Global Warming

On thinner ice

New photography project provides stark proof of melting glaciers on the roof of the world 0
Posted 23 hours, 11 minutes ago Global warming is melting 18,000 Himalayan glaciers. Mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears has a new video comparing glacier images from the “roof of the world.”
Uber-ironic 1962 ad touts oil’s ability to melt glaciers! 0
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The U.S. Chamber needs to get its story straight 0
Posted 2 days, 22 hours ago The U.S. Chamber seems to be going to great lengths these days persuade Congress that it really wants to help pass climate legislation. But a very different message is coming through its blogs, tweets, and unscripted comments.
NASA reports hottest June to October on record 0
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Record high temperatures far outpace record lows across U.S. 0
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Veterans Day, 2029 0
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Placemakers

A surprising sneak peek at the clothesline revolution 31
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago Alexander Lee travels the country evangelizing the merits of clotheslines through his organization, Project Laundry List. He says the humble laundry tool can have a real impact on climate and energy -- he'd even like to see one at the White House. So why are so many people vehemently opposed?
EU ewww

Europe places outcome of Copenhagen squarely on Obama 2
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago Europe now predicts that a legally binding treaty is impossible to expect in Copenhagen, and that it could take up to a full year beyond the global summit this December in order to reach a binding deal.
Is the U.S. Chamber changing its tune on climate, or just its tone? 1
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago On Tuesday, the U.S. Chamber sent a letter to Sens. Boxer and Inhofe about the climate bill. It seemed to be singing a new tune on climate policy, leading Sen. Kerry to wonder whether the letter reflects a real change in the Chamber's position.
Grace, Dignity, Climate and a New Book on Warming in the West

Climate change and God 0
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
There's a great new book out called How the West Was Warmed about responding to climate change in the Rockies.
Fashion for the Forests

Gucci Group commits to saving Indonesia’s rainforests 1
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago There’s a new fashion trend this fall: saving rainforests and preserving a livable climate.
If you have nothing better to do

The Examiner.com’s First Annual Push Poll on Global Warming 0
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Say It Ain't So, Rupert

Wall Street Journal minimizes global warming in its news coverage 1
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago In the past, before Rupert Murdoch's $5.6 billion acquisition of the Wall Street Journal, the paper was greatly respected by its peers for its news coverage, even on climate issues. This year that has changed.
WWF, Global Warming, and the Point of No Return 0
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Jon Stewart praises ‘SuperFreak’ author 5
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago On last night’s Daily Show, host Jon Stewart heaped praise on the contrarian approach to global warming taken by SuperFreakonomics author Steve Levitt, a University of Chicago economist.
So record temperatures will continue

The weak El Niño appears to be strengthening 0
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Caldeira — “To talk about global cooling at the end of the hottest decade the planet has experienced in many thousands of years is ridiculous.” Levitt “said he does not believe there is a cooling trend”

Statisticians reject global cooling 0
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Mass. religious, environmental leaders beseech Obama to take action

WWLD: What Would Lincoln Do? 2
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago Conjuring images of another world leader faced with a profound moral challenge, Massachusetts religious and environmental leaders call upon Obama to act on climate quickly.
“Global cooling” scam debunked yet again 17
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago You've probably heard the conservative argument that the globe is actually cooling, not warming. In fact, you've probably heard it 58 gazillion times.
A whole new world

New interactive map shows devastating effects of global temperature rise 0
Posted 4 weeks, 1 day ago No need to waste your money on the new apocalyptic thrillers coming soon to theaters. A new world map released Thursday by the British government, and unveiled at the Science Museum in London, provides plenty of real life doom and gloom -- and it's free!