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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Best wish for Christmas and New Year
Normal service (whatever that may be) will resume here in January.
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Consumerism, Environment, Growthmania, Photography, Sustainable development
Tagged Christmas, Herman Daly, New Year, wishes
7 Comments
Why we are all still here
Thanks to NASA for clearing up this “mystery”…! See also some truly nutty comments on the Guardian page where the above-linked video was embedded: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/us-news-blog/2012/dec/13/nasa-end-of-the-world-december-21 For more commentary from NASA see: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html
Music for 21 December 2012
Following on from yesterday’s post of an R.E.M. classic (It’s The End Of The World As We Know It), here is more of my choice of music inspired by the fact that the World is NOT going to end today… … Continue reading
Is it the end of the World as we know it?
No it is not; but thanks to R.E.M. for the inspiration! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
Posted in Civil Disorder, Civilisation, Environment
Tagged Civil Disorder, Humour, music, REM
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Reality dawns on people ignoring scientists
I would hereby like to draw together two separate pieces of research published last week: 1. Why Climate Deniers Have No Scientific Credibility – In One Pie Chart (Desmogblog); and 2. AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming (Associated … Continue reading
Greenpeace responds to end of UK fracking moratorium
Thanks to Twitter, I was alerted to an online discussion on the Guardian website yesterday, prompted by statements of opinion by Mark Lynas (freelance journalist/author) and Dr David Santillo (Greenpeace Scientist). As discussed with a commenter on this blog (Lionel) … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace, Hydraulic Fracturing, Insanity, Politics
Tagged David Santillo, Greenpeace, Insanity, Mark Lynas, water
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Arctic 1, Shell 0
I know I did not post anything about this particular facet of Greenpeace’s campaign against Shell drilling in the Arctic (and any company associated with Shell). However, I did post it on my Facebook page. After Greenpeace launched just such … Continue reading
Posted in Arctic, Consumerism, Environment, Ethics, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace
Tagged Greenpeace, Shell, Waitrose
20 Comments
Views of Doha
The 18th Conference of the Parties (COP18) to the UN’s Framework Convention on climate Change (UNFCCC), ended in Doha (Qatar) last weekend. Sadly, this event was not considered newsworthy in the mainstream media in the UK. Irrespective of the outcome … Continue reading
Please help save the Internet
This just in from Avaaz (i.e. yesterday) – action required immediately (i.e. today): ————————– Dear Avaazers, Authoritarian regimes are pushing for governmental control over the internet in a binding global treaty. If they succeed, the internet could become less open, … Continue reading
The frack-heads are dangerously deluded
Yesterday, in the UK’s Observer newspaper, Andrew Rawnsley highlighted an important delusion currently infecting a large proportion of – the senior partner in the UK’s coalition government – the Conservative Party. In his article, entitled ‘The fracking dream which is … Continue reading
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