Nader on Senate’s Climate Stance, “Insanity” of U.S. Nukes, & Why Obama’s Min. Wage Hike Falls Short
"It’s not worth the risk in order just to boil water. That’s what the nuclear plants are all built for."
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By the way, your home is on fire
The moral of this story: people in power and bureaucrats seem exceptionally obtuse when it comes to recognizing that the world has changed and the old rules no longer apply.
Living with Climate Change: Karen Tracy in Joshua Tree
What does Transition look like in a place with just 4" of rain a year?
Fracking headlines
•Wells That Fizzle Are a ‘Potential Show Stopper’ for the Shale Boom •The View from Europe: America’s Shale Boom Looks More Like a Blip •BP carves off US shale gas operations into separate unit •Shale, the Last Oil and Gas Train: Interview with Arthur Berman •Court Upholds Imposing Fracking Ban in Colorado City •Los Angeles Moves Towards Ratifying Fracking Ban, but Is Federal Regulation Possible? •Brakes put on UK shale gas revolution •Fracking health risks must be established now, before the industry grows
Paul Kingsnorth on living with climate change
Paul Kingsnorth wrote recently of the floods that have hit the UK, arguing that they represent the beginning of "a gradual, messy, winding-down of everything we once believed we were entitled to".
“Blow wind and crack your cheeks”: introducing a month on living with climate change
This month our theme is "living with climate change". We’ll be exploring that from a variety of angles…
Climate change: Evidence and Policy
Reports on climate change evidence and causes, legislation, and geoengineering.
Living with Climate Change: Joanne Poyourow in Los Angeles
No water. That pretty much sums up living with climate change around here, in Los Angeles.
The Energy Crisis
Like many others who preceded us, our "civilisation" faces an Energy Crisis of megawattic proportions, which threatens to bring an end to our brief joyride.
Apocalypse Not: The Oscars, The Media And The Myth Of ‘Constant Repetition Of Doomsday Messages’ On Climate
Since this was Oscar night, it seems appropriate to update my post on what messages the public are exposed to in popular culture and the media.
State Senator’s Proposal Moves from Cap & Trade to Fee & Rebate
A win in California for a new fuel tax could shift the national conversation, encourage other states to try it, and give major boost to the "fee and dividend" position at the national level.
Climate politics: a melting glacier…
The great floods across parts of southern England may have abated, but questions over their linkage to climate change are among the most powerful residues.
