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By Alexandra Piacenza How can Kabbalah, the system of mystical interpretation of Jewish scripture with roots in the 13th century, have a bearing on modern-day environmentalism? In the Kabbalistic view, God’s very act of creation has resulted in placing a sacred obligation on man to make right what is askew in the world. This obligation […]

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Greenland Glaciers Collapsing much Faster than Thought

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Emory University: “Climate Change: The Physics of Glacier Loss” Related press release from UC Irvine from this spring: “ Greenland will be far greater contributor to sea rise than expected Major UCI-NASA work reveals long, deep valleys connecting ice cap to the ocean Irvine, Calif., May 19, 2014 — Greenland’s icy reaches are far more […]

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Is Climate Change Making us Ill?

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By DW “More extreme and recurring heat periods and weather events, spreading diseases: Climate change has a huge impact on the life on our planet. But what impact does it have on everyone’s health? Read more”

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Evacuating Miami Beach: Can South Florida Save itself from Sea Level Rise?

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Two SJMC faculty, Kate MacMillin and Juliet Pinto, explore the narrative of a South Florida community under threat from sea level rise in this half-hour documentary. WPBT2: “South Florida’s Rising Seas – Sea Level Rise Documentary

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“Move a little Inland:” Press Lord Cranky Billionaire Rupert Murdoch on what to do about Global Warming

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By Climate State “According to Murdoch we just have to move a bit inland and the worst is a temperature rise of 3 degree and a modest sea level rise of six inches. However, according to the IPCC (representing the best science the world has to offer) we are on track to a 7 degrees […]

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With Warming Lake Water, Toledo’s Algae Problem will Get Worse

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PBS News Hour: “Conversation with Richard Stumpf of NOAA on the science behind the algal bloom.” Stumpf points out that the algae like war water and so this problem will get worse with global warming. Also if climate change leads to more rain in the Erie region, that precipitation could wash phosphates from the soil […]

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Climate Change, Dirty Natural Gas, and the Gaza War

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By Juan Cole Calls by Israeli politicians in mainstream positions for the Palestinians to be ethnically cleansed from Gaza in part reflect frustration over the security issue many Israelis maintain the people of Gaza pose to Israel. (If the concern were justified, you’d think the death toll for the Israeli side would be much greater […]

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Natural Gas isn’t the Global Warming Solution: It Endangers the Earth

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By Naomi Oreskes via Tomdispatch.com Albert Einstein is rumored to have said that one cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that led to it. Yet this is precisely what we are now trying to do with climate change policy. The Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, many environmental groups, and the oil and […]

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Can Norway’s Dams serve as a Huge Battery storing Europe’s Green Energy?

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DW: “Norway derives almost 100 percent of its energy from hydropower. For Germany’s planned transition to renewable energy, a close partnership is crucially important, because Norwegian pumped storage power stations could balance out variations in renewable energy sources. But do Norwegians actually want to their country to become Europe’s storage battery?” DW: ” Norway: Energy […]