/coal-ash-contaminates-our-lives

                                                WATCH (27:42)
                        AMERICA'S DIRTY SECRET:  COAL ASH
  https://www.linktv.org/programs/earth-focus/video/3560398598001

                                        NEW SHORT FILM (10:40)
                                                   Earth Justice
               EXPOSING THE HUMAN COST OF COAL ASH DUMPING.

The energy company was First Energy, and a new short film by EarthJustice exposes the lies and the resulting impacts that their coal ash dump had on local communities... http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/10/22/new-short-film-exposes-human-cost-coal-ash-dumping

Think Progress, December 4, 2013
-▶ COAL ASH IS KILLING 900,000 FISH EACH YEAR IN A NORTH CAROLINA LAKE, STUDY FINDS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/04/3017841/coal-ash-killing-fish/

Edmonton Journal, November 23, 2013
▶  CANADA: DRINKING WATER CONCERNS (MERCURY) AS COAL SLURRY MOVES ALONG ATHABASCA RIVER http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Wood+Buffalo+taking+chances+drinking+water+coal+slurry/9205718/story.html

            MASSIVE TOXIC COAL CHEMICAL SLUDGE CATASTROPHES

   UNBELIEVABLE, UNACCEPTABLE, OUTRAGEOUS: WEST VIRGINIA

                          MASSIVE COAL ASH CHEMICAL DISASTER 

                                              http://sco.lt/4saARl

EarthJustice, July 31, 2014
REPORT FINDS COAL ASH LODGES DEEP INTO LUNGS.  http://earthjustice.org/blog/2014-july/ash-in-lungs-how-breathing-coal-ash-is-hazardous-to-your-health?utm_source=crm&utm_content=title

EarthJustice, August 14, 2014
▶ EPA INVESTIGATES ALLEGED CIVIL RIGHTS ABUSE AS TOXIC COAL ASH IS DUMPED ON BLACK TOWN IN ALABAMA
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2014/alabama-residents-speak-out-against-alleged-civil-rights-violations-involving-coal-ash-dump-in-black-community

The Institute of Southern Studies
▶ HOW 'ALEC' HELPED DUKE ENERGY BLOCK STRICTER COAL ASH RULES http://www.southernstudies.org/2014/02/how-alec-helped-duke-energy-block-stricter-coal-as.html

WisconsinWatch.org, December 23, 2014
▶ WISCONSIN: 'BENEFICIAL REUSE' OF COAL ASH COULD CONTAMINATE DRINKING WATER STATEWIDE http://wisconsinwatch.org/2014/12/beneficial-reuse-of-coal-ash-could-contaminate-drinking-water-statewide/

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                                                3. WATER

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Midwest Energy News, November 19, 2014
 ▶ STUDY:  COAL ASH CONTINUES TO CONTAMINATE WISCONSIN GROUNDWATER The “beneficial reuse” of coal ash, often touted as a way to keep the material out of landfills, is potentially causing serious contamination of drinking water in southeast Wisconsin and possibly across the state, according to a report released today by Clean Wisconsin. http://www.midwestenergynews.com/2014/11/18/study-wisconsin-groundwater-contaminated-by-coal-ash/

 Greenpeace International, March 21, 2014
 -▶ COAL IMPACTS ON WATER http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/coal/Water-impacts/?txtArea=032214_0203

 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

Climate Progress, March 05, 2014
 -▶ HUGE COAL COMPANY TO PAY LARGEST-EVER FINE AFTER 6,000 CLEAN WATER VIOLATIONS IN 7 YEARS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/05/3366341/clean-water-violations-coal-fine/#

                                                     WATCH

                                     Grist, February 06, 2014

COAL ASH DESTROYS A PERFECTLY GOOD RIVER. Experts have only just started getting a handle on the environmental and health impacts of Duke Energy's spill of tens of thousands of tons of toxic coal ash into North Carolina's Dan River http://grist.org/news/duke-energys-coal-ash-spill-has-utterly-ruined-a-river/

Climate Progress, February 06, 2014
▶  REPORT:  RIVER CONTAMINATED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD, ARSENIC, MERCURY AFTER NC COAL ASH SPILL http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/06/3257241/coal-ash-spill-lead-arsenic-mercury/

                                                     WATCH 

                                "MERCURY RISING'  - Short Film :

                               Poisoned Planet, Poisoned Food

                                          http://sco.lt/5ajRC5

 August 7, 2013 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
▶ WILL EPA PROTECT OUR FAMILIES FROM TOXIC COAL WATER POLLUTION http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/18791-focus--will-epa-protect-our-families-from-toxic-coal-water-pollution

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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

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

July 23, 2013 Earth Policy Institute

▶  ECO-ECONOMY INDICATORS - CARBON EMISSIONS
FOSSIL FUEL USE PUSHES CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS INTO DANGEROUS TERRITORY http://www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C52/carbon_emissions_2013

Global Carbon Atlas
-▶ INTERACTIVE: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CARBON ON EARTH  http://globalcarbonatlas.org/?q=outreach

 May 22, 2013 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT -

▶ MOZAMBIQUE: Many people "resettled" to make way for Vale and Rio Tinto's international coal mining operations in Tete province, Mozambique indigenous farmers no longer have access to arable land for farming, or other ways to make a living. ... http://www.hrw.org/node/115802

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                   4.  CARBON CAPTURE, CARBON STORAGE

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                                         PRICING CARBON    

                                       A FAILED STRATEGY

                   THAT WON'T SAVE THE CLIMATE OR PLANET

                                           http://sco.lt/5BKyfp

Redd Monitor, October 23, 2014
 ▶ A "HIGH-LEVEL CARBON PRICING DIALOGUE".  OR WHY POLLUTING INDUSTRIES LIKE CARBON TRADING http://www.redd-monitor.org/2014/10/23/a-high-level-carbon-pricing-dialogue-or-why-polluting-industry-likes-carbon-trading/

Truthout, October 03, 2014
CARBON CAPTURE AND CLEAN COAL:  OBAMA'S MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CLIMATE PIPE DREAM -- WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS  http://truth-out.org/news/item/26559-carbon-capture-and-clean-coal-obama-s-multibillion-dollar-climate-pipedream

 June 28, 2013 Grist
**** CARBON CAPTURE
▶ CENTURIES WORTH OF CO2 EMISSIONS COULD BE STORED UNDERGROUND, BUT AT WHAT COST? http://grist.org/news/centuries-worth-of-co2-emissions-could-be-stored-underground-but-at-what-cost/

March 12, 2012 The Energy Collective

▶ GRASPING AT STRAWS: DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF CO2 IS BECOMING A BUSINESS FOR BETTER OR WORSE http://theenergycollective.com/marcgunther/79135/direct-air-capture-co2-becoming-business-better-or-worse

Click Green, February 03, 2014

▶  ADDICTED TO PROFIT: CARBON CAPTURE STORAGE COULD CREATE £35bn UK MARKET BY 2030 -

“The dangers of carbon sequestration are real. We should greatly limit CO2 emissions in our time to reduce the need for massive carbon sequestration and thus reduce unwanted consequences and burdens over many future generations from the leakage of sequestered CO2.”

