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— — Note: Not everything below falls under “Current Events” — depending on how you define “Current” of course … Cheers! youtube.com/... Timestorm Films Were all only here for a short while, it’s best if we make the most of it. Wishing us all a...
by jamess
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on Sun Dec 25, 2022 at 10:06 AM PST
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— I’m of the firm conviction, that without significant Geo-Engineering Technological solutions, our modern-day energy-dependent civilization is in for a world of hurt. Due to the acceleration effects of Climate Change. As they say, a lot of those...
by jamess
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on Mon May 30, 2022 at 05:45 PM PDT
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is a true Climate Hawk and has one of the few national-level politicians with an extended record of forcefully speaking about the urgent necessity for serious climate action. One element of this record will close...
by A Siegel
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on Wed Jan 27, 2021 at 11:31 AM PST
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The United States has been through a massive roller-coaster over the past month. The events of Four Wednesdays in January have been momentous: Wednesday, January 6th: Insurrection: At the instigation of Donald Trump, insurrectionists assaulted the...
by A Siegel
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on Tue Jan 26, 2021 at 02:12 PM PST
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Amid the momentous events of today, President Biden has plans to exhaust his hand signing executive orders (note: that is a broken link as the BuildBackBetter.gov web site transferred to WhiteHouse.gov with President Biden's swearing in but the actual...
by A Siegel
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on Wed Jan 20, 2021 at 11:20 AM PST
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With over 30,000 documented lies just in his Presidency and the Big Lie central to Trump’s political power, there is one that truly stands out. A single $100,000,000,000,000 ($1T) lie — a lie that isn’t just Trump’s but permeates the...
by A Siegel
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on Sat Jan 16, 2021 at 04:14 PM PST
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Over a three-week period, the Clean Energy For Biden (CE4Biden) Clean Energy Summit has showcased dozens of proposals for consideration (and action) by the Biden-Harris transition team for action in the coming year(s). While, to be...
by A Siegel
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on Sun Nov 29, 2020 at 10:16 AM PST
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This morning, (un)Real Donald Trump tweeted out boosting a careerist who has made a fortune in propagating climate-science denialism. Once a Jim ‘snowballs disprove science’ Inhofe staffer, that careerist — Marc Morano — merits distinction as the...
by A Siegel
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on Wed Nov 25, 2020 at 09:51 AM PST
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A Must Watch, Gov Newsom: "We’re in the midst of a Climate Emergency. This is America Fast-forward." — — We’ve glimpsing the Climate Crisis future, in the last few weeks of fire storms across the West. That future is not kind. That future is not forgiving. That future is not bearable. Unless we step up and make the structural changes to...
by jamess
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on Mon Sep 14, 2020 at 09:35 AM PDT
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Regretfully, too many electrons have been burned delineating the multifaceted failings of the Jeff Gibbs written / edited / produced and Michael Moore promoted Planet of the Humans. This mockumentary (in this case, a mockery of a documentary), sadly,...
by A Siegel
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on Tue May 12, 2020 at 12:53 PM PDT
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For Earth Day, Michael Moore has released “Planet of the Humans”. Sadly, with this, Moore demonstrates how not to do a quality film about important issues. Environmental scientist Dana Nuccitelli (publications) clearly makes the case of Moore’s failure...
by A Siegel
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on Wed Apr 22, 2020 at 11:34 AM PDT
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Yesterday not a single drop of rain fell on continental Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology was unable to identify any other day where this event had happened before. It is all part of a gut wrenching pattern of unrelenting bone dry conditions, heat...
by Pakalolo
159 comments
on Tue Nov 12, 2019 at 03:47 AM PST
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For the past several years, the vaunted German automobile industry has been pelted with bad news. It was rocked by the Diesel Scandal from 2014 onwards, when German automakers installed cheat software to artificially lower emissions from diesel...
by Lawrence
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on Mon Aug 05, 2019 at 12:29 PM PDT
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The vast majority of people alive today only know a world fueled by oil. Because of its abundance and usefulness as an energy source, oil has driven industrialization of many a country, has been the key energy source in globalization, and has often...
by Lawrence
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on Wed Jul 17, 2019 at 02:53 PM PDT
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As the world goes through massive technological changes and innovations in its power supply systems, it is becoming increasingly clear that electricity from solar power will be the dominant force in the shift to renewable energy technologies. Coal,...
by Lawrence
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on Fri Jul 05, 2019 at 03:21 PM PDT
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Accomplishing the things that can easily and inexpensively be done now
The global consensus to combat rapid Climate Change has gained steam throughout much of the world over the last decade. With the general exception of those countries whose...
by Lawrence
141 comments
on Fri Jun 28, 2019 at 11:52 AM PDT
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John Prine likely gave Paradise, Kentucky, its greatest fame.
And daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking
Mister Peabody’s coal train has...
by A Siegel
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on Tue Feb 12, 2019 at 10:49 AM PST
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This morning, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey are introducing a Green New Deal resolution. This resolution lays down a clear set of markers and principles that, if (when) adopted as core to U.S. government policy for the...
by A Siegel
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on Thu Feb 07, 2019 at 06:34 AM PST
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At least some more reporters and at least some polling organizations are looking out their windows, paying attention to wildfires in California and heat waves in Australia and floods in ..., and starting to address climate change.
These...
by A Siegel
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on Wed Jan 16, 2019 at 07:29 AM PST
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Just as the military considers climate change a threat multiplier increasing risks and threats around the world, making its job(s) harder to accomplish with every passing year, so too businesses of all shapes and flavors should view climate change as a...
by A Siegel
27 comments
on Mon Jan 14, 2019 at 08:29 AM PST
with 41 Recommends
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