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A couple of pieces to review regarding global warming

Posted By mike On September 7, 2010 @ 11:05 am In News, Politics, Connect the Dots, Small Foot Print, Global Warming | 1 Comment

[1] Dahr Jamail has a piece on the threat of Erika Blumenfield (c) 2010global warming on Truthout.   Erika Blumenfeld is the photographer for the Jamail piece and has done a great job of capturing the devastation of the BP gusher in the Gulf.  Here is a link to a sample of Blumenfeld photography called [2] The Polar Project.  

That’s a Blumenfeld photo to the right of an iceberg calved from Antarctica.

[3] Climate Progress has this piece: Newark Star Ledger Editorial Board - Face facts: Climate change is unfolding as predicted. It’s worth a couple of minutes to read.

Finally, we have Bill McKibben calling for [4] direct action.  Grist has that piece.

Here are some facts from the Dahr Jamail piece.  And noting that Jamail is reporting on the work of [5] Derrick Jensen.

Read’em and weep.

[6] clipped from [7] www.truth-out.org

Life vs. Productivity: “What Would You Live and Die to Protect?”

Here are some recent headlines from this summer:

  • Greenland Ice Sheet loses 100 square miles, biggest loss since 1962 (Aug. 2010)
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  • Russia’s drought-driven halt to wheat exports panics world grain markets (Aug. 2010)
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  • Pakistan’s worst flood in recorded history claims some 1,100 lives (July, 2010)
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  • International study confirms accelerating warming trend (July, 2010)
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  • Rapid decline in phytoplankton population stuns scientists (July, 2010)
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  • Flash floods seen increasing as Milwaukee gets eight inches in two hours (July, 2010)
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  • �Senate climate bill collapses (July, 2010)
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  • Coral reef deaths soar in record ocean heat (July, 2010)
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  • First half of 2010 was hottest such period on record (July, 2010)
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  • Carbon lobby launches “CO2 is Green” campaign (July, 2010)
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  • Massive Greenland glacier retreats one mile in one night (July, 2010)
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  • Military declares climate change “a catalyst for conflict” (June, 2010)
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    [1] Dahr Jamail has a piece: http://www.truth-out.org/life-vs-productivity-what-would-you-live-and-die-protec
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    [2] The Polar Project.  : http://thepolarproject.erikablumenfeld.com/
    [3] Climate Progress has this piece:: http://climateprogress.org/2010/09/06/newark-star-ledger-climate-change-is-unfol
    ding-as-predicted/
    [4] direct action: http://www.grist.org/article/2010-09-05-call-for-direct-action-in-climate-moveme
    nt-we-need-your-ideas/
    [5] Derrick Jensen: http://www.derrickjensen.org/
    [6] Image: http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/
    [7] www.truth-out.org: http://www.truth-out.org/life-vs-productivity-what-would-you-live-and-die-protec
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    [8] Image: http://clipmarks.com/share/F8BDA77F-520F-44FD-AD73-055B9747C33C/blog/

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