It was a banner year for myth making about climate change. Despite mounting evidence that temperatures are rising, the deniers’ camp spun bigger, better and more believable tall tales than ever before: Top 10 Tall Tales by Climate Change Deniers in 2009 [...]
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On a group phone called last night organized by Power Shift, John Kerry talked about the challenges of getting the Kerry-Boxer climate bill through the Senate. Several dems, led by Jeff Bigaman in New Mexico, are trying to split apart the bill making it all but worthless. People need to call and email their senators [...] [...] Apple, Nike, PG&E, Toyota and other behemoths have all left the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, but corporate pranksters, The Yes Men, decided to join that climate skeptic organization just long enough to confuse the heck out of Fox News this week. Watch the video >> [...] #3 CLIMATE BILL.. VICTORY OR DEFEAT? While most environmental groups are hailing the passing of the ACES (aka Waxman-Markey) climate bill, some like Greenpeace gave up and called for a “no” vote. Here are the details. #2 BATTLEGROUND WEST VIRGINIA Daryl Hannah, NASA scientist James Hansen and RAN director Mike Brune were arrested while protesting a Massey Coal [...] [...] #3 JELLYFISH INVASIONS Oceans have been hard hit by human impacts the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, shark hunting, coral reef collapses (check out last weeks show) and the Gulf of Mexico dead zone. Obama called for an emergency task force to come up with plan to protect the oceans this summer: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/06/obama-ocean-protection-plan.php Read about the jellyfish invasion taking [...] [...] #3 The EPA just OK’d the ongoing devastation in Appalachia, approving 42 more permits for mountaintop coal mining. Mountain top removal puts miners out of work and permanently destroys the most important temperature forest on earth. Read the article: http://www.mnn.com/technology/researc… Sign the petition: http://www.nrdconline.org/campaign/nr… Find out if you are connected to mountain top coal: http://www.mnn.com/technology/gadgets… #2 A Star (Factory) is Born [...] [...] |
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