Thousands of Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry

Alternet - Nov 7

“We don’t know how many people it takes to encircle the White House, but we’re about to find out,” Bill McKibben told a crowd of over 12,000 gathered in Lafayette Square on Sunday      
Photo: KAREN BLEIER/AFP              afternoon. Details here.

Are Global Honey Bee Declines Caused by Diesel Pollution?

ScienceDaily                                                                                     Scientists are investigating a possible link between tiny particles of pollution found in diesel fumes and the global collapse of honey bee colonies. Details here. 

PLT photo 

Please also read: Cure for Honeybee Colony Collapse?

The 1% Have a Stranglehold on Politics: New Al Jazeera Documentary Sheds Light on the Koch Brothers (Video)

Climate Change Causes Tree 'Migration'

Earth Times - 04 Nov 2011

Global warming is causing a strange phenomenon in tree species. Details here.

(PLT photo)

Ain't This the Truth! (Cartoon)

Huge Chunk of Antarctic Ice Sheet Set to Break Free

Christian Science Monitor - Nov 5

A 300-square-mile portion of the Pine Island Glacier is expected to break off in the next few months, creating a massive Antarctic iceberg. The glacier is contributing to sea-level rise. Details here. 

A close-up view of the crack spreading across the ice shelf of Pine Island 

Glacier captured by the Digital Mapping System (DMS) aboard NASA's DC-8 

October 26, 2011. REUTERS/NASA/DMS/Handout

Jump In Greenhouse Gases Is Biggest Ever Seen - U.S. Department Of Energy

Huff  Post Green - SETH BORENSTEIN 

WASHINGTON — The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming. Details here.

  (Above) Big trucks, motors running, wait 

for their Big Macs at a Macdonald's 

"drive-thru" in Winnipeg. (PLT photo.)