Tag Archives: Global Warming

Bruce Melton : What Can Be Done About Climate Change in Texas?

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

What a mess. Even without the fires, our natural environment has been devastated by these droughts. This scene was taken in late August just around the corner from my house in southwest Austin. Fortunately I have only lost a handful … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Has Texas Crossed a Climate Threshold?

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Downtown Austin seen from near the intersection of Loop 360 and US 290/71 West. This photo was taken in early September 2011. The brownish yellow- and red-leaved trees in the left and bottom right foreground are elms. They naturally shed … Continue reading →

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Rag Radio : Bruce Melton on the Real-World Effects of Climate Change

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Climate change activist Bruce Melton, left, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, in the KOOP studios in Austin, Texas, Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Environmental activist Bruce Melton discussesthe real-world effects of climate change … Continue reading →

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Bruce Melton : Welcome to Climate Change in Texas

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Tree Kill in Central Texas, drought of 2011. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Drought and wildfires:Welcome to climate change in Texas By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / December 29, 2011 Environmental researcher and climate change activist … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : The U.S. and Irreversible Climate Change

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from Saida Online.With U.S. leading the way:Irreversible climate change looms By Jack A. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 29, 2011 The Obama Administration has largely remained passive about the critical imperative to reduce greenhouse gases to limit … Continue reading →

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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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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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Ted McLaughlin : Climate Change and Corporate Propaganda

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Global warming cartoon titled “Eco-Glazing” by Vladimir Druzhinin of Russia, from Earthworks 2008 global cartoon competition / Treehugger.Causes of climate change:The corporate anti-sciencecampaign is working By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2011 Just three or four … Continue reading →

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John Aloysius Farrell : The Koch Brothers’ Web of Influence

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Koch Inc., headquartered in Wichita, Kan., spends tens of millions of dollars to lobby Congress and federal agencies on issues ranging from oil and gas to the estate tax. Photo by Larry W. Smith / AP.The Koch brothers’ web of … 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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