May 2012
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Avalanche Exposes Afghans’ Vulnerability to... →
“The massive avalanche that crushed a village in the far reaches of northern Afghanistan this week, killing at least 50 people, was part of a pattern of extreme temperatures and heavier snowfall that has spread suffering and underscored the government’s continued failings despite a decade of outside assistance and billions of dollars in aid.”
Spring flood disasters about to hit your...
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Does anyone know if there is a place, or... →
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Watchlaphamsquarterly:
Stop everything you are doing right now.
michellelegro:
My god, I think they’ve done it. The trailer for Les Misérables is here.
Good god. How did they pull this off!!!?
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EU environmental laws influence US →
In the EU, “The burden of proof is on industry to demonstrate safety. And by demonstrating the safety…they also take liability and responsibility for that safety.”
It’s backwards in the US, where the burden of proof is on government - not the manufacturer - to show that a chemical is safe for the environment or people.
Anonymous asked: Is Europe more environmentally "friendly" than the States or is that a lie?
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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution...”
– John F. Kennedy. Today would have been his 95th birthday.
READ: John F. Kennedy: 15 quotes on his birthday
(via csmonitor)
See also the Professor Brothers’ amazing JFK History Lesson
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Oh man, it's so hot out. I reaalllyyy need to... →
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If deer ticks were eradicated, would it hurt the... →
NYTimes.
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“But let us get one thing straight: the best years of our lives are not behind...”
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Yale Daily News column on how we have time to do what we dream of. The writer, 22, died a few days later in a car crash.
Read: The Opposite of Loneliness
Man it sure is dusty around here…
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WatchHelp out my buddy Ben Jervey’s new project. He’s been educating people on where energy comes from for years now, and this is the icing on the cake. Kick in a buck or three and reblog if you can! Thanks!
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“America’s drop in carbon emissions is greater than that of any other country in...”
– Walter Russell Mead discusses a carbon report that shows fracking reduced America’s carbon emissions more than any other country in the world.
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Good news about fracking →
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Canadian gold mining company asks government to... →
They’ll probably win their request. They also ask the Canadian government to ban prayers and children’s plays at public hearings. The mining company states that permit review should only include “objective facts.” They have a point.
A new federal environmental review panel “does not have any right to attribute significance to the spirituality of a place per...
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Senate Commerce Committee Holds Marine Debris... →
rinnyssance-deactivated20121024 asked: I don't know if anyone has asked you this before but do you have any climate books you would recommend?
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Scott Walker likely to hold his seat in recall... →
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“God gave mankind the ability to reason, and the experts are telling us that too...”
– “Stewardship and God’s climate plan” an op-ed on climate and god, Stillwater Gazette, April 2012.
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Weird of the day: Arizona Tea Party to host... →
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God, GOP and climate change →
vivrai asked: Hi, long time follower here. I just wanted to thank you for your work and ask a question: considering the political realities of climate change/carbon legislation, do you think advocacy/lobbying groups should continue pushing for policies addressing climate change--that is, the current paradigm of "retard or reverse"--OR should civil society and governments "reset" and instead...
ezing asked: We enjoy your blog but are puzzled. Your definition of climate adaptation (perhaps coming from EO 13514) excludes energy and CO2 from “climate adaptation.” This implies “giving up” on reducing fossil fuel use, the main cause of climate change. Unlike environmental scientists focused on the causes of climate change (energy, CO2), you don’t. We think there is room...
squashed asked: Can climate change be reversed, controlled, or sufficiently slowed that it's no longer a priority? Leaving aside questions of political viability (just assume you can be the benevolent and universally revered dictator of the world on this issue) what's the easiest way to do it?
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More questions?? →
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Anonymous asked: Do you believe in a god or gods? and furthermore if you don't believe in a god, if it were proved to you that one existed what would your attitude towards that being be?
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ningunespacio asked: Hi, the other day my girlfriend and I start a discussion about climate change, and i realize that I´m not well informed about this issue, neither she, so I was wondering if you could give something to read like something to begin with. Because I found that even I've been confused "climate change" and "global warming" sorry for my english haha.