http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/analysis/business-analysis/124175-carbon-capture-storage-could-create-a-35bn-uk-market-by-2030.html

Environmental News Network, September 22, 2014
▶  CARBON CAPTURE IS A BAD IDEA:  TECHNOLOGY AND CLIMATE ACTION - Some scientists and analysts are touting carbon capture and storage as a necessary tool for avoiding catastrophic climate change. But critics of the technology regard it as simply another way of perpetuating a reliance on fossil fuels. http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/47863

 The Register, June 28, 2010

▶  CARBON STORAGE, SEQUESTRATION ' AS BAD AS NUCLEAR WASTE' A Danish climate geophysicist scientist, Prof. Gary Shaffer, has published a paper criticising carbon sequestration - the idea of dealing with CO2 emissions by stuffing the greenhouse gas away into underground or deep-sea storage where it (supposedly) can't affect the atmosphere.
The more commonly advocated plan of pumping CO2 into disused oil or gas fields doesn't meet with Shaffer's approval either. He points out that these subterranean/subsea reservoirs are scarcely leak-proof.... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/28/sequestration_no_no_shaffer/

Open Knowledge, January 23, 1014
▶  CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE (CCS):  DEAD AND BURIED http://knowledge.allianz.com/environment/climate_change/?2552/Carbon-capture-and-storage-dead-and-buried

National Geographic, November 4, 2013
-▶ EARTHQUAKE STUDY POINTS TO POSSIBLE CARBON INJECTION RISKS A cluster of 18 small earthquakes in western Texas was likely triggered by the injection of carbon dioxide into oil wells, according to a study published Monday in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/11/131104-carbon-injection-earthquake-risks/

 June 28, 2013 Grist

 ▶ CENTURIES WORTH OF CO2 EMISSIONS COULD BE STORED UNDERGROUND, BUT AT WHAT COST? http://grist.org/news/centuries-worth-of-co2-emissions-could-be-stored-underground-but-at-what-cost/

BBC News Europe, September 20, 2013

 ▶ NORWAY ABANDONS MONGSTAD CARBON CAPTURE PLANS http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24183443

 August 19, 2013 Huffington Post Green

 ▶ CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE: WHY NOBODY'S RUSHING TO PUMP AIR POLLUTION UNDERGROUND TO SAVE THE WORLD http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/carbon-capture-and-storage_n_3745522.html

 September 3, 2013 Climate Central
  ▶ CARBON STORAGE STUDIES GRAPPLE WITH POLITICS, GEOLOGY -- AND SAFETY http://www.climatecentral.org/news/carbon-storage-studies-grapple-with-politics-geology-16398

 National Geographic, November 4, 2013
-▶ EARTHQUAKE STUDY POINTS TO POSSIBLE CARBON INJECTION RISKS http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/11/131104-carbon-injection-earthquake-risks/

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                                                      WATCH

                                                 Bloomberg TV

                             COAL MAKES HALF OF U.S. ELECTRICITY

                       Christiana Figueres- UN Climate Change Chief

Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's Christiana Figueres discusses the fight against global warming on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers.http://www.bloomberg.com/video/climate-change-coal-makes-half-of-u-s-electricity-~B2vipW1RkqNhtnOswhCIw.html

 New Scientist, February 13, 2014

▶ FIRE IN THE HOLE:  AFTER FRACKING COMES COAL - IF YOU THOUGHT SHALE GAS WAS A NIGHTMARE, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET  - Dantean inferno of underground coal gasification (UCG)
   A subterranean world of previously ignored reserves is about to be opened up. These are the vast coal deposits that have proved unreachable by conventional mining, along with gas deposits around them. To the horror of anyone concerned about climate change, modern miners want to set fire to these deep coal seams and capture the gases this creates for industry and power generation. Some say this will provide energy security for generations to come. Others warn that it is a whole new way to fry the planet.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22129560.400-fire-in-the-hole-after-fracking-comes-coal.html?cmpid=RSS|NSNS|2012-GLOBAL|environment#.Uv1jffZkJK4

THE BIGGEST DRY

AUSTRALIA CHOOSES COAL OVER RENEWABLES

THE END OF AUSTRALIA?

                                              http://sco.lt/6QEnEv

                                              PAY TO PLAY

Inter Press Service, November 22, 2013
▶  WARSAW:  BIG COAL ANGLES FOR A SLICE OF CLIMATE FINANCE -- TO REDUCE THEIR EMISSIONS http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/11/big-coal-angles-for-a-slice-of-climate-finance-pie/

March 6, 2013 San Francisco Chronicle

▶ USA: MONTANA COAL POWER PLANT SUED OVER POLLUTION CONTROLS http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/Mont-power-plant-sued-over-pollution-controls-4334289.php

Ecowatch, December 16, 2013
-▶  ALEC CALLS FOR 'GUERILLA WARFARE' IN WEAKENING CARBON EMISSIONS STANDARDS http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/16/alec-calls-for-guerilla-warfare-in-weakening-carbon-emissions-standards/

-▶  THE UNITED STATES OF ALEC http://sco.lt/4h5sBN

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THE ONLY WAY OUT:

CHINA TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENT OVER ECONOMY & DEVELOPMENT IN REVISED LAW

                                                http://sco.lt/51P1sH

▶ IPS – MANKIND APPROACHING 'CARBON CLIFF', PricewaterhouseCooper Report Warns http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/mankind-approaching-carbon-cliff-report-warns/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

▶ OCEAN ACIDIFYING: RAPIDLY RISING C02 IN ATMOSPHERE CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE

http://sco.lt/8LsqbR

 HuffPost Green, April 29, 2014
▶  EPA'S CROSS-STATE POLLUTION EMISSIONS RULE UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/29/epa-cross-state-pollution-rule_n_5232875.html
March 6, 2013 FUEL FIX

▶ GERMANY: GIANT FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE TIDE http://fuelfix.com/blog/2013/03/06/german-oil-exec-countrys-clean-energy-dream-now-a-nightmare/

Yale Environment 360, September 25, 2014
▶   WORLD'S LARGEST COAL COMPANY PLANS BILLION-DOLLAR SOLAR PROJECT IN INDIA

Davis CA (SPX) Jun 04, 2013 -

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS EXTINCTION FOR 82 PERCENT OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE FISH. Salmon and other native freshwater fish in California will likely become extinct within the next century due to climate change if current trends continue, ceding their habitats to non-native fish, predicts a study by scientists from the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis.... http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Climate_change_threatens_extinction_for_82_percent_of_California_native_fish_999.html

August 12, 2014 Climate Progress
HOW TWO RESERVOIRS HAVE BECOME BILLBOARDS FOR WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS DOING TO THE AMERICAN WEST http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/08/12/2439931/reservoir-billboards-southwest/

Reuters, June 14, 2014
▶  CALIFORNIA DROUGHT FORCES EVACUATION OF TROUT HATCHERIES- Millions of young rainbow and steelhead trout are being evacuated from California's most productive hatchery complex as summer heat and the state's ongoing drought combine to make the water too warm for them to survive http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/17/us-usa-california-drought-idUSKBN0ES2KW20140617

SF Gate, January 26, 2014

▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT THREATENS COHO SALMON WITH EXTINCTION http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/California-drought-threatens-coho-salmon-with-5175736.php

CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: WORST IN RECORDED HISTORY http://sco.lt/4rmrQn

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/

UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jun 20 2013 (IPS) - Extreme heat, flooding and water and food shortages will rock South Asia and Africa by 2030 and render large sections of cities inhabitable, if the world continues to burn huge amounts of coal, oil and gas, the World Bank is warning.

“Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts and the Case for Resilience“, a new report commissioned by the World Bank analysed the expected effects on South Asia and Africa if global temperatures increase by two and four degrees Celsius.

The report showed that a global temperature rise of two degrees Celsius will have a wide range of dangerous effects, including a loss of 40 to 80 percent of cropland in Africa and rising sea levels that will destroy significant parts of many coastal cities in South Asia.... http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/climate-change-promises-tough-times-for-asia-and-africa-report/

VIDEO:

300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS http://sco.lt/724dSD

PLANET PASSES DAILY 400 PPM C02 MILESTONE - MARCHING TOWARD DISASTER  http://sco.lt/8pMIe9

September 03, 2013 Huffington Post
NATURE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES:
STUDY LINKS MERCURY LEVELS IN FISH TO COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/mercury-levels-fish_n_3840699.html

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECOCIDE: A PLAGUE OF DEFORESTATION SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA WITH TERRIBLE LOSS OF WILDLIFE AND BIODIVERSITY http://sco.lt/4lJ5ZR

June 19, 2013 The World Bank
INFOGRAPHIC: WHAT CLIMATE CHANGE MEANS FOR AFRICA AND ASIA http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2013/06/19/Infographic-Climate-Change-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa-South-Asia-South-East-Asia?cid=EXT_TWBN_D_EXT

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

April 15, 2013 The Irish Times
STRUGGLING TO FORCE THE SAHARA BACK A CLIMATE CHANGE WREAKS HAVOC IN SENEGAL http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/struggling-to-force-the-sahara-back-as-climate-change-wreaks-havoc-in-senegal-1.1359970

HUMAN CLIMATE CHANGE BIG FACTOR IN SOMALI FAMINE http://sco.lt/6sl15l

March 2, 2012 All Africa
AFRICA: RURAL WOMEN LEAD THE WAY ON CLIMATE http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00015839.html

ENOUGHNESS:  WESTERN THOUGHT V INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE http://sco.lt/6EFbPt

June 24, 2013 Inter Press Service
AFRICA AT THE NEXUS OF AGROFUELS, LAND GRABS AND HUNGER - Part 2 http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/12/at-the-nexus-of-agrofuels-land-grabs-and-hunger-ndash-part-2/

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

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

August 21, 2013 The Guardian
UN CALLS ON NATIONS TO ADOPT URGENT DROUGHT POLICIES NOW http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/21/un-urgent-drought-policies

NASA STUDY: CLOBAL WARMIN MAYH INCREASE THE RISK FOR EXTREME RAINFALL AND DROUGHT http://sco.lt/7PjEfJ

 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/

TERRACIDE:

THE BIGGEST CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE IN HISTORY - DESTROYING THE PLANET FOR RECORD PROFITS http://sco.lt/7gxiG9

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

WATCH:

Tar Sands Oil Extraction: The Dirtiest "Oil" On Earth

Video *** "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

The Guardian, August 07, 2014
▶ AUSTRALIA: 'ABNORMALLY EARLY' BUSHFIRE SEASON PROMPTS CALL FOR MORE RESOURCES http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/07/abnormally-early-bushfire-season-prompts-call-for-more-resources

The World Post, January 26, 2014

▶  AUSTRALIAN HONEY BEES UNABLE TO MAKE HONEY : THEIR HIVES ARE MELTING AS TEMPERATURES SOAR.

    Australia's hottest spring on record has spawn droughts and intense heatwaves; it has been disastrous for honeybees as their hives are melting whilst temperatures soar.

    Plants have responded to the stifling heatwaves this summer (2014) across the Australian continent by substantially lowering nectar production. Bees require nectar to make honey -- their only food source.

Aussie honeybees are also contending with another crisis this summer as climate disruption has their colonies operating in an emergency mode. Bees store their honey in honeycomb cells made of beeswax, which is now melting because daytime temperatures regularly exceed 95 degrees F.

    It would be prudent for Australian's to scrutinize all processed foods labels, foreign honey will be used when the following wording appears: "Made in Australia from local honey and imported ingredients."

There's a lot more at stake here than just processed foods.

    Australia's commercial bees are vividly showing scientists the knock-on effect from climate disruption. The occurrence and frequency of heatwaves and droughts are predicted to double, globally; therefore we can expect more bees unable to make honey, and pollinate plants including most of our food crops. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/australian-honeybees-unable-to-make-honey_b_4670475.html

                                                   WATCH
             Australian Broadcasting Corporation, April 10, 2014
                  AUSTRALIA IN THE GRIP OF HONEY DROUGHT
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-10/nation-in-the-grip-of-honey-drought/5382358

                                                    WATCH
                       DemocracyNow, January 09, 2013
AUSTRALIA ON FIRE:  RECORD SHATTERING HEAT, WILDFIRES ENGULF WORLD'S LARGEST EXPORTER OF COAL http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/9/australia_on_fire_record_shattering_heat

Australian Climate Council, March 10, 2014
▶ THE ANGRY SUMMER: GRAPH

Continuing hot on the heels of the ‘Angry Summer’ of 2012/2013, Australians again endured record breaking extreme events this summer. Heatwaves, hot days, drought and bushfires: report http://www.climatecouncil.org.au/angry-summer

 The Conversation, February 24, 2014
▶  AUSTRALIA'S KILLER CLIMATE:  TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FLYING FOXES DEAD IN A DAY http://theconversation.com/killer-climate-tens-of-thousands-of-flying-foxes-dead-in-a-day-23227

▶  AUSTRALIAN HEATWAVES TO HIT WILDLIFE HARD  http://sco.lt/85KSMz

                                     AUSTRALIA BURNING:

                      BUSHFIRES RAGE OUT OF CONTROL

                                      http://sco.lt/7otlxZ

                                          THE BIGGEST DRY

                           Australian Govt In Gross Climate Denial

                           Fossil Fuels, Water, Forests, Extinctions

                                             http://sco.lt/6QEnEv

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

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

Truthout, December 17, 2013
  -▶  ARE WE FALLING OFF THE CLIMATE PRECIPICE? SCIENTISTS CONSIDER EXTINCTION http://truth-out.org/news/item/20686-are-we-falling-off-the-climate-precipice-scientists-consider-extinction

TriplePundit, January 27, 2012
 -▶ BIODIVERSITY LOSS TO BE GIVEN SAME STATUS AS CLIMATE CHANGE http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/01/biodiversity-loss-deserves-attention-climate-change/

CGIAR, January 28, 2014
 -▶ IPBES PUTS BIODIVERSITY AND POLLINATION FRONT AND CENTER WATER, LAND AND ECOSYSTEMS http://wle.cgiar.org/blog/2014/01/28/ipbes-puts-biodiversity-pollination-front-centre/

