Irony Alert: American Petroleum Institute Calls For Obama To Aid ‘Economic Catastrophy’ Due To Warming-Fueled Drought
Updated: 2012-11-30 19:00:08
: : TRENDING Global Warming extreme weather Hurricane Sandy Election 2012 Droughts ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Election Alyssa Lamar Smith , Climate Denier , To Chair House Science Panel Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Expected Since Election , Big Oil Spent 3 Million On Ads To Protect Tax Loopholes Irony Alert : American Petroleum Institute Calls For Obama To Aid Economic Catastrophy’ Due To Warming-Fueled Drought By Climate Guest Blogger on Nov 30, 2012 at 2:00 pm by Katie Valentine This summerâ s historic drought hasnâ t let up in fact , itâ s actually expanding in some areas and itâ s causing a lot of trouble in regions whose economies are driven by major bodies of . water The drought , coupled with a seasonal dry
: TRENDING Global Warming extreme weather Hurricane Sandy Election 2012 Droughts ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Election Alyssa Lamar Smith , Climate Denier , To Chair House Science Panel Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Expected Since Election , Big Oil Spent 3 Million On Ads To Protect Tax Loopholes How The Big Oil Lobby Secretly Funded 2012 Election Attack Ads By Rebecca Leber on Nov 30, 2012 at 11:30 am When Big Oil’s lobby , the American Petroleum Institute , ramped up its election-year spending , API President Jack Gerard said This is not about political party . 8221 But in addition to its misleading multi-million dollar public campaign , API also funneled at least half a million dollars through groups that ran attack ads
When the fall and winter seasons hit, green thumbs tend to go into hibernation. But if you feel that horticultural itch year round, you have options beyond the basic perennials’ upkeep: You can grow vegetables.
: TRENDING Global Warming extreme weather Hurricane Sandy Election 2012 Droughts ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Lamar Smith , Climate Denier , To Chair House Science Panel Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Expected Since Election , Big Oil Spent 3 Million On Ads To Protect Tax Loopholes Will India Surge Ahead Of The West In Renewable Energy By Climate Guest Blogger on Nov 30, 2012 at 9:21 am by Hannah Green This August , power shortages in India that left 300 million in the dark made it very clear that one of the worldâ s fastest growing economies was facing an energy crisis . Less clear is how realistically to solve it . Many firms are looking for new sources of oil to fulfill Indiaâ s growing energy demands , but this
. : , . : TRENDING Global Warming extreme weather Hurricane Sandy Election 2012 Droughts ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Lamar Smith , Climate Denier , To Chair House Science Panel Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Expected Since Election , Big Oil Spent 3 Million On Ads To Protect Tax Loopholes Nov . 30 News : We Have To Face The Fact That The Deniers Are Wrong , 8217 Says Sen . Whitehouse In Climate Hearing By Stephen Lacey on Nov 30, 2012 at 8:12 am At a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing featuring sometimes tearful reports from lawmakers representing East Coast states , some panel Democrats suggested putting customary congressional collegiality on the back burner to push more forcefully for mitigating
A number of towns around the country have put their bid in for "capital" of particular renewable energy technologies: Rock Port, Missouri, for instance, is completely powered by wind, and Reynolds, Indiana was shooting for the title of Biotown USA. Solar's still competitive on this front, but, today, Riverside, California tossed its hat in the ring for the title of America's Solar City.
: : TRENDING Global Warming extreme weather Hurricane Sandy Election 2012 Droughts ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Lamar Smith , Climate Denier , To Chair House Science Panel Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Expected Since Election , Big Oil Spent 3 Million On Ads To Protect Tax Loopholes November 29 News : Group Threatens To Sue EPA For Not Acting Quickly Enough On Carbon By Stephen Lacey on Nov 29, 2012 at 7:59 am Campaigners threatened to sue the Environmental Protection Agency EPA on Wednesday in an effort to push Barack Obama to make good on his re-election promise to act on climate change . Guardian As President Obama approaches the start of his second term , the country faces a growing list of climate and
Two more European countries are starting to fret about their demographic future. Read more...
