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Wow. The news is in. What an absolutely deserved and merited Nobel Peace Prize. And, that Peace Prize is part of something, a discussion that has not stopped, that has not “succeeded”, but must maintain and continue momentum to help affect change to move us on a path toward a Prosperous, Climate Friendly Society. Part […]

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Freaking News is running a contest: Contest Directions: Photoshop one of the following: How life will be like in LA and other cities as Greenlands melts because of global warming, show how to use Greenland’s melting to our benefits, or what can be done to deal with the global warming problem. Well, with the power of […]

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Peak Oil. Gas Prices. Global Warming. There are real problems and real threats with terrifying implications that merit response. Yet, threat and crisis creates opportunity. We have, before us/US, an opportunity for transformation. For responding to threat and handling crisis to create something better, to turn to a better path. And, well, the question becomes […]

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Peak Oil. Gas Prices. Global Warming. There are real problems and real threats with terrifying implications that merit response.   Yet, threat and crisis creates opportunity. We have, before us/US, an opportunity for transformation. For responding to threat and handling crisis to create something better, to turn to a better path. And, well, the question […]

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There are things that you really (REALLY) don’t want to learn about and, like Mad-Cow Disease, truly do not want to encounter (nor, perhaps, wish on your worst enemy), Global Warming might be increasing the reach of a brain-eating amoeba that thrives in certain warm water conditions.

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The day after George W Bush gave a speech on climate change that has been panned by all serious reviewers (e.g., diplomats and scientists), The Washington Post did something it is doing too rarely nowadays:  it published an OPED by someone who actually knows something about the subject matter: Bill McKibben.

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Pat Michaels is no longer the Commonwealth of Virginia’s official Climatologist. As per DeSmogBlog’s discussion, Pat Michaels, whose utility industry funding, private research and controversial views on global warming made him a lightning rod on climate change issues, left the office too politicized, according to officials at the University of Virgina.

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As noted in Dingell: A dingbat proposal re Global Warming?, Representative John Dingell (D-auto industry?) has put out his thoughts re a potential carbon tax and is asking for comments.   After the fold are the comments that I have submitted (so far) for committee consideration.

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We have both good and bad signs when it comes to Global Warming coming out almost, it seems, on an hourly basis. Well, in the real world, the situation doesn’t look so good, with bad news emerging every day, such as algae growth increases in far north lakes showing warming. In the real world, well, […]

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Representative John Dingell (D-auto industry?) has put out his thoughts re a potential carbon tax and is asking for comments.  Dingell stated that Because of the complexity and importance of the issue, this is the right time to open up a public discourse on a carbon emissions fee bill. Representative Dingell has, well, been far […]

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