A.P.P.L.E. Center Water Panel Well Attended
The Nevada City Hall Council Chamber was full to overflowing for last night’s “Water: A Panel Discussion,” sponsored by the A.P.P.L.E Center for Sustainable Living. Let there be no doubt about the passionate interest in water issues among the citizens of Nevada County, nor about the catalytic role that the Sustainability Center is playing in [...]
Who’s Polluting the Climate Conversation?
Published by Yes! Magazine on December 1, 2009
Money, think tanks, and the scientists-for-hire behind the doubt and denial.
by James Hoggan
Scientists now warn that climate change is happening faster, and is a bigger threat, than they predicted just a few years ago. Yet the number of Americans who believe climate change is occurring at all is decreasing. [...]
Climate October Surprise?
Here’s an interesting excerpt from Thom Hartmann’s blog today:
“Could climate change be a thing of violent swiftness? New research indicates it took only months for Europe to freeze solid 12,800 years ago. This new analysis is showing that Europe froze not in a decade-as previously thought from analysis of Greenland ice cores-but in less than [...]
Wonderful Images from the 350.org Campaign
The pictures from the 350.org campaign continue to roll in from around the world.
This is what planetary consciousness looks like.
To see the slide show, click on the image of Yosemite below:
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Economist: Saving the Planet is Very Affordable
Eban Goodstein, an economist and professor at Bard College, along with two of his co-authors of their recent in-depth study of the costs of climate stabilization, has an interesting editorial in today’s Washington Post: “We can afford to save the planet.”
In the editorial, professor Goodstein says:
Some have argued that the worrisome climate news is that the cost [...]
Local “350.org” Event is Part of Unified Global Climate Action
A local event tomorrow, the farmers harvest celebration at the old Alpha Building on 210 Broad Street in Nevada City, from 5pm til 9pm, will include a group photo for inclusion in the worldwide “350.org” campaign, which grew out of the successful 2007 Step It Up campaign founded by Bill McKibben and friends.
What is the [...]
Who Really Toppled Van Jones?
The dominant media narrative seems to be that Glenn Beck got retribution against Color of Change cofounder Van Jones after that organization led a successful campaign to drive advertisers away from the conservative talking head’s Fox News show.
The real backstory is quite different, and even more interesting.
The elements of the case against Jones — pushed [...]
Book Review — The End of the Long Summer
Dianne Dumanoski, in her book, “The End of the Long Summer: Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth,” writes with great breadth and depth about what she calls the planetary era. Since the beginning of this era, in the middle of the twentieth century, it has become clear that man-made [...]
What Do Global Warming and a Dysfunctional Health Care System Have in Common?
David Fahrenthold, writing in the Washington Post today (“Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate“) takes environmentalists to task for — essentially — the poor production values of their rallies and public demonstrations:
ATHENS, Ohio — The oil lobby was sponsoring rallies with free lunches, free concerts and speeches warning that a climate-change bill could ravage [...]