  -▶ WEB-OF-LIFE UNRAVELLING - Healthy Ecosystems Vital for All Planetary Life http://sco.lt/7Obz0L

 ▶  LARGE-SCALE BIODIVERSITY IS VITAL TO MAINTAIN HUMAN AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTH http://sco.lt/8amPlR

AlterNet, January 29, 2014

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

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

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

 -▶CALIFORNIA DROUGHT THREATENS COHO SALMON WITH EXTINCTION http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/California-drought-threatens-coho-salmon-with-5175736.php

                                                  VIDEO REPORT                           

                           US News & World Report, January 18, 2014
▶CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR DECLARES DROUGHT EMERGENCY, ASKS FOR CONSERVATION - WORST DROUGHT IN RECORDED HISTORY http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/17/22339076-california-governor-declares-drought-emergency-asks-for-conservation?lite  Bloomberg

                               Climate Change — VIDEO 4:00

                  THE  EARTH'S NEXT 100 YEARS VISUALIZED

                                   http://sco.lt/8vwwb3

-▶ GREENLAND' MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/819UHZ

  -▶ CLIMATE CHANGE TO HALVE HABITAT FOR OVER 10,000 COMMON SPECIES http://sco.lt/8G99Av

                                            BATTLE FOR THE BEES

Millions of Dying Bees Raise Alarm For Humans - Europe Bans Pesticide

                                                http://sco.lt/8uA025

▶ MASSIVE DESERTIFICATION, EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES COMING WITH GLOBAL WARMING, THREATENING CIVILIZATION http://sco.lt/7nU397

                                                A WAKE-UP VIDEO:

                                                   "EXTREME ICE"

                          Just How Fast Are We Melting? As It Happens

                                                http://sco.lt/8zIJfd

-▶ THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US http://sco.lt/4ywB3h

 ▶ OBAMA'S "ALL OF THE ABOVE" DRILL, BABY, DRILL: FRACKING, TARSANDS OIL, NUCLEAR... MAY KILL US ALL  http://sco.lt/7p2tEX

                                                     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/

 ▶  GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE TO STAY, WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT http://sco.lt/7WJayH

▶  COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE  http://sco.lt/8wLmKX

▶  MASSIVE DESERTIFICATION, EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES COMING WITH GLOBAL WARMING, THREATENING CIVILIZATION  http://sco.lt/7nU397

                                                    WATCH

                        -▶ WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

                                         http://sco.lt/856DXl

National Geographic, December 03, 2013

▶  ABRUPT CLIMATE DISASTER THREAT RAISES CALL FOR EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

Approaching climate change "tipping points" mean an early warning system for global warming-triggered disasters is needed, suggest experts...http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/12/131203-abrupt-climate-change-science-early-warning-report/

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

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

                                           A WAKE-UP VIDEO:

                                                 "Extreme Ice"

                        Just How Fast Are We Melting? As It Happens

                                                 http://sco.lt/8zIJfd

 Planet Earth OnLine, January 13, 2014
▶  GLACIER'S RETREAT IS NOW IRREVERSIBLE - SCIENTISTS
Pine Island Glacier, the largest single contributor to sea-level rise in Antarctica, has started shrinking, say scientists.
Pine Island glacier. The work, published in Nature Climate Change, shows the glacier's retreat may have begun an irreversible process that could see the amount of water it is adding to the ocean increase five-fold... http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1588&cookieConsent=A

▶  HUMANITY WHOLLY UNPREPARED FOR ABRUPT CLIMATE IMPACT, WARNS REPORT http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/12/04-1

 ▶ MASSIVE DESERTIFICATION, EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES COMING WITH GLOBAL WARMING, THREATENING CIVILIZATION http://sco.lt/7nU397

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University, December 2012

 ▶ MEGA DROUGHTS AHEAD: WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS COULD BEGIN IN EIGHT YEARS  http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet/p/3997322622/worst-drought-in-1-000-years-could-begin-in-eight-years

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

▶  PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS:  FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE PLANET http://sco.lt/7d7RmT

▶ GREENLAND'S MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/7MZUVV

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

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

 ▶ PLANET PASSES DAILY 400 PPM C02 MILESTONE - MARCH TOWARD DISASTER http://sco.lt/9JBzCT

EcoNews, December 25, 2013
▶ CLIMATE CHANGE ROULETTE AND WATER SCARCITY http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/25/climate-change-roulette-water-scarcity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-change-roulette-water-scarcity

 Al Jazeera, December 10, 2013
▶  HOW CLIMATE CHANGE DESTROYS HUMAN RIGHTS http://www.aljazeera.com/humanrights/2013/12/how-climate-change-destroys-human-rights-20131217174532837148.html

   -▶  NOAA ARCTIC REPORT CARD 2013: IT'S GETTING WARMER AND GREENER UP NORTH  http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5303/20131213/noaa-arctic-report-card-2013-getting-warmer-greener-up-north.htm

                                               VIDEO REPORT:
                    NOAA: ARCTIC REPORT CARD: UPDATE FOR 2013

                               http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/

Climate and Capitalism, December 08, 2013
▶  CLIMATE POLITICS MUST BE AS RADICAL AS THE CRISIS: THIS RACE TO WRECK AND POISON THE EARTH FOR PROFIT IS SUICIDAL http://climateandcapitalism.com/2013/12/08/climate-politics-must-be-radical-as-crisis/

Treehugger, December 09, 2013
▶ GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS ON MENTAL HEALTH http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/global-warming-impacts-our-mental-health.html

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

 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

Al Jazeera America, January 13, 2014
▶  NORTH CALIFORNIA 100 YEAR DROUGHT THREATENS FARMERS, AG WORKERS, CITIES -- AND YOU http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/1/14/california-droughtthreatensfarmersagworkerscitiesandyou.html

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

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

                                                      VIDEO 4:00

                         THE EARTH'S NEXT 100 YEARS VISUALIZED

                                              http://sco.lt/8vwwb3

-▶  GLOBAL WARMING IS HERE TO STAY, WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT  http://sco.lt/7WJayH

                                                          VIDEO

-▶  CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING: CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET BY MESSING WITH NATURE? http://sco.lt/5R121p

 ▶ CLIMATE CHANGE PROMISES TOUGH TIMES FOR ASIA AND AFRICA http://sco.lt/4qgNNZ

▶  AT THE LIMITS OF THE MARKET: WHY CAPITALISM WON'T (HASN'T) SOLVED CLIMATE CHANGE, Part 1 and 2  http://sco.lt/6ECkvx

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

                                                      WATCH

              CLIMATE CHANGE - A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

SECRETARY KERRY DELIVERS POWER REMARKS ON CLIMATE

                                            http://sco.lt/8JvN3Z

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

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

                                   ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                          EXTINCTION CRISIS

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

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

 ▶  ZEN MASTER THICH NHAT HANH: ONLY LOVE FOR MOTHER EARTH CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/8diF4z

▶  CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/9E1XDV

▶ STOP BURNING RAIN FORESTS FOR PALM OIL AND MONOCROP AGRICULTURE  http://sco.lt/5Ylp7h

SEE:

▶▶ BIODIVERSITY IS LIFE http://sco.lt/8D8NuL

▶▶ OUR OCEANS NEED US  http://sco.lt/6wow1R

JHIRPU PHULPINGKATT, Nepal , Jun 2 2013 (IPS)

Residents of Jhirpu Phulpingkatt, a village nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas, about 110 km from Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, are on red alert.

