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Bring Back the Bears to California

Via: jerry-verlinger • Environment/Climate • 20 Comments • 8 years ago

WHO REALLY BELONGS ON CALIFORNIA’S FLAG? For years a grizzly bear has graced California’s state flag — but there hasn’t been a grizzly in the wilds of the Golden State since 1924, when...

Hotter days bring bigger wildfire challenges to West

Via: community • Environment/Climate • 2 Comments • 8 years ago

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press AP Photo/Richard Vogel...

This alien world is the hottest place on Earth

Via: community • Environment/Climate • 3 Comments • 8 years ago

Ethiopia's Danakil Depression has one of the most extreme climates found on Earth – yet even here, life has found a way. By Vivien Cumming 15 June 2016 The Sun scorches the cracked...

Nuclear Waste Leaking at ‘American Fukushima’ in Northwest

Via: kavika • Environment/Climate • 23 Comments • 8 years ago

Nuclear Waste Leaking at ‘American Fukushima’ in Northwest Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek 5/14/16 The Hanford Nuclear Reservation sits on the plains of eastern Washington,...

People In Beijing Are Buying Cans of Air From Canada

Via: hal-a-lujah • Environment/Climate • 8 Comments • 8 years ago

Source It’s an especially bad time to depend on a nose, mouth, and lungs for breathing if you’re in Beijing. While few can afford the pleasures of a leisurely...

Oil Leak From Keystone Pipeline 89 Times Worse Than Originally Thought

Via: pj • Environment/Climate • 3 Comments • 8 years ago

Oil Leak From Keystone Pipeline 89 Times Worse Than Originally Thought by Alejandro Davila Fragoso Apr 8, 2016 12:36 pm CREDIT: AP Photo/Nati...

We’ve been getting these key details about Greenland’s melting all wrong

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 17 Comments • 8 years ago

LINK : https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/04/01/for-years-weve-had-these-key-details-about-greenlands-melting-all-wrong/ We’ve been getting these key details about...

AG Lynch: DOJ Has Discussed Whether to Pursue Civil Action Against Climate Change Deniers

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 9 Comments • 8 years ago

LINK : http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/ag-lynch-doj-has-discussed-whether-pursue-legal-action-against-climate By Melanie Hunter | March 9, 2016 | 3:10 PM EST...

Supreme Court puts Obama's power plant regs on hold

Via: xxjefferson51 • Environment/Climate • 2 Comments • 8 years ago

A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday abruptly halted President Obama's controversial new power plant regulations, dealing a blow to the administration's sweeping plan to address global warming. In...

What's melting Greenland's ice sheet? Night clouds, say scientists

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 44 Comments • 8 years ago

LINK : http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0113/What-s-melting-Greenland-s-ice-sheet-Night-clouds-say-scientists Why is Greenland's ice sheet melting? Scientists say nighttime clouds act...

In Arkansas, a growing population of 'climate change refugees'

Via: bob-nelson • Environment/Climate • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

In Arkansas, a growing population of 'climate change refugees' by Story Hinckley , The Christian Science Monitor...

Volkswagen diesels are not alone

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 3 Comments • 9 years ago

LINK : http://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-four-car-makers-fail-diesel-emissions-tests-guardian-2015-10-09 Another four car makers fail diesel emissions tests: Guardian By Ciara...

Questions, answers about toxic West Coast crabs

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 10 Comments • 9 years ago

LINK : http://finance.yahoo.com/news/questions-answers-toxic-west-coast-crabs-071455359--finance.html By The Associated Press 15 hours ago . View gallery A poisonous...

BRRR ... More global warming coming our way!

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 142 Comments • 9 years ago

LINK : http://news.yahoo.com/alaska-storm-pushing-cold-air-toward-lower-us-090835038.html Alaska storm brings frigid weather to swath of US By BECKY BOHRER 6 hours ago...

The White House is preparing for catastrophic solar flares

Via: xxjefferson51 • Environment/Climate • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Twitter livefyre Email A big enough solar flare could wipe out electricity on Earth. The White House announced Thursday it wants to be ready. A big enough solar flare could wipe out electricity...

23 States Launch Legal Challenges to Obama's Carbon Rules

Via: xxjefferson51 • Environment/Climate • 1 Comments • 9 years ago

Twenty-three states said they filed a petition with a U.S. appeals court on Friday to block the Obama administration's proposal to curb carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the...

Hurricane Patricia turned out a lot like the study of climatology

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 6 Comments • 9 years ago

Hurricane Patricia turned out a lot like the study of climatology ... A big blowhard with no sustainable power . Feel free to ignore both of these fake disasters . Sure they both look so scary at...

What you need to know to understand climatology arguments

Via: petey-coober • Environment/Climate • 34 Comments • 9 years ago

The most important thing is that global warming is not really about warming . It is about a lack of nightime cooling . That is not the same thing as warming . The detection of such an effect is...

An Environmentalist Seeks Truth, Finds It In Climate Skepticism

Via: xxjefferson51 • Environment/Climate • 2 Comments • 9 years ago

David Siegel is a vegan because he believes it's better for the environment. He is a Democrat who feels strongly that governments have a role in protecting the environment. In the early 1990s, he...

$MLB suffers compound fracture during Mets - Dodgers game.$

MLB suffers compound fracture during Mets - Dodgers game.

Via: coral-atlas • Environment/Climate • 0 Comments • 9 years ago

The Dodgers wealthy & affluent franchise slid into the Mets franchise at second base and was called out. Upon replay it was determined the shortstop missed the bag although no conclusive photos...

Shocking, Scandalous New Evidence of Climate Change -- Leaving No Doubt as to Neo-Con's Glacial Melting, Which Reveals Unusual Neolithic "Finds" in Hitler's Object of Envy

Via: dowser • Environment/Climate • 34 Comments • 9 years ago

I'm trying Grump's idea for headlines... Actually, while certainly scandalous, and absolutely shocking, the Neo-Cons have little to do with the Neo-Lithic... While measured glacial melting has...

The Mercedes of the future

Via: hal-a-lujah • Environment/Climate • 7 Comments • 9 years ago

I came across this article, and I was so shocked that it is a being presented as a serious endeavor,that I had to seed it. This was actually part of a larger article showcasing alist ofother...

The Hole Truth -- Are Sinkholes man-made?

Via: dowser • Environment/Climate • 10 Comments • 9 years ago

Sinkholes form when groundwater slowly eats away calcium carbonate rocks, like limestone, forming holes in the rock. The holes grow together, so that larger chambers form, underneath the ground....

National Drinking Water Week – May 5-11

Via: dowser • Environment/Climate • 16 Comments • 9 years ago

This year, the American Water Works Association, in partnership with the CDC, the US EPA, and six other national organizations, is sponsoring National Drinking Water Week to promote awareness...

National Drinking Water Week -- What is the source of your water?

Via: dowser • Environment/Climate • 24 Comments • 9 years ago

Every drinking water supply in the US has a source-- it may be a reservoir, a river, an abandoned underground coal mine, or a ground water source. You can find the source of your drinking water...

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