Beauty
fuckyeahfoxfriends: This may be the most beautiful fox I’ve ever seen
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Renewables work
This graphic references mostly wind energy, but Germany has made great strides with solar, too.
Continue reading →Go outdoors. Really.
americasgreatoutdoors: Fall has arrived in Lake Clark National Park. Photo: National Park Service
Continue reading →About sagebrush systems
From the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Continue reading →President Obama speaks on climate change
Since the cable news stations couldn’t be bothered to show it, watch here.
Continue reading →Oil on the Mississippi shore
Arguments about how much oil is still affecting the Gulf won’t be settled for some time, but some areas at least are still very much polluted. Witness this video from Long Beach, Mississippi. The YouTube channel by deniselngbch has more video from this area.
Continue reading →Geography
Given that so many people are still confused about the geography of the Middle East, I thought it might be helpful to post a reference map. Map of the World by Tourizm Maps © 2003.
Continue reading →On everyone’s mind today
Thinking of all those sheltering from fires in California. Best wishes to brave journalist Larry Himmel. The Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article on California’s fire, and why they’ve been burning hotter. California’s Age of Megafires
Continue reading →Congratulations, Mr. President
Well, I guess he’s transcended all that now. And congratulations also to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. They are doing great work on this subject, and the award is well-deserved. UPDATE: When thinking about what might have been, and pondering what we have instead, it’s always worth revisiting Jim Capozzola’s classic essay Al Gore and the Alpha Girls – The Enduring Power of Cliques in a Post-High-School World.
Continue reading →Global Warming – Hearing Highlights
Having listened to most of the hearing now, I think Al’s actual testimony wasn’t his best speech ever. Something about being around politicians seems to tie him up, and he gets stiff again. Plus, all the metaphorical references to “300” left me cold. But he got some zingers in during the hearing, where the skeptics were obviously out for blood, and where Inhofe, as usual, acted like a jackass. UPDATE: Oh good. MyLeftNutmegger at YouTube has the Inhofe footage. Boxer cracks me up every time I watch this, and Al looks like he’s having fun, too.
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