...experts warn that the lakes are filling up faster than ever before and new lakes are being created at an alarming rate.

“If climate warming continues, as is predicted, accelerated glacial thinning and retreat are likely,” Pradeep Mool, programme coordinator at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) in Kathmandu, told IPS, warning that “the danger posed by glacial lake outburst floods will increase.”... http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/the-himalayas-are-changing-for-the-worse/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

                                                      WATCH

                                            "WHAT'S POSSIBLE"

The Three-Minute Film Shown at The U.N. Climate Summit Opening.

http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/09/17/whats-possible-un-climate-summit-opening-film

                                        Just Brilliant: WATCH
                                       "RACING EXTINCTION"

THE NIGHT ENDANGERED SPECIES TOOK OVER THE UNITED NATIONS

For Climate Summit 2014 - Entire UN building illuminated with a spectacular light display. The next mass extinction and its causes http://www.racingextinction.com/

UN REPORT:  HUMAN-CAUSED DISRUPTION IS "SEVERE, PERVASIVE, IRREVERSIBLE" http://sco.lt/68UVMn

                                                   WATCH
                         300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS
                                             http://sco.lt/7lDG6b

LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE:  TOWARD A NEW GLOBAL ETHOS  http://sco.lt/8052Ar

                                                   WATCH

FULL COVERAGE, INTERVIEWS WITH LEADERS OF PEOPLE'S MARCH AND WALL STREET MARCHES http://ow.ly/BNxKS

Guardian Environment, George Mobiot, September 11, 2014
 ▶ STOPPING CLIMATE MELTDOWN NEEDS THE POLITICAL COURAGE THAT SAVED THE OZONE LAYER http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/sep/11/stopping-climate-meltdown-needs-the-political-courage-that-saved-the-ozone-layer

                                 Union of Concerned Scientists
                                      GLOBAL WARMING 101
                                  The Causes, The Remedies
       http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/global_warming_101/

Guardian Environment, September 18, 2014
 ▶ INVESTORS CALL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL. Ahead of a UN climate summit in New York next week, Institutional investors managing £15tn of assets have called for an ambitious global climate deal to give them certainty to invest in clean technology. ...the investors are also calling on governments to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels, an estimated £370bn worldwide a year, five times the £60bn paid in renewables subsidies. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/18/investors-call-for-climate-change-deal

  Upside, February 28, 2013

▶  A CORPORATION SHOULD BE MORE THAN A MONEY COW. We need a new market system according to Pavan Sukhdev, founder/CEO of GIST Advisory. A market that is not set on just financial success but for once focuses on the whole picture http://www.upsides.com/2013/02/28/why-a-corporation-should-be-so-much-more-than-a-money-cow/

                                                     VIDEO
ARCHIBISHOP DESMOND TUTU CALLS FOR END OF FOSSIL FUEL ERA: "It's Time to 'Move Beyond the Fossil Fuel Era'" http://ow.ly/BNBN0

Common Dreams, September 16, 2014
 ▶ AIMING AT ROOTS OF CLIMATE CHAOS, #FLOODWALLSTREET TARGETS CAPITALISM ITSELF http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/16/aiming-roots-climate-chaos-flood-wall-street-targets-capitalism-itself

                                           FLOOD WALL STREET

                                     Alternet, September 19, 2014
 ▶ DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SAVE THE EARTH?  AFTER THE CLIMATE MARCH, FLOOD WALL STREET http://www.alternet.org/occupy-wall-street/want-save-earth-nevermind-climate-march-flood-wall-street

▶ CALIFORNIA DROUGHT - WORST IN RECORDED HISTORY http://sco.lt/4rmrQn

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

                                   2014 CLIMATE WEEK

                                                  EVENTS

                      NEW YORK CITY, SEPTEMBER 22 - 28

400, 000 ON SUNDAY ALONE HIT THE STREETS IN NYC

- ▶ ONLY LOVE FOR MOTHER EARTH CAN SAVE US FROM CLIMATE CHANGE. ZEN MASTER THICH NHAT HANH AND POPE FRANCIS SPEAK OUT http://sco.lt/57JX0L

                        UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE SUMMIT

                                       September 23, 2014

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders, from government, finance, business, and civil society to Climate Summit 2014 this 23 September to galvanize and catalyze climate action.  He has asked these leaders to bring bold announcements and actions to the Summit that will reduce emissions, strengthen climate resilience, and mobilize political will for a meaningful legal agreement in 2015. Climate Summit 2014 provides a unique opportunity for leaders to champion an ambitious vision, anchored in action that will enable a meaningful global agreement in 2015.

http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/

CLIMATE SUMMIT LIVE @Climate2014Live

Official UN account, tweeting headline climate action announcements during the UN Climate Summit 23 September 2014 https://twitter.com/Climate2014Live

The Climate Group, September 13, 2014
 ▶ UN RELEASES FULL LIST OF THE 125 WORLD LEADERS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING CLIMATE SUMMIT http://www.theclimategroup.org/what-we-do/news-and-blogs/un-releases-full-list-of-the-126-world-leaders-who-will-be-attending-climate-summit/

Common Dream, September 10, 2014
 ▶ GROUPS SLAM 'CORPORATE TAKEOVER' OF UN CLIMATE SUMMIT, CALL FOR SYSTEM CHANGE. Critics charge that this and other UN climate meetings have devolved into platforms for corporations, while civil society participation and protests are excluded and forcibly silenced.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/10/groups-slam-corporate-takeover-un-climate-summit-call-system-change

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                CLIMATE WEEK NEW YORK CITY, September 22-28 2014

                                                     EVENTS

THE CLIMATE GROUP #CWNYC

The Climate Group, this year with CDP, is proud to convene the sixth Climate Week NYC, from September 22-28. Climate Week NYC is also the collaborative space for all events in support of the UN Climate Summit. We will be home to around 100 events, activities and high-profile meetings taking place across NYC. http://www.climateweeknyc.org/

@ClimateGroup

@ClimateW eekNYC

@ClimateReality

#ClimateHope

@ClimateSociety

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"THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS A WATER CRISIS"

September 20, CLIMATE WEEK,

NEW YORK CITY TEACH IN

INTERNATIONAL WATERKEEPER ALLIANCE

On Sept. 20 as a part of the People’s Climate March in New York City, I and other colleagues from the international Waterkeeper Alliance we be holding a teach-in, The Climate Crisis is a Water Crisis. We will come from all over the U.S. to tell a story about the link between climate and water, and we will offer our observations and recommendations on the next steps forward.
http://ecowatch.com/2014/09/15/climate-crisis-water-crisis/

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                                                         JOIN US

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EARTH INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

                                   FULL LIST OF  @ClimateWeekNYC

                        EVENTS OUR SCIENTISTS ARE INVOLVED IN

            http://iri.columbia.edu/news/climate-week-2014-iri-events/

WALL STREET SPEAKS OUT

THE COMING CLIMATE CRASH:

