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This simple and to the point guest post comes from Greg Laden. I have two questions: Which high power storms had zero extra energy from warming in the atmosphere and seas owing to the release of fossil carbon? Which high powered members of the military, other government units, or industry and business had zero extramarital […]

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With Clean Break, a recommended 99 cent ‘Kindle Single’ purchase/read, Osha Gray Davidson has provided English speakers an enjoyable and illuminating look at Germany’s Energiewende — that wholesale societal shift commonly translated as “energy shift” and “energy transition”.   Despite its booming economy — in the powerhouse position of Europe — and the mounting role that solar […]

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And, as the President was speaking in front of the cameras, youth climate activists were speaking in front of the White House:

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Representative Steve King (R-IA-5) has made quite a name for himself over the years for many reasons, such as his violent case of anti-science syndrome.  This author remains particularly stunned, months later, with King’s gleeful bragging about wasting taxpayer money. Many Americans had their eyes open with what some term as the “King foot-in-mouth disease” […]

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This guest post comes from scientist FishOutOfWater. The north Atlantic ocean is heating faster than all the world’s oceans because of the increased flow from the Indian ocean to the Atlantic ocean.The rapidly strengthening greenhouse effect produced by exponentially increasing human emissions of greenhouse gases is affecting earth’s climate unevenly. The North Atlantic ocean is […]

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In 2005, just a week after Katrina hit New Orleans, blogger Meteor Blades outlined a plan for rebuilding New Orleans in a smart, sensible, leading-edge way: Eco New Orleans: ‘A Shining Example for the Whole World’. Meteor Blades began this must read (especially now, again) discussion: The tragedy wrought by Katrina provides a chance to […]

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Like billions of others around the world in recent years and this year, Americans have been experiencing “unprecedented” after “unprecedented” weather event. Along with my neighbors, in the Washington, DC, area, I have yet again battened down the hatches for an “unprecedented weather event” (Snowcapolyse, Derecho, Heat Waves, …) that has offices closed, kids home […]

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Speculating about an “October Surprise” has long been part-and-parcel of presidential elections. International crises, domestic economic troubles, and unearthed scandalous events/behavior have all had their moments in the month before election day. In 2012, we have a serious potential that the October Surprise will come from an unusual direction and a seemingly non-partisan actor: Mother […]

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100 … 100 percent.  Such a ’round’ and definitive figure provides the basis for a very clear, simple target to think about. With all the delays toward action related to climate mitigation and the mounting impacts of climate disruption around the globe, the concept of 80 by 50 (80 percent reduction carbon emissions by 2050 […]

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Consider … The planet has not seen a below-average temperature month since Ronnie Raygun’s presidency In both extent and quantity (extent x thickness), Arctic ice has set records this year — for lowest in recorded history. Weather extremes are demonstrating climate disruption around the globe — floods, droughts, severe storms, changed rain patterns, … In […]

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