Arctic ice cap loss accelerates
Loss of Arctic ice leaves experts stunned, the Guardian’s David Adam reports: The Arctic ice cap has collapsed at an unprecedented rate this summer and levels of sea ice in the region now stand at...
View ArticleGreenland melt anomaly
Via NASA Earth Observatory: This image shows the Greenland melt anomaly, measured as the difference between the number of days on which melting occurred in 2007 compared to the average annual melting...
View ArticleMD State Police spying scandal widens: environmental group targeted
Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) executive director Mike Tidwell writes that he, too, was listed as a “terrorist” by the Maryland State Police on their now-infamous “Case Explorer” database....
View ArticleFor Gordon Clark for Congress in Maryland’s 8th C.D.
The following email was sent to impeachment supporters in the Takoma Park area; I’ve added a video link to the campaign video mentioned in the second paragraph. ===== Dear Takoma Park Impeach Bush...
View ArticleWhite House, Congress press for improved CAFE standards
The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, enacted in 1975, requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to set fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks. But...
View ArticleWilkins Ice Bridge collapse
Image by MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. A Connecticut-sized ice shelf on the coast of Antarctica is poised to break away and float out to sea. Paul Harris of StopGlobalwarming.org: Change at...
View ArticleStill fiddling while the planet burns
On Thursday the G-8 group announced goals of no more than a 2 degree Celsius global warming, and an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050. But as the Los Angeles Times’s Jim Tankersley and Christi...
View ArticleThe greening of Van Hollen
A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) that read, in part: Thanks to your hard work, the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed 219-212 in last...
View ArticleEmergency Management, Climate Denialist Parties tied; Disaster Prevention...
So far, the Obama administration appears to be doing a good enough job with post-Sandy relief efforts that even Republican governor Chris Christie has been effusive in his appreciation. Adding to the...
View ArticleI voted for Jill Stein. Global warming is one reason why.
This Jill Stein ad only scratches the surface of the two-party pro-carbon consensus on display during the debates she was locked out of — and you know it: “We have increased oil production to the...
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