Attack of the Jellyfish!
on Nov 16, 2009 in Energy/Climate National Politics global warming Jellyfish In case rising sea levels, record droughts, heat waves, and category 5 hurricanes aren’t reason enough to prevent catastrophic global warming, there’s always the alarming possibility of Jellyfish being our newest delicacy.  Article. R...

Deal at Copenhagen Delayed
on Nov 15, 2009 in Energy/Climate National Politics Climate Change Copenhagen international negotiations They had all but said it directly, but now they have.  Copenhagen has changed from the final deadline for a treaty to a stepping stone for a treaty next year.  Obviously delay is always bad, especially when emissions need need start being cut as so...

Endangered Wooded Hillock Story in the Washington Post
on Nov 15, 2009 in University of Maryland environment Wooded Hillock The fight to save the last remaining acres of forest on the University of Maryland campus has been going on for quite some time now.  When it surfaced that the University was planning to develop on the woodlands by relocating some facilities there t...

Record High Temperatures outpace Record Lows
on Nov 14, 2009 in Energy/Climate global warming Aside from statisticians rejecting global cooling, this has got to be one of the most damning sets of temperature data that I’ve ever seen.  Article is re-printed below. Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across U.S. November 12,...

Copenhagen/International Updates
on Nov 13, 2009 in Energy/Climate National Politics Climate Change Copenhagen international negotiations U.S. considers backing interim international climate agreement-  “The scaled-back strategy is driven largely by the realities of domestic politics: The administration is hampered in making an international deal because Congress has not passed...

Carbon Sequestering Rock
on Nov 12, 2009 in Energy/Climate Climate Change peridotite sequestration Sometimes it’s nice to take a break from the mind numbing politics of preventing catastrophic climate change, and check out possible technological and scientific solutions.  I’ve never read about this one before, and I thought it was uni...

Coal Front Group “Hijacks Veterans, Dishonors Veterans Day”
on Nov 11, 2009 in Energy/Climate National Politics ACCCE Climate Change coal Operation Free VoteVets This is according to Veteran Richard Allen Smith, a member of the group VoteVets and Operation Free, in response to an e-mail sent out by ACCCE, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, which reads “Greetings! With Veterans Day around...

What would Failure at Copenhagen Mean?
on Nov 11, 2009 in Energy/Climate National Politics Climate Change Copenhagen international negotiations This piece in Scientific American by Douglas Fischer does a great job of exploring a bunch of angles to the international negotiations taking place in Copenhagen this December, and what they mean for preventing catastrophic climate change.  Notable...

Senator Kerry Destroys AEI Shill
on Nov 10, 2009 in Energy/Climate National Politics Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act Climate Change John Kerry I wish all the climate bill opponents would get this kind of rebuttal.

President of the Maldives Continues to Lead
on Nov 10, 2009 in Energy/Climate National Politics Climate Change Maldives Here’s the text of a speech by President Nasheed of the Maldives, calling for action on climate yet again, and for both developing and developed countries to up the ante for Copenhagen.   Address by His Excellency President Nasheed at the...