: , : TRENDING Global Warming extreme weather Hurricane Sandy Election 2012 Droughts ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Election Alyssa Lamar Smith , Climate Denier , To Chair House Science Panel Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Expected Since Election , Big Oil Spent 3 Million On Ads To Protect Tax Loopholes Study : Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Projected , Planet Keeps Warming As Expected By Joe Romm on Nov 28, 2012 at 4:14 pm A new study , Comparing climate projections to observations up to 2011, confirms that climate change is happening as fast and in some cases faster than climate models had projected . The news release : explains The rate of sea-level rise in the past decades is greater than projected by the latest
On this week's Hangin' with sustainablog Hangout on Air at Google+, we'll be discussing cool green crowdfunding projects... whether they're ours, a friend or colleague's, or just something we cam across and liked. Several creators of current projects will join us, as well as members of the Important Media team.
. , , : TRENDING Global Warming extreme weather Hurricane Sandy Election 2012 Droughts ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Alyssa Lamar Smith , Climate Denier , To Chair House Science Panel Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Expected Since Election , Big Oil Spent 3 Million On Ads To Protect Tax Loopholes Rep . Lamar Smith , Who Criticized The Idea Of Human-Made Global Warming , 8217 Set To Chair House Science Panel By Stephen Lacey on Nov 28, 2012 at 10:15 am Climate advocates celebrated after winning nearly every Congressional race they targeted during the national elections , including four of the Flat Earth Five” climate deniers in the House of Representatives . But with the balance of power essentially the same in Washington ,
What does corporate sustainability actually mean? A company gives lots of money to charity? Follows rules and regulations? Or something else? Roger Ballantine of Green Strategies, Inc., wrestles with these questions.
: : TRENDING Global Warming extreme weather Hurricane Sandy Election 2012 Droughts ThinkProgress Climate Progress Climate Progress Climate Economy Health Justice LGBT Security Election Alyssa Lamar Smith , Climate Denier , To Chair House Science Panel Sea Levels Rising 60 Faster Than Expected Since Election , Big Oil Spent 3 Million On Ads To Protect Tax Loopholes November 28 News : IEA Chief Economist Sees No Momentum’ For International Progress On Climate By Stephen Lacey on Nov 28, 2012 at 8:15 am Top International Energy Agency IEA officials offered a bleak assessment Tuesday of the prospects for global progress on preventing big temperature increases . The Hill Fatih Birol , the IEAâ s chief economist , said Tuesday that he sees âno momentumâ on climate , noting that prospects
Unique in its genus, the saiga antelope inhabits the steppes and semi-desert environments in two sub-species split between Kazakhstan (Saiga tatarica tatarica, ~ 80% of the individuals) and Mongolia (Saiga tatarica mongolica). Locals hunt them for their meat and the (attributed) medicinal properties of male horns. Like many ungulates, the population is sensitive to winter [...]
Paul Ehrlich is STILL going. Good grief! Read more...
Laurance & Pimm organise another excellent tropical conservation open-letter initiative. This follows our 2010 paper (Improving the performance of the Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm for nature conservation) in Conservation Biology. – Scientists Statement on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s Draft Revised Principles and Criteria for Public Consultation – November 2012 As leading scientists [...]
Like many countries, the New Zealand population increase has “slowed to a crawl” according to news provider ‘Stuff’. Recently released population statistics for the year ended September 2012 show that live births decreased by 1799, while deaths increased by 249. Will this trend mean that over time we will become less tolerant of the children and families in our community? Read more...
Here at ConservationBytes.com, My contributors and I have highlighted the important regulating role of predators in myriad systems. We have written extensively on the mesopredator release concept applied to dingos, sharks and coyotes, but we haven’t really expanded on the broader role of predators in more complex systems. This week comes an elegant experimental study [...]
Japan's demographic future is examined and an answer is proposed: robots. Read more...
The UN has decreed that contraception is a universal human right. Read more...
Apologies for the delay in getting this latest post out. If you read my last one, you’ll know that I’ve been in the United Kingdom for the last week. I’m writing this entry in the train down from York to Heathrow, from which I’ll shortly begin the gruelling 30-hour trip home to Adelaide. Eight days [...]
I’m sitting at a friend’s house in Sydney writing this quick entry before jumping on a plane to London. It’s been a busy few days, and will be an even busier next few weeks. I met with Paul and Anne Ehrlich yesterday (who are visiting Australia) and we finalised the first complete draft of our [...]
Malaysia is planning a new green, energy efficient eco-city called “Iskandar Malaysia”. The country expects the new development, which covers about 2500 square kilometres, to have 3 million residents by 2025. Read more...