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Tag Archives: 350.org
Happy Easter from Exxon
(via 350.org on Facebook – an Exxon pipeline in Arkansas has just spilled 165,000 gallons of toxic tar sands.) http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/30/arkansas-residents-evacuate-as-exxon-mobil-tar-sands-pipeline-ruptures/
Posted in Anthropocene, Fossil Fuels
Tagged 350.org, Arkansas, Exxon mobil, Keystone XL Pipeline, oil spill, pipeline, tar sands
8 Comments
This is what water scarcity will look like
With my thanks to 350.org for alerting me to this piece of news: As reported in the Washington Post newspaper recently, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning that by 2030 nearly half the world’s population could be facing a scarcity … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Environment, Intergenerational Injustice, Mass Extinctions
Tagged 350.org, Ban Ki-moon, UN, water, water scarcity
24 Comments
What on Earth are we doing?
I appear to have a habit of posting items starting with the words “What on Earth..”. Here, then, is another one to add to that list… A few weeks ago, one of the regular contributors to discussion on this blog … Continue reading
Climate Science – Room 101
A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture and – as atmospheric physicists have been warning us for over 50 years now – this will result in more frequent and more extreme weather events of all kinds. A recent opinion poll … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Confirmation Bias, Denial, Environment, Insanity, James Hansen, Scepticism
Tagged 350.org, climate dice, Insanity
18 Comments
Not the Serenity Prayer
With my thanks to 350.org, The Great Spirit, and Idle no More, this is not the Serenity Prayer as I recall it:
Posted in Civil Disorder, Climate Science, Environment
Tagged 350.org, Civil Disorder, Idle No More, The Great Spirit
15 Comments
I would go to DC if I could
Sorry, 350.org, I have a slight geographic impediment; it is commonly known as the North Atlantic Ocean. If you have no such geographic barriers preventing you from going to the event, please sign-up here.
Posted in Anthropocene, Civil Disorder, Climate Science, Environment, Politics
Tagged 350.org, Civil Disorder, President's Day
20 Comments
We need a global power shift
Yesterday, I received the email below from May Boeve at Bill McKibben’s 350.0rg. I have received others before and would love to get involved but, having investigated to see what they are looking for, was left with the distinct feeling … Continue reading
I think it is time to connect the dots, people!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzLA-r6eKdY Record-breaking rainfall in the UK, unprecedented storms and temperatures in Washington DC, record-breaking droughts, floods, landslides, and bush-fires all around the world… Will the fake sceptics admit they are wrong when we see 1-in-100 year floods every 5 years? … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Cognitive Dissonance, Denial, Environment, Scepticism
Tagged 350.org, Belshazzar's Feast, connect the dots, The Road to Hell
40 Comments
Twitterstorm – damage report
I received this email late last night, while the storm was still raging but, even though it is now officially over, hopefully this will not be the end of the story… I say this because, being human, I think we … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Growthmania, Politics
Tagged #EndFossilFuelSubsidies, 350.org, twitterstorm
9 Comments