LESSONS FROM THE 2008 RECESSION

                                                   http://sco.lt/5Ajv9d

Guardian Environment, September 16, 2014
 ▶ RISING SEA LEVELS A 'SLEEPING GIANT' THAT COULD COST $226bn, REPORT SAYS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/17/rising-sea-levels-sleeping-giant-could-cost-226bn-australia

 ▶ HAS THE GREAT CLIMATE CHANGE MIGRATION ALREADY BEGUN?

http://www.theguardian.com/vital-signs/2014/sep/15/climate-change-refugees-un-storms-natural-disasters-sea-levels-environment

▶ CLIMATE CHANGE TO HALVE HABITAT FOR OVER 10,000 COMMON SPECIES http://sco.lt/8IiixN

Common Dreams, September 16, 2014
▶ THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING : CAPITALISM vs THE CLIMATE - Naomi Klein  http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/09/16/whether-we-engage-or-do-nothing-changes-everything

                                                  WATCH
                         Democracy Now, September 18, 2014
                                CAPITALISM vs. THE CLIMATE
Naomi Klein on Need for New Economic Model to Address Ecological Crisis
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/18/capitalism_vs_the_climate_naomi_klein

The Guardian Environment, September 05, 2014
 ▶ HOW HILLARY CLINTON'S STATE DEPARTMENT SOLD FRACKING TO THE WORLD. A trove of secret documents details the US government’s global push for shale gas http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/10/how-hillary-clintons-state-department-sold-fracking-to-the-world

                               THE PEOPLE'S CLIMATE MARCH
                                         What You Need to Know
              http://billmoyers.com/2014/09/12/the-peoples-climate-march/

▶ BIGGEST RALLY OVER CLIMATE CHANGE IN HISTORY, SEPTEMBER 21st, NEW YORK CITY http://www.alternet.org/activism/were-wrecking-planet-next-millennia-biggest-rally-over-climate-change-human-history-coming

                                             VIDEO REPORT

                            Democracy Now, September 18, 2014
 ▶ NAOMI KLEIN ON THE PEOPLE'S CLIMATE MARCH AND THE GLOBAL GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT FIGHTING FOSSIL FUELS

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/18/naomi_klein_on_the_peoples_climate

Guardian Environment, September 20, 2014
- ▶ CLIMATE CHANGE IS A GLOBAL EMERGENCY.  STOP WAITING FOR POLITICIANS TO SOUND THE ALARM. The truth about our planet is horrifying, but the true leaders aren’t the ones at the UN – they’re in the streets. This is why the People’s Climate March matters

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/20/climate-change-global-emergency-alarm

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                                   ARTICLES ON CLIMATE CHANGE

A WAKE-UP VIDEO

"EXTREME ICE"

Just How Fast Are We Melting? As It Happens

                                            http://sco.lt/8zIJfd

▶ GREENLAND'S ANTARCTIC MELTING:  CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN http://sco.lt/6Vpb2f

▶ OCEANS ACIDIFYING AT THE FASTEST RATE IN 300 MILLION YEARS. Rapidly Rising CO2 causing potential catastrophe http://sco.lt/94uFwf

▶ DEFORESTATION IS DESERTIFICATION: A DEADLY GAME FOR ALL LIFE  http://sco.lt/4rCFH7

Climate Central, September 15, 2014
▶ NASA RANKS THIS AUGUST 2014 AS WARMEST ON RECORD http://www.climatecentral.org/news/nasa-globe-warmest-august-18031

▶ WE'RE ON THE BRINK OF THE WORST DROUGHT IN 1,000 YEARS

http://sco.lt/74mbHF

▶ ARCTIC RELEASING VAST AMOUNTS OF ENORMOUS METHANE PLUMES DIRECTLY INTO EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE http://sco.lt/61P213

                    PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS

               Failed Strategies That Won't Save The Climate or Planet

                                       http://sco.lt/7UBKIj

WATER IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

The Global Water Crisis

                                                  http://sco.lt/5odgG1

Alternet, September 14, 2014

 ▶ WE'RE WRECKING THE PLANET FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIA: http://peoplesclimate.org/march/

 ▶ ECOCIDE : A Crime Against All Life : The Global Assault on Our Environment, Health and Biosphere http://sco.lt/8R3EGX

▶ OBAMA'S 'ALL OF THE ABOVE' DRILL, BABY DRILL ENERGY POLICY MAY KILL US ALL http://sco.lt/8MBIdF

                      THE SHALE GAS 'FRACKING' REVOLUTION

                          AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE 

                                           http://sco.lt/8qklOr

                                                      --- WATCH ---

               "THE DIRTY TRUTH" TAR SANDS OIL EXTRACTION -

                          THE DIRTIEST OIL ON EARTH

                                               http://sco.lt/6OpdeT

                            COAL BURNING EXACTS A LETHAL PRICE

                                            http://sco.lt/8wLmKX

                    SOLAR ON A ROLL :  TAKES OFF WORLDWIDE

                                           http://sco.lt/7T2vmT

                                                       WATCH

                    HUMANITY'S DESTRUCTION OF EARTH'S CLIMATE

                                         IN NINETY SECONDS 

                                           http://sco.lt/5FjShF

                           THE NEW CORPORATE COLONIALISM.

      DESTRUCTION OF PLANETARY LIFE IN THE NAME OF "GROWTH"

                                          http://sco.lt/5nT3OT

▶ INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION HEADED FOR 'IRREVERSIBLE COLLAPSE'.  UN NASA-FUNDED STUDY http://sco.lt/68UVMn               

                                          THE ONLY WAY OUT:

              CHINA TO PRIORITIZE ENVIRONMENT OVER ECONOMY &

                              DEVELOPMENT IN REVISED LAW

                                             http://sco.lt/51P1sH

                                              ENOUGHNESS

              WESTERN THOUGHT vs INDIGENOUS PHILOSOPHY

                                                http://sco.lt/6EFbPt

▶ WOMEN'S KNOWLEDGE:  THREE REASONS WE WON'T SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE WITHOUT IT http://sco.lt/83NaQj

▶ CLIMATE CHANGE IS THE EFFECT OF

UNBRIDLED DESTRUCTION OF OUR PLANETS' BIOSPHERE

HOLDING CORPORATIONS RESPONSIBLE: Mining/Oil Companies Devastate Environment, Leaving a Biological, Chemical Wasteland

http://sco.lt/7PekZl

-▶ SHOULD COMPANIES COMPENSATE SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION FROM WHICH THEY PROFIT?

