April 2012
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“there is a false nostalgia for primitive agriculture, based on limited...”
– Writer Tyler Cowen on GMO food and the locavore movement.
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Bill Bryson begins campaign against wind turbines... →
Thousands of turbines being built in pristine landscapes of the UK, but at what cost?
Mr Bryson said the CPRE and people in the countryside are supportive of the Government’s plans to cut carbon emissions.
But the continuing march of the turbines is turning ordinary people against the battle against climate change because they see green energy destroying the countryside.
“The Campaign to...
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Gulf Coast Waters Closed to Shrimping →
A move that is both bold and weak at the same time. Scientists say ‘oil pollution,’ government says ‘small shrimp.’ Smells like PR bullshit to protect BP and oil drillers from further payouts to local communities.
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources acted this week to close waters along the Gulf Coast to shrimping due to widespread reports from...
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Breaking: EPA official resigns over video remarks... →
Sure fodder for Romney’s campaign against Obama, EPA Region 6 administrator Al Armendariz has resigned over controversial remarks about regulating the oil and gas extraction industries. From Forbes:
(A) video surfaced Wednesday in which Al Armendariz, an official at the Environmental Protection Agency, promotes the idea of crucifying oil companies. Armendariz heads up the EPA’s region 6...
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Insurers Prepare for Climate Change…Except in U.S. →
“In a survey conducted by Ceres, a Boston-based coalition of investors and environmental groups, more than 75% of insurers acknowledged the existence of perils stemming from climate change.
“Yet despite widespread recognition of the effects climate change will likely have on extreme events, few insurers were able to articulate a coherent plan to manage the risks and opportunities...
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Flooding Spreads Invasive Species In Vermont,... →
“Last year’s hurricanes and flooding not only engulfed homes and carried away roads and bridges in hard-hit areas of the country, it dispersed aggressive invasive species as well.
In Vermont, the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Irene and work afterward to dredge rivers and remove debris spread fragments of Japanese knotweed, a plant that threatens to take over flood plains wiped clean...
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WatchQatar’s water consumption is among the highest in the world, but that usage is taking its toll.
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The Nation Magazine: "We were about to put our... →
Gabriel Thompson spent a summer working at an Alabama poultry plant, where he observed the hidden health and safety crisis poultry workers face. In this week’s issue of The Nation, Thompson reports on the widespread dangers poultry workers face, and the reason things are about to get a whole lot worse:
We were about to put our hands through a whole new type of hurt. I was soon tearing...
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PSA from FEMA: National Flood Insurance Program... →
Should tax payers pay to help insure people who choose to live in hazardous areas? This is a tough conversation to have, but we should have it. (Dearest libertarians, please exit the convo here).
Simply, people’s homes and businesses are often located in dangerous areas. The most popular danger is flooding, and millions(!) of properties are located in flood plains. It’s very risky....
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Climate change affecting owl color in Finland →
I’m on an owl kick today…
Climate change is affecting the color of owls in Finland.
Researchers who looked at Finnish tawny owls over the last 28 years found that the brown variant is winning over the gray one in the wild.
Writing in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland say that bird populations appear to be able to evolve in...
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Shooting Barred Owls to Save Spotted Owls →
Controversial, but it works.
Barred owls shot by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in order to save populations of the Northern spotted owl. Forest managers in the Pacific Northwest are facing a tough decision. Environmentalists shut down logging in the national forests in the1980s and 1990s in order to save the Northern spotted owl. Considered an indicator species by biologists, meaning...
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Anonymous asked: Hi, Michael - I noticed your post on “Great News! The DOI incorporates adaptation!” I work for a DOI agency, and am curious about the FWS approach to recovery of the northern spotted owl - this recovery plan includes a proposal to consider shooting barred owls based on a lot of assumptions, and will release a draft EIS on a research proposal this spring to do just...
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Interesting tumblr tag of the day: #Storyboard:... →
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WatchSolheimajokull iceberg melting. Via Extreme Ice Survey.
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Dear amazing followers: I'm headed to the... →
I’m going on this trip with good climate adaptation folks. But, I’d like explore and do city things! Good bars? Good museums? Interesting sites? Help me out, tell me what to do!
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Cameroon plans climate projects to protect... →
“In response to the recent large-scale poaching of elephants in and near the Bouba Ndjida National Park, the Cameroon government has announced steps not only to improve security but also to mitigate the effects of climate change on the drought-stricken park, in an effort to prevent elephants moving out of the protected area into the hands of ivory hunters.
Map of Cameroon, Africa
About 250...
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Brian McFadden on Combatting Climate Change Denial →
revkin:
How to bring back the moderate Republican from the brink of extinction.
Ha. Excellent comic. Steps 5 and 6 are important.
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“I read all of the New York Times columnists. Krugman’s obviously one of the...”
– President Obama, in a raw interview with Rolling Stone
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I didn't know there was a Polar Bear Rug trade...
Polar bears are in big trouble from accelerating Arctic warming and a vanishing sea-ice habitat. This year’s skyrocketing fur prices and trophy hunting are also taking a devastating toll. Polar bear sport-hunting and the trophy trade are prohibited in the United States, but the international trade in polar bear parts is alive and well. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now deciding...
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A Ban on Some Seafood Has Fishermen Fuming →
sustainable-sam:
“It’s totally maddening,” Mr. Sanfilippo said. “They’re just doing it to make all the green people happy.”
Whole Foods says that, in fact, it is doing its part to address the very real problem of overfishing and help badly depleted fish stocks recover. It is using ratings set by the Blue Ocean Institute, a conservation group, and the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. They...
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“The annual destruction of the Amazon rainforest is tallied every August and...”
– Soy in the Amazon, by Pat Joseph
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UN disaster reduction office launches initiative... →
“The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction today launched a new initiative to help cities across the world manage risk following the worst year on record for economic losses caused by disasters.
The initiative – the ‘Local Government Self-Assessment Tool’ – is part of the campaign to help cities establish baselines, identify planning and investment gaps for risk reduction and...
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173 Climate Skepticisms Rebutted
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bogleech:
I knew a lot of this and I’m sure most of you did as well, but it’s pretty nice to have such a comprehensive list with links.
It’s amazing this is even still a controversy when the science has been so consistent for so long.
This site is very good and should be on you list of favorites.
Will always reblog the great work of John Cook at Skeptical...
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