National Sierra Club | (Video Clip) | – – “ VICTORY! President Obama just announced that he will reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.. After more than seven years of hard work and amazing dedication, we achieved a monumental victory in the fight to protect our planet from the disastrous effects of fossil fuels […]
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Climate Change
#ExxonKnew Escalates as NY Att’y Gen. Subpoenas Oil Giant Over Climate Crimes
By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – “‘Exxon Knew’ just joined the category of truly serious scandals,” said 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben “Just as New York’s Teddy Roosevelt took on the Standard Oil Trust a century ago, New York’s attorney general has shown great courage in holding to account arguably the richest […]
Bernie Sanders wants Ban new Drilling Offshore, on Fed. Land
John Iadarola | (The Young Turks) | – – “Bernie Sanders is taking a strong stand against climate change. He proposed an aggressive plan to curb the United States consumption of fossil fuels. John Iadarola, host of Think Tank, delivers his Final Judgment on the Keep It In The Ground Act.” The Young Turks: “Bernie […]
Why the Paris Climate Summit Will Be a Peace Conference
By Michael T. Klare | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – At the end of November, delegations from nearly 200 countries will convene in Paris for what is billed as the most important climate meeting ever held. Officially known as the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP-21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the […]
Fearing Obama Veto, TransCanada Suspends Keystone Pipeline Review, Hoping for GOP Win
Wochit News | (Video Report) | – – TransCanada Seeks to Suspend Keystone Pipeline Review Appendix Last winter at The Conversation Peter Erickson and Michael Lazarus of the Stockholm Environment Institute took their cue from President Obama and researched how much extra C02 would be emitted if Keystone XL were built. They concluded it could […]
Fury as Probe Demanded into Exxon’s Historic Climate Crime
By Jon Queally, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | – – A broad coalition of community groups along with prominent leaders from the nation’s top civil rights, environmental, and indigeneous people’s movements on Friday sent a joint letter to the U.S. Department of Justice demanding a federal investigation into allegations that oil giant ExxonMobil knew about […]
House ‘Science’ Committee Climate Witch Hunt is Worse than Benghazi!
Michael Mann| (Thom Hartmann Video Interview) | – – “Thom Hartmann talks with Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Director, Earth System Science Center-Penn State University / Author-Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change (2nd edition) Website: www.michaelmann.net, about how climate denier Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) uses his Congressional committee to persecute and bully scientists who […]
Mexico’s Patricia Megastorm so strong it broke scale used to measure hurricane intensity
AJ+ | (Video Report | – – “Hurricane Patricia is the strongest ever recorded and headed for Mexico at Category 5 speeds. It’s so strong, it broke the scale used to measure hurricane intensity. Now Mexico is prepping for the worst.” AJ+: “Hurricane Patricia: Strongest Hurricane Ever Recorded, Heads Straight For Mexico”
‘Never Seen Anything Like This Before’ as 2015 Set to Be Hottest Year on Record
By Jon Queally, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – With many eyes turning to UN talks in Paris, Earth continues to exhibit symptoms of a planet on fire How much is 2015 ahead of other recent warm years? It’s not pretty. “It’s just incredible to me. I’ve never seen anything like this before.” […]
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