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Fossil Fueled Republicans and The Six Myths About Climate Change that Liberals Rarely Question

  

In my final post in the Holiday Smorgasbord series, I want to share two articles that are each directed at (and finding fault with) different ends of the political spectrum. I don’t think the point of either of these articles is to demonize individuals who embrace either conservatism or liberalism, but rather to point out that in general we are not being served by the mainstream political discourse from either perspective. I find these articles…

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Added by David MacLeod on November 30, 2014 at 2:32pm — No Comments

A Holiday Smorgasbord Part 1: Climate Change and Pacific Northwest Glaciers

I’m giving thanks that there are so many good sources of information available on the current state of affairs regarding climate, energy, and the environment. Unfortunately most are not showing up in the mainstream media, so we have to search them out.

On a long Thanksgiving weekend, many of us tend to eat a lot, shop a lot, and then veg out in front of ball games or other distractions.

For the next few days I’ll be providing an alternative to how you spend some of your holiday…

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Added by David MacLeod on November 26, 2014 at 3:37pm — No Comments

Watching the Watchdogs: 10 Years of the IEA World Energy Outlook

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Added by David MacLeod on November 14, 2014 at 6:21pm — No Comments

Crank It Down

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I read two related posts today that I wanted to pass on.  The first is John Michael Greer’s latest, which he calls The Beginning of the World.  He begins by discussing the Mayan calendar, and all of the myriad failed predictions, from apocalypse to a…

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Added by David MacLeod on December 28, 2012 at 12:31pm — 1 Comment

Responses to Bill McKibben

This is a continuation of Thursday’s post, “Global. Warming.” We left off discussing Bill McKibben’s phenomenally popular article for Rolling Stone, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math.” A week ago it had already been viewed 450,000 times, and shared 100,000…

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Added by David MacLeod on August 4, 2012 at 10:30pm — 6 Comments

Global. Warming.

A Dust Bowl storm approaches Stratford, Texas ...

A Dust Bowl storm approaches Stratford, Texas in 1935. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

It sure…

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Added by David MacLeod on August 2, 2012 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Tools for Change

I am currently part of a small study group using material from the online "PDC+++" course on the "People Care" module.  Last week's class looked at why groups fail, and also discussed some communication strategies.  One of the things that came up in our discussion was when we think of…

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Added by David MacLeod on December 6, 2011 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

Bill McKibbon: Spill Baby Spill?

Spill Baby Spill?

by Bill McKibbon, 350.org



Dear friends,

The oil spreading across the Gulf is a test, pure and simple.

Think of its twisted outline as a Rorschach ink blot for a society--maybe for a whole civilization. Will we respond in ways deep enough to matter? Or will we see nothing wrong in the devastating

images of the oil slick, and continue on this path of…

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Added by David MacLeod on May 1, 2010 at 10:22pm — No Comments

People too overwhelmed to act on climate change, say leading scientists

Article from: Agence



This article shows us we need to engage people in new and creative ways on this issue, so they don't give up and disengage. Hopefully the Transition approach will be found useful in this regard! - David



SCIENTISTS say they are haunted by the failure to convey to the world just how close Earth is to climate catastrophe.



Top researchers who gathered in Copenhagen for a climate change conference said they were worried that people could… Continue

Added by David MacLeod on March 19, 2009 at 12:25pm — 2 Comments

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