Just in case you think that the only people expressing concern about climate change are from the loony left, or worse still are evil terrorists seeking revenge on the capitalist system this is an interesting article. Apart from the possibility of extinction and the imminent loss of life on the planet there are those [...]
Christian Parenti, Big Storms Require Big Government Posted by Christian Parenti at 9:11am, January 26, 2012. At some basic level, climate change shouldn’t be hard to grasp. Fossil-fuel burning — the essence of our civilization since the industrial revolution — dumps prodigious amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) [...]
The Manhattan skyline as Hurricane Irene approached. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-Zuma/Rex Features Major storms could submerge New York City in next decade Sea-level rise due to climate change could cripple the city in Irene-like storm scenarios, new climate report claims reddit this Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 November 2011 18.46 GMT Article history Irene-like storms [...]
The 10 Worst Weather Disasters This Year and Why They Are Happening Surveying damage from Irene in New Jersey. Photo Credit: Agence France-Presse LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. We’ve already had 10 disasters topping $1 billion [...]
Republicans Put Wars Ahead of People SHARE 5 AP / John Bazemore Two men use a boat to explore a street flooded by Hurricane Irene in Manteo, N.C. By Bill Boyarsky Republican spending knows no limits when it comes to going into debt for failed and useless wars. But it’s another story when it comes to [...]
Debris and sand littering a road as Hurricane Irene came ashore near Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, 27 August 2011. Photograph: Reuters/Steve Nesius 5.52pm ET: My colleague Paul Harris draws my attention to this piece from Mother Jones about the status of the Rikers Island prison, which has a new pertinency as Mayor Bloomberg delivered a tough message [...]
Hurricane Irene threatens to plunge US east coast into major power blackout Hurricane Irene is left a message on a boarded-up house in Nags Head, North Carolina. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP ‘Storm of a lifetime’ puts up to 65m people in harm’s way as Obama urges Americans to take precautions reddit this Suzanne Goldenberg in [...]
