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Small Changes in Behavior Can Yield Meaningful Results to Slow Global Warming
Some of the 75 dairy cows at Guy Choiniere’s farm in Highgate, Vt., where feed has been changed to plants like alfalfa and flaxseed to reduce the methane emitted when they belch. Photo: Cheryl Senter for The New York Times.Greening … Continue reading
Climate Change Disaster : Too Late for Prevention?
Flooding in Bangladesh in 2007. A serious rise in sea levels seems impossible to prevent. Photo by Sumaiya Ahmed / Flickr. Low-lying island nations like the Maldives — they’re goners now, let alone in a couple of generations, when they … Continue reading
‘Climate Hacking’ : The Real Fear of Freelance Geoengineering
The “Pinatubo option” would involve spewing aerosol gunk into the stratosphere. Photo of Mount Pinatubo from U.S. Geological Survey publications. Freelance atmospheric modification may sound far-fetched, but the potboiler concept was on the agenda last week at an invitation-only, international … Continue reading
We Can Build a Society of Good Ancestors
Ecosocialism – For a Society of Good Ancestors!By Ian Angus / April 30, 2009 [Ian Angus was a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads: Fighting for Socialism in the 21st Century conference , in Sydney Australia, April 10-12, … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Eco-Systems, Ecology, Global Warming, Social Activism
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Weather Report : Houston, We Have a Problem
Law and water. Houston, we have a problem. The intense storms, the ravaging floods. . . these are but one aspect of climate change, and according to prominent scientists. . . this is precisely what is anticipated for the Houston … Continue reading
Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Healing Earth and Blessing Sun
Global scorching. Photo from examiner.com. The ancient insight embodied in two Hebrew words — that ‘adam,’ humanity, and ‘adamah,’ the earth, come from the same root and are inextricably intertwined — has been forcing itself higher and higher into our … Continue reading
The Last Slow Dance : Texas’ Angry Prophet of Climate Change
Illustration by Chuck Kerr / San Antonio Current. Climate-changing events are happening on a much larger scale, and much sooner, than we had earlier thought possible. By The Rag Blog / March 31, 2009 See ‘Last chance for a slow … Continue reading
Counteracting the Backlash Against Clean Energy
What I think we miss is that probably less than a quarter of the population of the planet have heard of global warming, and of those left who have, at least half of them are in denial. And sadly, the … Continue reading
Fight Global Warming Denial : George Will Distorts the Facts
Global warming is one of the most urgent issues facing our country and the entire world. In dealing with an issue of such magnitude, the [Washington] Post has a duty to provide the truth to its readers. George Will is … Continue reading
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Rebirthing the Freedom Seder
Freedom Seder graphic by Avi Katz. Since the most profound issue facing the world today is the danger of climate catastrophe — ‘global scorching’ — and other forms of earth-wide environmental disaster, the Fortieth Anniversary Freedom Seders will especially address … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecumenism, Global Warming, Judaism, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ritual
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Steven Chu : Energy Chief Says Family Farms an Endangered Species
“I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen,” says Nobel winner Steven Chu.” Photo by Jose Luis Magana / AP. Agricultural diversity can soften the blow of global warming.By Janet Gilles / The Rag … Continue reading
