Tag Archives: Environment

Suzanne Goldenberg : Perry Officials Alter Environmental Report; Scientists Rebel

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Texas Governor Rick Perry. Censorship of scientists’ report sparks revolt. Photo by Evan Vucci / AP / The Guardian.Rick Perry officials doctorscientists’ environmental report Scientists ask for names to be removed after mentions of climate change and sea-level rise are … Continue reading →

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Jay D. Jurie : Keystone XL is a Pipeline to Big Profits

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Canadian tar sands crude oil. Image from The Alaska Gas Pipeline.Keystone XL:A pipeline to big oil profits Former NASA scientist Jim Hansen has argued that if tar sands development continues and the pipeline is built, it is essentially ‘game over’ … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Countdown to Nuclear Disaster

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Olle Johansson, Sweden / Cagle Cartoons.Countdown to disaster:Fukushima spews, Los Alamos burns,Vermont rages, and we’ve almost lost Nebraska By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2011 Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : We’re Killing Off Our Oceans

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Coral reefs are subject to “multiple stressors” that could destroy many within a human generation. Image from IPSO / BBC.Multiple factors at work:Killing off the oceans By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / June 21, 2011 There has been … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : After Fukushima: A Nuclear Industry Meltdown?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

A home in Glen Rose, Texas, with the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant hovering behind. Photo from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.After the Fukushima nightmare:Will the nuclear power industry melt down? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 2, … Continue reading →

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Louis Bergeron : A Practical Vision for Global Sustainable Energy

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

L.A. Cicero Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering At Stanford University. Photo from L.A. Cicero.It will take concerted effort:A practical vision for alternative energy By Louis Bergeron / Stanford Report / April 7, 2011 A new study … Continue reading →

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Ellen LaConte : Garden As If Your Life Depended on It

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Digging in for the future. Image from Civil Eats.Because it will:Garden as if your life depended on it By Ellen LaConte / The Rag Blog / March 31, 2011 Spring has sprung — at least south of the northern tier … Continue reading →

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Lamar W. Hankins : Natural Gas and the Perils of Fracking

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Light my fire. Images from the documentary film, Gasland.The perils of fracking:Protecting our waterfrom natural gas production By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 29, 2011 Anyone who drinks water has a stake in the production of … Continue reading →

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Ted McLaughlin : The Japan Quake and Nuclear Power

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Explosion at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi No 1 plant following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. Image from Reuters.After the Japan quake:We must rethink nuclear power By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 13, 2011 By now everyone knows about the … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Bat Out of Climate Hell

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Like a bat out of climate Hell:Alaska and the Amazon are done By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / February 2, 2011 Because we as a society have refused to listen to … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : It Is Colder Because It Is Warming

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

It is colder because it is warming On a warmer planet, winter weather becomes more volatile. The extremes get more extreme. By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2010 Global warming refers to climate, not weather. Snowpocalypses … Continue reading →

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Jeff Biggers : Thousands Honor Environmental Visionary Judy Bonds

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Julia ‘Judy’ Bonds. Painting by Robert Shetterly from his Americans Who Tell the Truth series.Coalfield visionary:Thousands pay tribute to Judy Bonds She has been to the mountaintop, and now we must fight harder to save it. By Jeff Biggers / … Continue reading →

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