Science Tidbits
Here we are once again. Monday arrived on schedule. The time has come to gather around and take a well deserved hiatus from the politics of the day. Science talk is here. New discoveries, new takes...
View Article"Nuclear? What nuclear?" Richard Register on why we don't need all that power...
Let's face it: The way our modern oh-so-advanced society is using energy is like pouring water into a bucket with holes in it. The whole fight about which energy source is the meanest, leanest and...
View ArticleGreen diary rescue: All together now — fight back
Some eco-advocates may not have heard about the We Are One actions that are taking place this weekend and especially on April 4. The Sierra Club has: On Monday, April 4, thousands of members of the...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket: Belated edition
The Daily Bucket is a place to catch your casual observations of the natural world and turn them into a valuable resource. Whether it's the first flowers of spring or that odd bug in your basement,...
View ArticleWarming Wednesdays: A carbon tax Down Under
This week, I found a couple pleasant suprises coming out of Australia, so the post is a primer on what I know of the climate fight there.First and most important was the announcement by Prime Minister...
View Articleblack swan sunday: bring on a climate justice protocol!
Dateline: USA. Spring 2011 (Combined N(y)o͞oz Services)Record breaking wildfires devastate Texas ... ... Over half an Iowa town dessimated by tornadoes: "It was huge, just huge," said Thomas...
View ArticleMacca's Meatless Monday...Cuban On The Run
In this weekly series we have been discussing the benefits of a vegetarian diet including: global food crisis , animal rights, better health, frugal living, public health, food safety and the immense...
View ArticleSunday Train: Oil Addiction is a Political Choice, not a Necessity
Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy IndependenceWe can tell that an energy policy is not aimed at ending our nation's oil addiction in time when the speech presenting it follows up: The United...
View ArticleRadioactive Water is Flowing Directly into the Ocean at Fukushima
Extremely radioactive water, measured at (edit at 9pm in bold) over 1000 millisieverts per hour in air above the water, is flowing from a damaged pit, servicing the number 2 reactor at Fukushima,...
View ArticleSevere Weather Liveblog -- Tornado Outbreak in AL/GA -- Updated x2
Severe Weather Liveblog is a collective effort to keep Kossacks safe when a large severe weather outbreak takes place. These blogs will be posted as needed, based on user-interaction (comments) and...
View ArticleGigantic Gamma Ray Beam Discovered Pointing Directly at Earth
A burst of gamma rays of unprecedented intensity, variability and duration has been discovered by astronomers using gamma and x ray detectors on NASA satellites. Gamma bursts last only a few hours,...
View ArticleThe Malia-Sasha Horizon & the Cosmological Commons: Ecojustice
Human Identity Uroboros. Credit line: Nina McCurdyI sure wasn't expecting to hear about how the daughters of the President of the United States might offer a novel solution for incentivising the...
View ArticleSunday Train: HSR, Express and Locals Done Right
Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy IndependenceAfter the outcry when the Caltrain system between San Francisco and San Jose (and once in a while beyond) faced a scare that it would drop from 86...
View ArticleMonths to cool Fukushima reactors, 10 years to decommission - Toshiba draft:...
This is another clearinghouse diary for discussion and commentary about the ongoing nuclear disaster(s) in Japan. For updated information on news and a timeline of the events following the March 11...
View ArticleGulf Watchers Wednesday - Mississippi AG v/s Feinberg, Round 2 - BP...
Topics: AGs Claim BP Given Pass to 'Distort' & 'Subvert', BP Spill Fund Administrator Tells U.S. Judge to Stay Out of Claims Process, Scott urged to sue BP over oil spill, Did BP claims czar snub...
View ArticleUPDATE Industry attacks PNAS study: Methane contamination of drinking water...
This peer-reviewed study by Duke University researchers was conducted in Marcellus and Utica Shale gas drilling regions of PA and NY. It was published Monday, 5/9 in PNAS: Proceedings of the National...
View ArticleGreen diary rescue: Can the world grow economically without terminally...
The United Nations Environment Program came out with an important report this week. Decoupling Natural Resource Use and Environmental Impacts from Economic Growth" [150-page pdf presents three...
View ArticleBonn Talks: Day 4 Agenda Finalized
Make no doubt about it. Christina Figueres gets it. In a meeting today with youth activists at the Bonn Climate Talks, the UNFCCC executive secretary reiterated her clear understanding that climate...
View ArticleNot an "Orange" Cent!
With over 1000 diaries published, truly few caused me anguish as to whether they merited writing or should I publish on the subject. This is one of those few.Last month, Daily Kos' front page boldly...
View ArticleClimate Disruption: THE Progressive Crisis!
Sunday, Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher asked Are Progressives in Denial About Climate Change? If you listen to right wing commentators, you might think American progressives are leading the charge...
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