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A rig located just west of where the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank last April, killing eleven workers and subsequently releasing millions of barrels of oil and gas into the gulf.

Continue Reading News Break: Offshore Rig Explodes Off Louisiana Coast

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Rob Miller, managing director of the Rhoda Group, gave a talk called A Really Inconvenient Truth last year at the Hillside Club in Berkeley, California. In this clip he discusses the four scenarios of action vs. inaction in the face of climate change. He also talks about how many of the projections from the IPCC’s fourth assessment report are conservative given empirical evidence of current climate change. At the end of his discussion, (the full lecture is available on Fora.tv) Miller offers a way forward for individuals and business in grappling with the risk and reality of global warming.

Continue Reading Global Warming: To Act or Not to Act

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Harold Shapiro of the InterAcademy council offers his report to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonRecommendations are for managerial reform, not on climate science and assessment reports

The Amsterdam-based InterAcademy Council (IAC), a global organization of the world’s science academies, released a comprehensive report yesterday reviewing the processes and procedures of the embattled Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Continue Reading Fundamental Management Reforms Recommended for IPCC Climate Panel

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Environmental headlines for the past week GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:

Continue Reading Environmental News Wrap – August 24-30: Unmistakable Signs of Warming, China’s Future, Eggs, Natural Gas, and more…

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The "Joe Millers of the world" a deer in the headlightsBy Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
(reposted with permission)

Joe Miller, Sarah Palin’s choice candidate for one of Alaska’s Senate seats, does not believe in climate change. That didn’t bother Alaska voters this week as Miller bested Senator Lisa Murkowski in the state’s Republican primary. If that weren’t worrisome enough, it also emerged that the fossil fuel industry spent eight times more than environmental groups on lobbying in 2009, the year the House passed the climate change bill. It’s been a bad year already for environmental causes, and as the November election edges closer, progressives might want to start working overtime to regain momentum on climate and energy issues.

Continue Reading Weekly Mulch from the Media Consortium: Fighting the Joe Millers of the World – Climate Denial, Politics, and Progress

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Obama swims in the Gulf - but is he just treading water?To be certain, this article is late, and one hopes not too late. To begin with, a lot of folks were likely overjoyed to see the President happily swimming and splashing in the Gulf of Mexico with his daughter Sasha.

Continue Reading Messages from the Gulf: Come on In, The Water’s Fine!

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Education in sustainability is a key puzzle piece for the futureSustainable educational programs impart invaluable skills that can enhance an individual’s marketability and help to forge a greener world.

Educating people about sustainability is important because studies show that although most would like to do something about climate change, many do not know how. A sustainable education can help to bring people’s actions into line with their values.

Continue Reading Sustainable Education Transforms the Students of Today into the Leaders of Tomorrow

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Asian Carp, Obama and Offshore Drilling, Understanding Energy Consumption, and more...GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:

  • Asian Carp are invading the Great Lakes of America, threatening to replace existing fish populations. In Chicago, the government is being sued over not protecting the lakes from this invader enough.

Continue Reading Environmental News Wrap Aug. 18-23: Asian Carp, Obama and Offshore Drilling, Understanding Energy Consumption, and more…

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Devastated Pakistanis dealing with extreme floodingThe ongoing devastation in Pakistan from recent flooding has now swamped one-fifth of the nation. Twenty million people, more than ten percent of the country’s population, are left homeless and in danger of contracting diseases such as cholera and other waterborne ailments. As of last Friday, at least 1500 have died from the flooding and millions are in danger of starving if relief doesn’t come soon. And as we in America twitter away our attention on the political posturing of the so-called “thought” leaders on imaginary threats – Sarah Palin’s mindless tweets notwithstanding – the threat from such extreme climate-related events on global security looms large in one of the most dangerous corners of the world.

Continue Reading Pakistan Floods, Climate Change, and Global Security

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There is a "green fog" obscuring the reality of energy efficiency, the oil in the Gulf, and from mainstream marketingBy Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
(reposted with permission)

Yesterday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) took Obama administration officials to task for encouraging Americans to believe that the majority of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico had dispersed.

Continue Reading Weekly Mulch from the Media Consortium: Green Daydreams vs. Reality – No Oil in the Gulf, Energy Efficiency, and the “Green Fog”