Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes – Political Blogger It is Climate change! No it is not it is Global Warming, I tell you! Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Change, Global Warming- make up your minds people. OK, it is Global Warming that has caused Climate Change, how is that? Well let’s see. The polar
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The Disaffected Lib: Nature’s Version of Waterboarding
Think of it as the difference between a refreshing drink of water and undergoing waterboarding. We used to expect the former from nature but now, all too often, it’s the latter. Las Vegas is an object lesson. The desert city is now forced to drain its essential freshwater from a
Continue readingWhat would Huck Finn have said?
My favourite book in childhood, and I was an avid reader, was Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Rafting down the mighty Mississippi from adventure to adventure was as romantic a vision as a boy could have. Sadly, it appears that old Miss isn’t so mighty these days. Due to
Continue readingLeft Over: Eating Ourselves Out of House and Home….
In the Guardian (UK edition) this morning is an article re food shortages… Food shortages could force world into vegetarianism, warn scientists I think that vegetarianism might be the answer to a lot of our cultural problems in the West, like obesity, for a start..and many of us eat far
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Unfettered Capitalism Redux
Ah yes, the joys of the marketplace. Recommend this Post
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Summer 2012: The Season Of Record-Breaking Extreme Weather
This post explores the link between climate change and extreme events, and argues that the summer of 2012 is poised to become a record-breaker.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Drought – America Isn’t Alone
Russian wheatfield ravaged by locusts and drought Another giant grain exporter, Russia, is also being hammered by drought leaving Brits fearful of major food price increases. Farmers in Russia are being crippled by severe drought, which has caused a potentially devastating drop in the country’s grain production.Fears are mounting that
Continue reading350 or bust: Olympics 2012 & The Global Goodwill To Address The Serious Threat Of Climate Change
It’s day 11 of the summer olympics in London. While I have the utmost respect – indeed, awe – for the women and men who are willing to sacrifice countless hours to hone their bodies and their skills to compete internationally, I do have concerns about the whole olympic process.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: America’s Latest Drought Victim – the Mighty Mississippi
America’s drought has forced traffic closures on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin and Arkansas and in Mississippi it’s not even knee deep in places. “It looks like a coastline out there,” said Reynold Minsky, president of the 5th Louisiana Levee District board. “There are more beaches on the river than
Continue readingTrashy's World: Drought…
Most of North America has seen a remarkable paucity of precipitation this summer. While this has been heaven for sun bathers, it has been a disaster for crops across the continent. Expect food prices to sky rocket this fall! Another effect of dry weather are increased numbers and the intensity
Continue readingTrashy's World: Friday miscellany…
… summer doldrums edition… +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I hate guns. I really do. And I did long before all of this tragic shit that has gone down in Scarborough and now in Colorado. Don’t give me that crap about gun ownership being a right or not having to worry about lawful owners
Continue reading350 or bust: Change Is Coming: This Dinosaur Economy Is Going Extinct
With over half of the U.S. in a drought, concerns about what this will mean for food prices. Farmers are starting to feel the impact, and consumers will soon, too. Out of KTVQ news in Billings, Montana, a state affected by the drought, comes this report: “For sure, the full
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Hot Enough For Ya? Extreme Weather Events Consistent With Climate Change Science
temperature map.gif Large portions of the U.S. are on fire. Record droughts currently encompass massive swaths of America. The areas not experiencing droughts have been inundated with flooding. Winter weather in many areas was almost non-existent. A few years ago, an Academy Award-winning film called “An Inconvenient Truth” warned wary Americans
Continue reading350 or bust: This Is Not Cool
This extraordinary mild winter in North America, followed by an unprecedentedly warm march, has shocked a lot of people who formerly dismissed the reality of climate change. In addition, several years of violent tornado seasons have many asking if we are entering a “new Normal” in regard to our seasons.
Continue reading350 or bust: Things Happen, But It’s Time To Connect The Dots
Thailand has the worst flooding in its history, only a month after Central America has the worst flood in its history, a month after Vermont has the worst flooding in its history in the same year that the Mississippi river has the worst flooding in its history. And Queensland in
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul – Vegas Style
From the “how f__king stupid can they get?” file. Las Vegas is fast running out of water. The city fears it may not even have drinking water next year. It’s reservoir, Lake Mead, is already at dangerously low levels. So, what to do? The answer is to pump massive volumes
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Water Wars
We goofed, big time. When Europeans settled in North America they believed it was “what you see is what you get.” As they planned for growth and expansion they didn’t understand that what they took as normal was anything but. The science wasn’t available to warn them that, throughout most
Continue reading350 or bust: We’ve Been Messin’ Where We Shouldn’t Have Been A-Messin’
Climate change, You Scary: In which Hank Green details the five scariest things that will likely happen because of climate change. * Find the Sci Show: Where the science goes on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. Want to know what to do? Go to: Citizens Climate Lobby to join
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Britain May Be In a Deep Freeze But It Remains In Drought
Soggy old Britain is facing the prospect of mega-drought. Even at the height of winter, aquifers are being used to keep English rivers and lakes from running dry. Andrew Chapman, a senior environment planning officer with the agency warns, ‘…the position is becoming very serious. In simple terms, unless we
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: East Africa Food Crisis: 48 Hour Fundraiser This Weekend To Combat Famine and Drought
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Please join DeSmogBlog and a network of environmental organizations, websites, nonprofits, and social media mavens this weekend in a 48-hour fundraiser to benefit the 12 …
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