Fossil Fuels

The Tree | – – The world may already have warmed more than halfway to the limit governments have agreed to contain warming to, according to a new analysis commissioned by the New Scientist. This new research finds that four out of five major surface temperature measurements are set to pass the halfway to danger […]

Energy

Thousands Protest in Baghdad against Lack of Electricity, Services & demand end of Corruption

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – It seems extraordinary, but in a country where Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) has advanced to within an hour’s drive of the capital, Baghdad, civil politics there has not been paralyzed. Big demonstrations broke out on Friday. #Iraq|is protesting en masse today in Tahrir Square(#Baghdad) calling for better […]

Climate Change

Is our Fossil Fuel addiction setting even our wettest Rainforests Ablaze?

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Subhankar Banerjee | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – The wettest rainforest in the continental United States had gone up in flames and the smoke was so thick, so blanketing, that you could see it miles away. Deep in Washington’s Olympic National Park, the aptly named Paradise Fire, undaunted by the dampness of it all, was eating […]

Climate Change

The Earth is hotter this Year than any since Records began

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By Kanya D’Almeida | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – According to new data released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Tuesday, globally averaged temperatures over ocean and land surfaces between January and June of 2015 were the hottest on record since 1880. A statement by the World […]

Climate Change

15 Feet within 50 Yrs? Study finds alarming acceleration in sea level rise

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Charlie Rose | (CBS News Video) | – – “Higher sea levels could lead to stronger hurricanes, tornadoes and thunderstorms, causing major problems for coastal cities. CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod reports on new research that suggests sea levels are rising faster than previously thought.” CBS Evening News: “Study finds alarming acceleration in sea level […]

Acidification of Oceans

Are the Courts the next decisive Arena of Climate Activism?

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By Emily Schwartz Greco | (Foreign Policy in Focus/ Otherwords) People from Seattle to Fiji are filing lawsuits over global warming — and they just might have a case. Climate action is finally gaining ground in Washington. No, not that Washington. Following their victory in a Seattle court, eight children are pressing Washington State’s Department […]

Acidification of Oceans

While Americans obsess about ISIL, Rest of World Fears Global Warming

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By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The world at large is apparently divided over what constitutes the biggest single threat to human kind: the devastation caused by climate change or the unbridled terror unleashed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Severe flooding is one […]

Barack Obama

GOP attacks USA Clean Power Plan, again seceding from reality-based community

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The Tree | – – Republicans in the US Senate and Governor’s offices continue to lampoon the Obama administration’s plans addressing climate change despite facts showing the overwhelming benefits for Americans. On Wednesday, the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing where conservative Senators tried to undermine President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which […]

Climate Change

Dirty Energy vs. Clean Power The Past Battles the Future at Seneca Lake

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By Ellen Cantarow | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let’s amend the famous line from Joni Mitchell’s “Yellow Taxi” to fit this moment in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. There, Big Energy seems determined to turn paradise, if not into a parking lot, then into a massive storage area for fracked natural gas. […]