When considering the impacts of CO2 pollution, it’s not just extreme weather events that we should be concerned about.
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Thomas Friedman makes a good case for showing some urgency in addressing the causes of our recent climatic extremes. Remember the first rule of global warming. The way it unfolds is really “global weirding.” The weather gets weird: the hots get hotter; the wets wetter; and the dries get drier. This is not a . . . → Read More: Is it weird enough for you yet? The United States Department of Agriculture has confirmed in recent studies that in the northern US, the pollen season is “lasting anywhere from 13 days to 27 days longer than it had lasted in 1995.” Remember the good old days when you only got the “spring sniffles” for a few weeks as the new . . . → Read More: Climate Change, “Up Close and Personal” Author and Post Carbon Institute Fellow Richard Heinberg writes that the current debt limit showdown is actually less important than a larger fundamental trend that few national leaders are acknowledging. The even bigger, and most important, context is that we are entering a new historic era. Oil prices are high due to the ongoing . . . → Read More: Rethinking the economy The author of the Economix blog from the New York Times points out the multiple benefits of encouraging Americans to replace at least some driving miles with biking miles. Bicycle use is good for both people and the planet. In a country afflicted by obesity and inactivity, people who get moving become healthier. Riding . . . → Read More: The Bicycle Dividend Short answer: it’s complicated. But it’s a question worth asking when April set records for the most tornadoes in a month and in 24 hours. One expert puts it this way: The atmosphere was explosively unstable with summerlike heat and humidity, interacting with a classic wind shear setup as a strong jet stream and . . . → Read More: Is there a link between this year’s violent weather and global warming? The following is a copy of a guest editorial in the May 6-19, 2011 York Independent (http://www.yorkindependent.net/) written by YEEC member Victoria Simon. In a publication titled “Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?” the National Priorities Project informs us that environment, energy and science receive 3 cents for every tax dollar. That includes research . . . → Read More: Working to make clean energy a top local priority  Comments are closed  Climate change, Energy conservation, Environmental regulations, Recycling, Solar energy Notice of the following event was forwarded by YEEC member Dorothy Healy: Exploring Faith & Sustainability in an Age of Climate Change For people of faith who care about protecting life on the planet Explore the growing ethical challenges posed by climate change & how we respond Learn how faith traditions act . . . → Read More: April 9 conference: taking action on climate change 2010 tied with 2005 as the warmest year since records began in 1880. The year 2010 was tied with 2005 as Earth’s warmest year in history, according to separate calculations performed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Temperatures during 2010 were 1.12°F (0.62°C) above the 20th century average. Reliable global . . . → Read More: 2010 tied with 2005 for warmest year on record Fascinating graphic history of atmospheric carbon dioxide from 800,000 years before present until January, 2009. View full screen to read titles. See http://carbontracker.noaa.gov for more information on the global carbon . . . → Read More: Time history of atmospheric CO2  |
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