Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Gulf of Mexico is Dying

De'10 By Dr. Tom Termotto - by concernedcitizensofflorida
A Special Report on the BP Gulf Oil Spill

It is with deep regret that we publish this report.


Please also read Dr. Termotto's open letter to President Obama.

Innovation of the Week: Climate Smart Seaweed Farming

By Matt Styslinger - De '10 - Worldwatch Institute

At the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in...

We are Facing the Greatest Threat to Humanity: Only Fundamental Change Can Save Us

Maude Barlow / Alternet
Quite simply, human-centered governance systems are not working and we need new economic, development and environmental policies.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Serengeti Highway

Shared by: Jen M. - the Green Pages - on December 28, 2010 
Most of us will only ever see a lion...

Buffalo photo by 
 etravelphotos



Editor's comment: The Dominion of man over the natural world is nearing completion. Notice, one reason for the highway is to get at material needed to make batteries for hybrid vehicles, widely considered by modern society as a "green" endeavour! Sadly, our assault on Mother Earth will only cease when human populations themselves, through one means or another, are brought within sustainable proportions. l.p.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Sacrificing the Rainforest on the Altar of Energy

By Milagros Salazar * Inter Press Service

LIMA, Dec 27, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) - The construction of five hydroelectric...

Tambopata, Peru. 
(Photo: k lichstig)

Temperature Rising

A Scientist, His Work and a Climate Reckoning
By JUSTIN GILLIS - De '10

MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY, Hawaii — Two gray machines...

Monday, December 27, 2010

Ottawa Kept in Dark 
on Abnormal Fish Found 
in Tar Sands Rivers

Josh Wingrove - THE GLOBE AND MAIL De 17'10

EDMONTON— Hundreds of deformed fish found in...

Sunday, December 26, 2010

'Dirty Oil' Anger Shocked Tories, Wikileaks Reveals

Allan Woods - Ottawa Bureau - theStar.com - De 23'10

OTTAWA—Canada was “too slow” to respond...

Editor's comment - A day late and a dollar short, wouldn't you say, Jim? l.p.

City of Brandon, Manitoba, Pulls Plug on Biodiesel Processor

By: Allison Dowd - 26/12/2010 - Winnipeg Free Press
BRANDON -- The City of Brandon is saying goodbye to its biodiesel...
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Editor's comment: Is this bad luck, or a lack of will? l.p.

Friday, December 24, 2010

EPA Presents Plan on Greenhouse Gases. Can Next Congress Stop It?

Christian Science Monitor - Dec. 24 - 2010

The EPA set out a timetable Thursday for curbing the emissions of greenhouse gases from power plants and refineries. But Republicans have signaled their steady opposition, and a battle looms.

BLOGGER REMOVES CLIMATE POST UNTIL FURTHER VERFICATION

 Friends; I've now taken down a video I posted recently. In it, I quoted some information directly (cut & pasted with some very mino...