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In North Dakota, flames of wasted natural gas light the sky
In addition to industrializing the landscape – our place on the planet – we waste prodigiously, as this NY Times article notes in great detail. More waste, more pollution, less wildness in the land.
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Counting the family carbon
That’s carbon as in carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas. This feature article explores the differences in carbon footprint between life in the exurbs of New Jersey and life in the woods of Maine. That’s...
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Carbon dioxide level reaches milestone
This Associated Press article appeared in many papers across the country this morning; I saw it on the Web sites of at least a dozen a few minutes ago. In any case, the world has indeed reached a...
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Searching for clues to calamity
I admit to becoming tired of reading yet another opinion piece about the politics embroiled in climate change. There, I said it. But even so this op-ed from today’s Times is a good read. To bad that a...
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Breaking news: Corn for food, not automobile fuel
Hah. That’s right and here’s why: Making ethanol, especially from corn, uses more energy than it yields. That’s a shocker to many folks, I know. This op-ed makes that case in fine fashion.
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Sea ice in Arctic measured at record low
The underlying cause of the ongoing melt is, of course, our planet’s changing climate for which we humans are responsible, not sun spots or some other cause from outer space. The NY Times has the story.
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James Hansen: ‘Neither party wants to offend the fossil fuel industry’
From Climate Progress comes this piece about NASA’s Dr. James Hansen. In it, Hansen talks about why scientists (and he is a model) must speak out about the threat posed by the burning of fossil fuels.
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Marine life on a warming planet
Humans’ continued pumping into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide – sometimes by the stupidest of chores like driving to the mailbox rather than walking there – is damaging the future of marine life. You...
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