ARCTIC WARMING NOW IN RUNAWAY

Alarming new report on Arctic temperature rise - article here

EARTH CLIMATE NIGHTMARE BREWING

This big spot is rather ominous. Portends what is to come. I called it correctly in my August 5th post.

100 YEARS TO SHIFT TO NON-FOSSIL FUELS: NONSENSE

It could happen almost overnight. All we need is a crisis which cuts supply or massive campaigns undertaken by governments to mandate the shift. Market forces will only resist the shift until the mega-fossil-fuel companies can introduce their alternatives to market, locking in their profits - t h e m a r k e t s a r e r i g g e d. First and foremost, 30%-40% of the waste can be cut out ... today. UC Davis study outlining the threat here

WATER - THE WARS BEGIN SOON

Human engineering has transformed the natural water reservoirs and delivery systems, and as the Earth warms due to climate change and opportunistic developers and politicians rape the last natural water resources the threat and reality of water shortages only gets worse. Map shows natural water resources above and "managed" water below (click for larger image)
- article: Billions at risk over water security here

PEAK OIL CAN DESTROY NATIONS AND ECONOMIES?

A leaked German military think-tank report speculates that peak oil will happen any day now and within 10 to 15 years it could lead to the collapse of the global economy and that nations will fall. Dramatic, eh? Big Oil crushed Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election and they have been in the driver's seat ever since in terms of United States energy policy. President Carter tried to begin the transition away from dependence on fossil fuels and instead, since that time, Big Oil has squeezed consumers for outrageous profits, created fake energy crises (California 2000 anyone?), gamed the markets (Enron, et al), and sought one last big cash-in. As I used to say while director of the Earth Day Energy Fast (1991-2007) it is all about market share. When BP, Shell, Exxon-Mobil and the Big Oil Gang can bring their green energy to market, then you'll see it. As Naomi Klein points out in her book Disaster Capitalism, the public is now gamed by and responds to calculated crises.

CLIMATE CHANGE LEADS TO AMAZON COLD SNAP

Climate change is not weather, which most people don't understand. Climate change leads to disruptions in normal patterns and creates extremes - both hot and cold - and this latest cold snap in Bolivia was well outside the bounds of historic norms and led to countless animal deaths - article here

OBAMA ADMIN STRANGELY SUBSERVIENT TO BP

This scientist's account of how the Obama administration is bending over to BP is all too common. What does BP hold over the US gov't?

WARMING SWITCHES TO HIGH-GEAR TODAY

The years-long solar minimum reduced the sun's output of energy and temporarily slowed Earth's global warming. Last year the sun had no sunspot activity (decreased solar energy output) 71% of the time, and this year the numbers reversed to 17% ... but today the sunspot number spiked up to 54 and spotless days decreased down to 16%. This is the day we transition into heightened sunspot activity, due to peak in mid-2013 if historic norms are met. By mid-2013 even the most self-interested climate-change deniers will no longer be able to sell their lies.

FINALLY, A LITTLE GOOD NEWS

For the past 2 years Europe and the U.S. have created more renewable energy capacity than fossil-fuel plants - article here

HOTTEST JUNE EVER

Global warming in runaway - as I called it in 2005 ... hottest June ever recorded

BP SPILL A WORLD-KILLING EVENT?

We've all been wondering what the US government and BP have been hiding from us. Very disturbing - article here

ARCTIC ICE MELT SPEEDS UP

article here

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time! from Craig Shimala on Vimeo.

THIS IS HOW YOU DO JOURNALISM, U.S. NEWS MEDIA

The insane rogue state of israel seems hell-bent on creating more war, and war negatively impacts the environment. US journalists have been a pretty pathetic bunch ever since media companies consolidated over the past 25 years and news departments became answerable to entertainment chiefs. The mainstream media in the US is basically a joke - to wit the response to the murderous and criminal israeli attack on the humanitarian Gaza flotilla: very little coverage, heavy tilt toward official israeli talking points and spokespeople, and very little real pressure on the White House. Here is an example of how you do it (Jon Snow from Britain's Channel 4)

ICELAND VOLCANOES TO SLOW WARMING?

It happened in the 90s when Pinatubo blew. Scientists are coming to a consensus that an active Icelandic volcanic chain is entering its high-activity phase and eruptions and ash clouds could last for decades. If these ash clouds rise high enough and have enough reflective sulfurous material, than can slow the runaway warming. Lucky break for us humans in terms of the timing. We already got a solar minimum the last couple of years. Hubs for air travel may shift west - Nantes, Madrid, and Bordeaux anyone?

EARTH TOO DRY FOR HUMANS IN 2300?

If global warming continues its runaway this could be true ... human populations would have to move, but most would simply starve. The rich would live in caves and cooler places. Article here

TRAGIC

BP / Halliburton oil spill ready to claim victims [click for large image]

HEY PENTAGON, TIME TO USE THOSE LASERS

"Worse than Exxon-Valdez" is how the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill by the BP rig is being described. [click image for large size] Too big to corral, too thin to burn much of it, too light to sink ... time to target-practice with those weaponized lasers you Pentagon brainiacs - now is your time to shine (pun intended) ... if you can hit a moving missile, you can vaporize some oil in the ocean. Do it today.

OBAMA FINALLY STOPS MOUNTAIN-TOP MINING

Greedy mining companies destroy whole mountain regions by simply pushing the part of the mountaintop they don't want into surrounding valleys. Outrageous just to think about, and Obama is putting regulations in place to bring an end to this reprehensible practice. Any officer/employee/shareholder of any company involved in this practice has committed crimes against nature. Article here

STOP EATING WHALES AND SHARKS

Japan, Iceland, Norway, and other Asian countries drive the demand for whale meat and shark fin soup. There are plenty of other dishes to eat and it is selfish, arrogant and beyond justification to keep killing these endangered animals for specialty food dishes. Order something else from the menu, you assholes. Click the image for a larger version of a screengrab of a CBS story on which nations drive the slaughter of over 70 million sharks a year

WEATHER IS NOT CLIMATE - EL NINO ONGOING

El Nino is in full swing - with global climate effects

METHANE REPORT

More bad news

and the science again confirms global warming this time around is
man-made

AMERICANS PREFER CARBON TAX

For once U.S. voters (or poll responders at least) get it right, they prefer a straight-up carbon tax to cap-n-trade: link here

THE PENTAGON AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Oh yeah, climate change isn't real, that's why The Pentagon is making it part of its long-term strategy

METHANE OVERTAKES CO2 AS A WORRY

Article here

MORE DISEASE PANDEMICS

Over 45 new diseases now afflict humans after jumping species from animals in the past 20+ years and it looks to get much worse as we continue our encroachment upon wild areas - loss of habitat is one component of the Earth in crisis

SUNSPOTS ARE COMING BACK

The long solar minimum may be coming to a close, and with it the cooling trend. In about a year or three, when the sunspot cycle is in full swing, the climate change naysayers will hopefully shut up. See Spaceweather