The Earth is Becoming Uninhabitable, More Obvious Every Year — Part 2

July 28, 2017

The Uninhabitable Earth — When Will The Planet Be Too Hot For Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine. From an Article by David Wallace-Wells, New York Magazine, July 9, 2017 Unbreathable air — We inhale not only oxygen and nitrogen, but everything else in ambient air. The air now contains 400 parts per million [...]

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The Earth is Becoming Uninhabitable, More Obvious Every Year — Part 1

July 28, 2017

The Uninhabitable Earth When Will The Planet Be Too Hot For Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine. From an Article by David Wallace-Wells, New York Magazine, July 9, 2017 Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think This is an article in the New [...]

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Land Disturbed by Marcellus Operations Furtile Ground for Invasive Species

July 27, 2017

Invasive plant species are colonizing gas well pads From an Article by Jon Hurdle, State Impact Pennsylvania, NPR, July 24, 2017 Natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania has spurred an increase in invasive species of plants colonizing lands near well pads, according to a new study by Penn State University, which was recently published in the [...]

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Rover Pipeline Installation is Haulted in WV & OH

July 26, 2017

West Virginia DEP orders halt of Rover pipeline work From an Article by Ximena Mosqueda-Fernandez, July 24, 2017 West Virginia ordered Rover Pipeline LLC to stop construction on its 3.25-Bcf/d natural gas pipeline project due to violations of a state water permit. The state’s Department of Environmental Protection issued a cease and desist order after [...]

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‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ from Al Gore opens July 28th

July 25, 2017

Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ is arriving just when we need it From an Article by Dr. Joe Romm, Think Progress, July 20, 2017 New film tells the rollercoaster story of the climate movement and Paris agreement with humor and humanity. A decade ago, former Vice President Al Gore had one of the unlikeliest hit [...]

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Heat Waves and Extreme Heat are Killing People Worldwide

July 24, 2017

How Extreme Heat & Heatwaves Impact Public Health >>> From an Article by Climate Nexus, July 20, 2017 Exposure to extreme heat and heatwaves is already a significant public health problem and a leading cause of weather-related mortality in the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention defines extreme heat as “summertime temperatures that are [...]

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Thawing Permafrost Poses Much Greater Climate Threat Than Previously Known

July 23, 2017

Methane Seeps Out as Arctic Permafrost Starts to Resemble Swiss Cheese From an Article by Bob Berwyn, InsideClimate News, July 19, 2017 PHOTO: In parts of northern Canada’s Mackenzie River Delta, seen here by satellite, scientists are finding high levels of methane near deeply thawed pockets of permafrost. Global warming may be unleashing new sources [...]

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Science is Under Attack in the U. S. Government

July 22, 2017

I’m a scientist. I’m blowing the whistle on the Trump administration. Letter to the Editor by Joel Clement, Washington Post, July 19, 2017 NOTE: Joel Clement was director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the U.S. Interior Department until last week. He is now a senior adviser at the department’s Office of Natural Resources [...]

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Our EARTH is Becoming a Plastic Planet

July 21, 2017

A Plastic Planet: Enought to Bury Manhattan Two Miles Deep From an Article by Julie Cohen, UCSB Current, July 19, 2017 Industrial ecologist Roland Geyer measures the production, use and fate of all the plastics ever made, including synthetic fibers. Since the large-scale production of synthetic materials began in the early 1950s, humans have created [...]

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DAPL Under Review at Missouri River Crossing

July 20, 2017

Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) environmental study may take months From an Article by Blake Nicholson, Houston Chronicle (Associated Press), July 18, 2017 BISMARCK, N.D. – Additional environmental review of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline is likely to take the rest of the year to complete, U.S. officials said in court documents in which they [...]

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