Tag Archive | "climate change"

The Ozone Hole Is On Ebay?

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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Image from Ebay Ebay has had a lot of strange items on it over the years–I’ve seen a man’s soul in a jar, the rights to tattoo an ad on somebody’s forehead, even a creepily nondescript posting labeled “my virginity.” This however, might be both the strangest abstract [...]

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The Bush Administration Has Been Manipulating EPA Data

Monday, April 28, 2008

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By Spencer Kimball Image from iips.cz The Bush Administration has been called a lot of names by a lot of people, but competent has never been one of them.

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Human Beings: The Ultimate Comeback Story

Friday, April 25, 2008

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It’s entirely possible that the Earth could have saved herself what some of my more country brethren call “a whole passel of trouble” if she’d only finished the job… Image from Big Daddy Man was on the brink of extinction once, and had to break into small bands in [...]

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Ben Ray: Why “An Inconvenient Truth” Didn’t Actually Accomplish Anything

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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Allow us to present the best reason imaginable to take action on Earth Day. Instead of merely attempting to raise awareness: the single biggest contribution to the climate change debate, “An Inconvenient Truth,” did that well, shouldn’t it be time to go further? Crud. Image from bulldog1 Since [...]

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Global Warming Shifts Into High Gear

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

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After a brief month-long respite, during which many reputable publications saw fit to mock global warming or enable climate change deniers, the impending crisis must have felt unloved. Image from Huffington Post Like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, climate change is back with a vengeance. Unfortunately for us, the [...]

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Brian Gordon on Global Warming: Worldwide Scientific Conspiracy or New Religion?

Monday, April 14, 2008

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Brian Gordon is a Canadian Green Party member and candidate trained by Al Gore to present An Inconvenient Truth. Take your pick, say the sceptics. I was once and still am a sceptic, though I like to think I’m an honest one: somebody makes a claim, I want [...]

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Brian Gordon: I just don’t get it, Part 1

Friday, April 11, 2008

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Brian Gordon is a Canadian Green Party member and candidate trained by Al Gore to present An Inconvenient Truth. I used to be a climate sceptic, so I understand where people are coming from. Image via Flickr That much, I get. What I don’t get is why some sceptics don’t [...]

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Blame Global Warming For Next Global Heath Epidemic

Thursday, April 10, 2008

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As carbon dioxide levels rise and global warming sets into full motion in the coming decades, there’s most likely going to be a patient demanding some critical care and attention. Of course the planet will need some attention… but maybe you will, as well. Image by Apollyon [...]

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Europe Plans to Capture Carbon and Store it to Reach Climate Goals

Monday, March 31, 2008

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CO2 emissions are a real concern. The environmental problems that emissions cause are many, the solutions are few and not very satisfying. What carbon capture and storage might look like. Image via co2storage.org.uk If we were to speak long term (really, really long term), we’d need better energy [...]

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I know nuclear power is bad, but…

Sunday, March 30, 2008

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..what if there was a type of nuclear power that: Three Mile Island Nuclear power Station. Image By US Government

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