Any day now the BC government should be releasing the latest greenhouse gas data for the province, and we will see if any progress is being made towards a legislated 33% reduction in emissions by 2020 (relative to 2007 levels; data will be for 2009 and we know that emissions rose in 2008). Below the […]
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DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Fossil Fuel Propaganda In Education: Connecting the Dots
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Get ‘em while their young!It’s a widely know fact that children, whose immune systems are weaker than adults and still developing, are especially susceptible to g…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Fossil fuel expansion as a crime against humanity
After at 2010 that was one of the warmest years on record, 2011 has shown us astonishing patterns of extreme weather worldwide. It would take a long time to make the full list, but you know what I mean: tornadoes, floods, drought, record cold in some parts, record heat in others, hailstorms (Al Gore does […]
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Pentagon Releases New Clean Energy Strategy
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The U.S. Department of Defense has released a new strategy for how the U.S. military will address growing concerns over energy consumption. The military remains the single largest c…
Continue reading350 or bust: Remember, We Shouldn’t Make Connections Between Climate Change And All The Extreme Weather Events We’ve Been Experiencing Lately
From an op-ed by Bill McKibben, author and founder of 350.org, narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plomomedia.com: The transcript of the original article: “Caution: It is vitally important not to make connections. When you see pictures…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Cold Fusion Zombie Returns From The Grave Eats Fossil Fuel Capitalists’ Brains Then Solves World Energy Problems
I’ve been following this story in the geek-singularity press for a little while about the development of a new form of cold fusion out of Italy that is, apparently, on the verge of commercialization. Cold fusion, you may remember, had a brief and humil…
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