                                     http://sco.lt/72Hsf3

- ▶ NO TO BIODIVERSITY OFFSETTING:  CONSERVING OUR BIODIVERSITY IS BECOMING DEPENDENT ON IT DESTRUCTION http://sco.lt/6ZjXGr

 ▶  HOW OUR WARMING PLANET INCREASES CHANCES OF WIDE ARRAY OF EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES - THREATENING CIVILIZATION http://grist.org/climate-energy/were-already-sick-of-climate-change-and-getting-sicker/

▶ MASSIVE DESERTIFICATION, MASS EPIDEMIC ILLNESSES COMING WITH GLOBAL WARMING AND OUR MELTING WORLD http://sco.lt/7KDmGv

 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

                        THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US

                                                http://sco.lt/6lPJeT

                                                       VIDEO

-▶ FOREIGN CORPORATIONS DESTROYING ECOSYSTEMS, INDIGENOUS LIVELIHOODS, NULLIFYING LAND RIGHTS, CREATING DEPENDENCY AND POVERTY ON A GLOBAL SCALE http://sco.lt/4l725B

- ▶ CORPORATE "INVERSIONS" AVOID U.S. TAXES AND REGULATIONS

HOW FINANCIAL DEREGULATION IS DESTROYING SOCIETY, AS THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER AND THE ENVIRONMENT GOES TO HELL  http://sco.lt/6VPFoH

Bloomberg, May 02, 2014
-▶ CARBON DIOXIDE BEAT HISTORIC LEVEL EVERY DAY LAST MONTH. “We’re running out of time, but not solutions,” Ed Chen, a spokesman for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said... “The next big step is to limit, for the first time, carbon pollution being spewed by our power plants.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-02/carbon-dioxide-exceeds-historic-threshold-through-april.html

                                                  --- WATCH ---

                      300 YEARS OF FOSSIL FUELS IN 300 SECONDS 

                                                http://sco.lt/724dSD

           “No one on this planet will be untouched by climate change,”

New York Times, April 20, 2014
-▶ RUNNING OUT OF TIME http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/opinion/running-out-of-time.html?_r=0

The Guardian
-▶ IPCC REPORT: THE SCIENTISTS HAVE DONE THEIR BIT, NOW IT IS UP TO US  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/apr/14/ipcc-report-scientists-world-seize-opportunity-roadmap

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

Truthout, April 10, 2014
▶  EVIDENCE OF ACCELERATION OF ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE DISRUPTION ON ALL FRONTS http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/22999-evidence-of-acceleration-on-all-fronts-of-anthropogenic-climate-disruption

 HuffPostGreen, February 10, 2014

▶  THREE CRUCIAL THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE NEW AND FINAL IPCC CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/libby-blanchard/climate-change-ipcc-report_b_4757403.html

                 FINAL UN IPCC REPORT AND NASA-FUNDED STUDY:

     INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION HEADED FOR 'IRREVERSIBLE COLLAPSE'

                                            http://sco.lt/8lOuIr

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/

Tico Times, April 06, 2014

▶  CLIMATE CHANGE, CORAL REEFS, DEFORESTATION AND DENGUE.

The 21st century will present gloomy challenges for Costa Rica and the rest of Latin America, such as the collapse of wildlife habitats, animal extinction, water scarcity and the spread of disease in an already vulnerable population.

The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) laid out this forecast on March 31, as one of its region-by-region follow-ups to the September global assessment on climate change. The reports collect over 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers looking at climate’s future impact on environments and society, with the intention of preparing regional leaders to adapt.

http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/04/07/climate-change-coral-reefs-deforestation-and-dengue

                                                            VIDEO: 

             CLIMATE CHANGE - A "WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION"

                                                     Senator Kerry:

                      Obama Admin Steps Out On Climate Change (Finally)

                                                 http://sco.lt/5aFO4X

Scientific American, April 03,2014
 ▶  A BLOW TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM: CLIMATE DENIERS INTIMIDATE JOURNAL INTO RETRACTING PAPER THREATENING LIBEL SUIT http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-deniers-intimidate-journal-into-retracting-paper-that-finds-they-believe-conspiracy-theories/

Guardian Environment, October 4, 2013

▶  CLIMATE DENIERS: GLOBAL WARMING 'SKEPTIC CARTEL' TEAMS UP ON MISINFORMATION MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO DISCREDIT IPCC REPORT http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/04/global-warming-sceptics-discredit-ipcc

                                         A WAKE-UP VIDEO:

              "Extreme Ice" Just How Fast Are We Melting? As It Happens

                                           http://sco.lt/8zIJfd

Guardian, November 9, 2013

▶  IPCC CHAIRMAN: ARE WE PREPARED TO "PASS ON A LOUSY, SPOILT AND DEFILED PLANET? http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/ippc-pachauri-climate-change-spoilt-defiled-planet

Albuquerque Journal,  April 05, 2014
▶  FOSSIL-FUEL MONEY MONEY DROWNING DEMOCRACY http://www.abqjournal.com/379429/opinion/fossilfuel-money-drowning-democracy.html

▶  HOW RIGGED IS THE FOSSIL FUEL MARKET? UNEARTHING THE TRUE COST OF FOSSIL FUELS http://sco.lt/97hfX7

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

Guardian Environment, April 07, 2014
▶  LET'S CALL CLIMATE CHANGE WHAT IT IS:  VIOLENCE http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/07/climate-change-violence-occupy-earth

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

 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

Environmental Protection, November 06, 2013

▶  WORLD METEROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) REPORTS NEW RECORD HIGH IN GREENHOUSE GASES http://eponline.com/articles/2013/11/06/wmo-reports-new-record-high-for-greenhouse-gases.aspx

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

                                             ▶ WATCH  ▶

     "ENDING THE SILENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE - THE POLITICS"

                                         Moyers and Company

                                            http://sco.lt/5St5Cj

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

                                                         VIDEO

Guardian Environment, September 27, 2013

▶  UNITED NATIONS IPCC CLIMATE REPORT IS OUT:  HUMAN IMPACT IS 'UNEQUIVOCAL' http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/27/ipcc-climate-report-un-secretary-general

 ▶  ****  OFFICIAL IPCC  REPORT Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/#.Uka07iTc-RQ

 Guardian Environment, Damian Carrington and John Vidal
▶  ***  IPCC CLIMATE REPORT:  THE DIGESTED READ http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/27/ipcc-climate-report-digested-read

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▶  THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US http://sco.lt/4ywB3h

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

European Geosciences Union, October 8, 2013
▶  TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS AT RISK OF MAJOR SHIFTS AS TEMPERATURES INCREASE
Over 80% of the world’s ice-free land is at risk of profound ecosystem transformation by 2100 http://www.egu.eu/news/78/terrestrial-ecosystems-at-risk-of-major-shifts-as-temperatures-increase/

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

 Climate & Cpitalism, November 3, 2013
▶  'GROWTH IMPERATIVE' VERSUS 'CLIMATE IMPERATIVE' http://climateandcapitalism.com/2013/11/03/growth-imperative-versus-climate-imperative/

Transition Network and Post Carbon Institute

▶  NEW REPORT: "CLIMATE AFTER GROWTH" - WE HAVE ENTERED AN ERA OF "NEW NORMALS" – THE IMPLICATIONS ARE PROFOUND http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins/2013-10/new-report-climate-after-growth

September 12, 2013 Rolling Stone
▶  GLOBAL WARMING IS VERY REAL: United Nations Climate Report - International Scientists Warn Climate Deniers Are Enabling Earth's Suicide http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warming-is-very-real-20130912

