From BBC, Oct. 17 (our commentary to follow): Humanity may split into two sub-species in 100,000 years’ time as predicted by HG Wells, an expert has said. Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic… Read moreEvolutionary theorist: humanity may “split in two”
From the AP, Nov. 15: Environmentalists sued the Bush administration Tuesday for failing to produce a report on global warming’s impact on the country’s environment, economy and public health. The lawsuit seeks to compel the U.S. Climate Change Science Program… Read moreEnviros sue Bush for supressing climate data
From the UK Independent, Oct. 22, via Common Dreams: Nothing else quite like it has happened at any time in the past 10,000 years. In just over a month an entire Antarctic ice shelf, bigger than a small country, disintegrated… Read moreGlobal warming link to Antarctic ice melt: study
This is one solution that the perennially annoying Thomas Friedman didn’t advocate in his recent rant against the “petro-authoritiarians” who have got the USA by the balls. But we certainly do. From the web page of California’s Buddhist Deer Park… Read moreOctober 7: Global No Car Day
The New York Times Sept. 30 takes note of widespread conspiracy theories that the White House is manipualting oil prices: A gallon of regular gas now averages $2.33, after rising above $3 in August. But given that even the current… Read moreConspiracy theories in dropping oil prices
Perhaps some of you noticed Bill Clinton’s $15,000-a-head confab at a Midtown Manhattan Sheraton hotel last week to raise funds and awareness to tackle global poverty and climate change. Hillary, Colin Powell and even Laura Bush were all on hand…. Read moreGore stumps with “World War 4” architect Woolsey
Yeah, but they’ll probably have their own website. From BBC, Sept. 24, emphasis added: Internet’s future in 2020 debated The internet will be a thriving, low-cost network of billions of devices by 2020, says a major survey of leading technology… Read moreArmed Luddite resistance to Internet foreseen
Under the happy headline “Space Probe Slams Into Moon,” the shameless techno-boosters at Space.com note Sept. 4: A European lunar orbiter was purposely slammed into the Moon today. The high-tech spacecraft—Small Missions for Advanced Research and Technology—belongs to the European… Read moreEuro-imperialist aggression against the Moon
From Scripps Howard, Aug. 12: The vast ice cap that covers Greenland nearly three miles thick is melting faster than ever before on record, and the pace is speeding year by year, according to global climate watchers gathering data from… Read moreSatellite data: Greenland ice cap melting fast
More insidious lies from the liberal media. We all know that global warming is just a myth. So what if people make money by stating this truth? Why does the liberal media hate capitalism?* From ABC News, July 27: Making… Read moreUtilities fund global warming skeptics
Talk about your great moments in bad timing. Will we hit the much-feared $100 per barrel before the year is out? From Bloomberg, Aug. 8 (links and emphasis added): Oil traded near a three-week high in New York on concern… Read morePrudhoe Bay closure jacks up oil prices
Brian Tokar of Vermont’s Institute for Social Ecology writes: Murray Bookchin, the visionary social theorist and activist, died during the early morning of Sunday, July 30 in his home in Burlington, Vermont. During a prolific career of writing, teaching and… Read moreMurray Bookchin, visionary social theorist, dies at 85
