January 27, 2006 – 10:04 pm
There was a time when I actually thought highly of Al Gore, at least his environmental policies and viewpoints. Then, alas, he went insane, and has now become part of the problem for environmentalism to be taken seriously, rather then as full of kooks. Case in point: Has ever a little indie film faced a […]
January 27, 2006 – 9:10 am
Yet another Global Warming project that misses the mark People can’t take steps to reduce global warming unless they know how much they are contributing to it. Using that belief as a starting point, environmentalists and Silicon Valley companies rolled out a new plan Thursday to help South Bay businesses and the public compute how […]
January 25, 2006 – 11:49 am
Happy Hump Day, y’all. Jebediah here. I truly love the title of this story: "Baffled Scientists Say Less Sunlight Reaching Earth." After dropping for about 15 years, the amount of sunlight Earth reflects back into space, called albedo, has increased since 2000, a new study concludes. That means less energy is reaching the surface. Yet […]
January 24, 2006 – 8:11 am
Way back, from around the mid 700’s into the 1100’s, there was a period of time called the Medieval Climate Optimum. This was followed by a much colder period, known as the Little Ice Age, followed by our current age. The MCO was characterized by warmer temperatures. How about a few quick facts from the […]
January 22, 2006 – 4:35 pm
Red Orbit provides us with Deep planning (from a Philly Inquirer article): Jan. 21–The message to the Bush administration on global warming couldn’t be clearer: Do something. Since 2001, climatologists, environmentalists, economists, world leaders, governors, senators and business executives have been begging President Bush for something more than another study or voluntary cutbacks by industry […]
January 21, 2006 – 6:47 pm
If there is one place on Earth where they need it to be warmer, that would be Russia MOSCOW – Russia’s severest cold in a quarter of a century, with temperatures in Moscow at minus 8 Saturday, has killed at least 40 people and strained the nation’s crumbling infrastructure, with residents piling on the blankets […]
January 21, 2006 – 8:11 am
Let’s start with former EPA heads The U.S. is failing to take the lead in confronting global warming, a "dishonest" and "self-destructive" approach that only worsens the problem, say former federal environmental chiefs. "We need leadership, and I don’t think we’re getting it," Russell Train said Wednesday at an Environmental Protection Agency symposium commemorating the […]
January 20, 2006 – 11:49 pm
This just ticks me off The Justice Department on Friday announced a 65-count indictment against 11 environmental activists accused of ecoterrorism attacks in five states. The charges include conspiracy to commit arson; arson; attempted arson; use and possession of a destructive device; and destruction of an energy facility. "The indictment tells a story of four-and-a-half […]
January 18, 2006 – 9:09 am
Hey, y’all, good Wednesday morning. It’s so windy today that I reckon I might have even been blown into Thursday. And, speaking of blowhards, get aload of this news brief Warming ocean currents are bringing sardines back to Monterey Bay after decades of decline. Some scientists think global warming could be partly responsible for the […]
January 14, 2006 – 7:08 pm
Along with CO2, methane is considered one of the greenhouse gasses. It can come from many sources. Now, scientists have discovered another Methane, like carbon dioxide, traps heat in Earth’s atmosphere. Scientists have been studying natural sources of methane for decades but hadn’t pegged plants as a producer, notes Frank Keppler, a geochemist at the […]
