Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska
Time.com
By WESLEY LOY / Anchorage – Sat Jul 18, 3:30 pm ET
A group of hunters aboard a small boat out of the tiny Alaska village of Wainwright were the first to spot what would eventually be called “the blob.” It was a dark, floating mass stretching for miles […]
Could there also be a relationship between big oil, coal and gas
and a few of the nay-saying scientists of Global Warming?
N’ahhh!!
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Emory acknowledges past issues with professor, launches investigation
By CRAIG SCHNEIDER, ALISON YOUNG
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Emory University officials said Saturday that a prominent psychiatric researcher has been accused several times in […]
updated 8:25 p.m. EDT, Tue September 23, 2008
Polar bears resort to cannibalism as Arctic ice shrinks
By Marsha Walton
CNN
(CNN) — Summer is over in the northern hemisphere, but it’s been another chilling season for researchers who study Arctic sea ice.
Disappearance of Arctic ice cover may affect storm systems, storm tracks and crops, according to researchers.
“It’s definitely […]
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Water crests over the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal as wind and rain from Hurricane Gustav pound New Orleans. (AP)
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Image: (Polar bear) Photograped by Mila Zinkova via commons.wikimedia.org
Sarah Palin: Tough on polar bears
Boston.com Staff
August 29, 2008 04:22 PM
In May, Palin said she would sue the federal government after it declared polar bears an endangered species. Here’s what the Anchorage Daily News reported:
She and other Alaska elected officials fear a listing will cripple oil and gas development in prime polar bear habitat off […]
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This image provided by the Byrd Polar Research Center, Columbus, Ohio, taken July 25, 2008, shows a growing giant crack and an 11-square-mile chunk of ice hemorrhaging off a prominent glacier in northern Greenland. The crack, at center, right, is seven miles long and about half a mile wide. It is about half the width […]
Bush Seeks to Limit Species Law
Plan to Help Speed
Some Development
Draws Activists’ Ire
By STEPHEN POWER
WALL STREET JOURNAL
August 12, 2008; Page A3
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is proposing to reduce the environmental reviews federal agencies must undertake as part of the Endangered Species Act.
The proposal could speed up commercial development, but environmentalists said the changes could threaten […]
No Questions On Global Warming Asked At CNN’s Coal Industry-Sponsored Presidential Debates
In Democratic presidential debate last night, CNN once again failed to ask any questions about global warming(promo is also here).Perhaps not surprisingly, last night’s debate was sponsored by the coal front group Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC).
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sej.org & Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette
Bolton On Global Warming Conference: ‘If Anyone’s Isolated Here, It’s Al Gore’
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Recently, former Vice President Al Gore — to “rapturous” applause — slammed the Bush administration for being “principally responsible for obstructing progress in Bali” by opposing mandatory greenhouse gas caps.
Yesterday on Fox News, former U.N. ambassador John Bolton criticized Gore, claiming that he is […]
For those who are too young, this is a big deal. MY WEEKLY READER devoted more than a few 1950s’ articles to the search. It was the Holy Grail of the period.
Now the very life of the History Channel series–ICE ROAD TRUCKERS–is truly staring at the abyss of cancellation.
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By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Writer […]