The drought that has been impacting the U.S. goes from bad to worse. According to an article in the LA Times, American Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that disaster designations have been signed for 218 more counties in 12 states. This brings the year’s total to 1,584 counties in 32
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The Disaffected Lib: About That Link Between CO2 and Warming
A team of Australian and Danish researchers has shown that CO2 was more instrumental in ending the last ice age than previously believed. The scientists examined ancient air trapped in Antarctic ice. ”The results show that the temperature rise and the CO2 increase were much closer than what was believed
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Three Simple Numbers Behind Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math
They are the “numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is,” according to Rolling Stone magazine. They bring a frightening reality at a time when, here in Canada, the Conservative Government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper is doing everything to suppress
Continue reading350 or bust: TED Talk Thursday: Poverty, Crime, And Greenhouse Gas Emissions
From TEDx Manitoba is Shaun Loney, founder and Executive Director at BUILD Inc. and Warm Up Winnipeg where he leads an innovative approach to promote social enterprise as a no-cost way to cut poverty rates. In this talk, Mr. Loney makes surprising connections to poverty, crime and greenhouse gas emissions,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Cooking the Carbon Books
Maybe it’s time to put a cork in China’s hydrocarbon pipelines. A study published in Nature reveals that irregularities in China’s energy consumption data suggest total carbon emissions from the People’s Republic could be as much as 20% greater than stated. That would be the equivalent of the CO2 emissions of Japan,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Taking Out the Trash, Bringing Home the Bacon
Mexico City has introduced a novel approach to dealing with its trash problem – food for trash. Under the plan, Mexicans can take standard recyclables to a recycling centre where they’re exchanged for “green points” that are redeemable for locally grown produce including fruits, vegetables, even flowers. So far, no
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Emerging Economies Will Read the Riot Act to Developed West
When it comes to carbon emissions the emerging economic powers – Brazil, South Africa, India and China – have pretty bold expectations of the industrialized West. They’re not interested in major cuts in our carbon emissions. They want us to…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Dirty Oil Has More Freedom To Move Than People
Free ride for dirty oil, border checks for people. But which is more dangerous?
It’s one of those typical injustices of capitalism that money, capital and dirty, earth-destroying, toxic oil products, have more right to cross borders and move around t…
DeSmogBlog: Dogwood Initiative Exposes BC’s Dirty Coal Export Secret
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British Columbia plays a special role in the pollution and warming of the atmosphere, according a new report from the Dogwood Initiative on BC’s rapid…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Canada Right On Target, To Miss 2020 Emissions Targets
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According to Environment Canada’s peer-reviewed July report on Canada’s Emissions Trends [pdf], government action to date is not putting the country on track…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Insurance Corporations Believe In Climate Change
Never let it be said that all of the banks and corporations on the planet have their head in the sand when it comes to climate change. Why, just recently, I received a letter from my home insurance provider telling me about some important changes to my…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Another Threat to Renewable Energy
The world is poised on the brink of a “cheap gas” era that may undermine the viability of renewable energy options. Not gas as in gasoline but as in natural gas, shale gas released by fracking.”More gas [power plants] than wind and so…
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