▶  GLOBAL WARMING:  WELCOME TO THE AGE OF MANKIND (AND A POLLUTED PLANET) http://sco.lt/7D1oGX

                                     OBAMA'S 'ALL OF THE ABOVE

           ' DRILL, BABY DRILL', FRACKING, TAR SANDS OIL, NUCLEAR,

                                       COAL....MAY KILL US ALL

                                            http://sco.lt/6cMFxh

▶   LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: TOWARD A NEW GLOBAL ETHOS  http://sco.lt/6FzKSX

November 8, 2013
▶  HOW "HAIYAN" BECAME A SUPER TYPHOON http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/how-haiyan-became-a-super-typhoon-16136370

The Atlantic Cities, November 1, 2013
▶  WHERE CATASTROPHIC DROUGHTS AND FLOODS ARE BOUND TO HAPPEN IN THE U.S. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/where-catastrophic-droughts-and-floods-are-bound-happen-america/7439/

Global Possibilities, October 30, 2013
▶  STUDY: ARCTIC SEA ICE LOSS SHIFTS JET STREAM, DRIVING DELUGES IN NW EUROPE, DROUGHT IN MEDITERRANEAN http://www.globalpossibilities.org/study-arctic-sea-ice-loss-shifts-jet-stream-driving-deluges-in-nw-europe-drought-in-mediterranean/

Summit Voice, October 23, 2013

▶  SIXTH WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD FOR PLANET EARTH http://summitcountyvoice.com/2013/10/23/climate-6th-warmest-september-on-record-for-planet-earth/

Consortiumnews, October 27, 2013
▶  PROFESSIONAL CLIMATE DENIERS' STRATEGY OF CONFUSION http://consortiumnews.com/2013/10/27/climate-deniers-strategy-of-confusion/

Juan Cole, October 20, 2013
▶  TOP TEN CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS BEING IGNORED BY YOUR TELEVISION NEWS http://www.juancole.com/2013/10/climate-threats-television.html

The Age Environment, September 22, 2013
▶  THE EARTH IS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.  CLIMATE REPORT HERALDS GRAVE FEARS FOR STATE OF THE PLANET http://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-report-heralds-grave-fears-for-state-of-the-planet-20130921-2u6fk.html

 Cockatoo Chronicles, October 22, 2013
▶  AUSTRALIA:  LET'S TALK ABOUT BUSHFIRES, CLIMATE CHANGE AND COAL - Paul Gilding http://paulgilding.com/cockatoo-chronicles/lets-talk-about-bushfires-climate-change-and-coal.html

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

Climate Progress, October 17, 2013
▶  CLIMATE SHUTDOWN: UNLIKE THE BUDGET AND DEBT CRISIS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH 11TH HOUR SOLUTIONS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/16/2789121/default-deniers-climate-shutdown/

▶  FRYING ON PLANET EARTH: WILDFIRES CONSUMING OUR FORESTS & ALL LIFE WITHIN THEM  http://sco.lt/8CQiaf

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

 Tricycle, October 10, 2013
▶  PRESERVING THE FECUNDITY OF THE EARTH
Climate change poses the single greatest threat to the world’s food supply. But we can stop it http://www.tricycle.com/blog/preserving-fecundity-earth

Treehugger, September 27, 2013
▶  HUMANS ARE WARMING ATMOSPHERE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IS IRREVERSIBLE UNLESS WE ACT  http://www.treehugger.com/climate-change/ipcc-report-scientists-95-certain.html

Moms Clean Air, October 3, 2013
 ▶ IPCC REPORT: MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SCIENTIFIC CERTAINTY http://www.momscleanairforce.org/2013/09/30/ipcc-report-2/

             ▶  ▶  PRICING CARBON, CARBON STORAGE, OFFSETS ▶▶   

             ***FAILED STRATEGIES THAT WON'T SAVE THE PLANET***

                                           http://sco.lt/7d7RmT

Guardian, September 27
▶  IPCC: 30 YEARS TO CLIMATE CALAMITY IF WE CARRY ON BLOWING THE CARBON BUDGET http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/27/ipcc-world-dangerous-climate-change

Living on Earth, October 4, 2013
▶  AUSTRALIA TO REPEAL CARBON TAX UNDER PRESSURE FROM COAL INDUSTRY http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00040&segmentID=2

▶  CARBON STORAGE, SEQUESTRATION ' AS BAD AS NUCLEAR WASTE'
The Register, June 28, 2010

;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/28/sequestration_no_no_shaffer/

Washington Post, September 27, 2013
▶  IPCC REPORT SAYS HUMANS ALMOST CERTAINLY CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ipcc-says-humans-cause-global-warming/2013/09/27/aae32880-275d-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_story.html

RealClimate, September 27, 2013 Climate Science from Climate Scientist

▶  THE NEW IPCC CLIMATE REPORT http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2013/09/the-new-ipcc-climate-report/

Guardian Sustainable Business, September 27, 2013

▶  IT IS VITAL THAT BUSINESS ACTS ON THE IPCC'S WARNINGS http://sco.lt/7w9ZIX

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

▶  AT THE LIMITS OF THE MARKET: WHY CAPITALISM HASN'T (CAN'T_ SOLVE CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/5OhJZp

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

 Climate Progress, October 3, 2013
▶  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BIGGEST FREE TRADE AGREEMENT EVER AND HOW IT AFFECTS CLIMATE CHANGE  http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/03/2712961/biggest-free-trade-agreement-climate/

Nature, September 27, 2013

International Weekly Journal of Science
▶  IPCC: DESPITE HIATUS, CLIMATE CHANGE HERE TO STAY:
Global warming will be irreverible for centuries, latest report warns http://www.nature.com/news/ipcc-despite-hiatus-climate-change-here-to-stay-1.13832

 Guardian, John Vidal, September 27, 2013

▶  IS THE IPCC RIGHT ON CLIMATE CHANGE?  JUST ASK THE WORLD FARMERS IN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/27/ipcc-climate-change-world-farmers

                                              -- WATCH (5:59) --

                                      World Resource Institute
        ▶ ENABLING CLIMATE ADAPTION - THE BANE OF THE POOR

                                             http://ow.ly/pjjlX

 Nature, Special Issue, September 18, 2013

International Weekly Journal of Science
▶  GLOBAL WARMING: OUTLOOK FOR EARTH http://www.nature.com/news/global-warming-outlook-for-earth-1.13756

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

March 23, 3012 -  The Ecologist

▶  THICH NHAT HANH - MAYBE IN 100 YEARS THERE WILL BE NO MORE HUMANS ON THE PLANET   http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1291786/thich_nhat_hanh_maybe_in_100_years_there_will_be_no_more_humans_on_the_planet.html

                                                 VIDEO:

                           ▶  "CLIMATE GEOENGINEERING"

          CAN WE SAVE THE PLANET BY MESSING WITH NATURE?

                                  http://sco.lt/5WgE0v

 ▶▶▶ OTHER PRIME FACTORS PRESSING DOWN ON THE CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT .....

 ▶   BIOFUELS: RESEARCH SUGGESTS BIOFUELS WILL COST THE EARTH http://sco.lt/4oTTov

 ▶   CONTEMPORARY AGRICULTURE IS BURNING UP OUR PLANET http://sco.lt/4ygejR