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Tag Archives: climate change
Is Anybody Listening? Voter Apathy on Climate Change
American media should be ashamed! Here we are, facing an unparalleled survival crisis, yet the absence of climate change from Thursday’s Democrat debate. (No opportunity for discussing the Green New Deal.) Then there is the apathy of many Americans. Three … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Arctic, Arctic meltdown, climate change, climate crisis, Democratic debate, Donald Trump, environment, globalwarming, Naomi Klein
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Coming to Our Senses
Do you remember any of those asteroid disaster movies? Depending on how you do the counting, there were at least seven of these goosebump films, assuring you nightly bouts with insomnia. One of my favorites has to be Meteor (1979), … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative für Deutschland, Antarctica, Arctic, climate change, climatologists, climatology, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Donald Trump, European Institue of Climate and Energy, Global Warming, Green New Deal, gulf Stream, Heartland Institute, Humboldt current, long range weather forecasts, long ranger weather forecasts, meterologists, meterology, Petition Project, Pew Research Center, United Nations
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Expanding the energy portfolio: Utilities awaken
Every month our local power cooperstive, Blue Grass Energy, sends us its superbly put together magazine, Kentucky Living, filled with helpful tips on home maintenance, gardening, recipes, recommended books, regional activities, events, etc. With all its feel good staples, it’s … Continue reading
After we Murder Nature, then What?
After we murder Nature, then what? I know some of you may think this a dubious assumption as to possibility, and I would be among you–that is, until recently. As is, Nature has atrophied and we live increasingly in asphalt environments, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Reflections
Tagged biodiversity, climate change, diversity, Edward O. Wilson, environment, Nigeria, population growth, rain forest
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Places to see before they disappear
The other day I perused the well-stocked magazine rack at my local Kroger and surprisingly came across a special Newsweek issue intriguingly entitled, “100 Places to Explore Before They Disappear.” Teeming with stunning photography you’re accustomed to seeing in magazines … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Sur, climate, climate change, Global Warming, Kauai, Key West, New Jersey Shore, New York
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Convincing meteorologists that climate change is real
You can see from the above photo the challenge our president faces in convincing, of all people, our meteorologists, that climate change isn’t simply cyclic, but ongoing, posing devastating consequences for America, with no region spared. Further, we humans are … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Politics, Reflections
Tagged climate change, Meteorologists, President Obama
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Climate Change: Can we win the fight?
We just celebrated Earth Day on April 22, an annual fête of huge importance for those of us wanting to increase the public’s awareness of the challenge of climate change, and our substantial human contribution to it, and ways we … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, People, Politics, Reflections
Tagged climate, climate change, divestment, environment, fossil fuel divestment, Gary Peters, Global Warming, Harvard University, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Keystone XL, Koch brothers, Obama, Sierra Club, sit-ins, Vietnam
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The UN Panel Report on Global Warming: Is anyone Listening?
If you’ve been keeping up with news about the environment, you’re perhaps aware of this week’s biggest news event, not the elusive search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, or the status quo of Ukraine, or the achieved pinnacle of 7 … Continue reading
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Tagged California, climate change, coal, environment, Global Warming, golf courses, kcoal, Kentucky, UN Panel Report, United Nation
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A new rhythm that imperils: reflections on global warming
We owe our existence to it, yet we give it little heed, since it’s always there for us. In my science classes we called it natural law, the material rules of nature that lie behind the structure and behavior of … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, African elephant, climate change, environment, Impacts and Indicators, Japan, Kentucky, Water resources
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Reflections on Spring’s delicate weave
Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like lightnings … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, environment, Global Warming, seasons, spring
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