North Korea notoriously test-fired at least seven missiles July 4—although the intercontinental Taepodong-2, which we were told could reach parts of the Western US, failed less than a minute after launch, falling into the Sea of Japan, along with the… Read moreJuly 4th fireworks threaten life on Earth
From AFP, June 7 via Spacewar: A new world war involving nuclear weapons may have already begun, Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday, warning that an attack on Iran would be disastrous. Mahathir said that bloodshed in Iraq… Read moreMalaysia’s Mahathir: “World War 4” looms
The Bush administration has just upped the ante on turning federally-administrated public lands over to corporate interests. Previously, they had just pushed to expand timber, oil and mineral lease rights, citing the energy crunch and need for “energy independence” due… Read moreBush seeks privatization of national forests
A good thing we all know global warming is only a myth. From MSNBC, May 2: BEIJING — Glaciers covering China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau are shrinking by 7 percent a year due to global warming and the environmental consequences may be… Read moreTibet: glaciers melting fast
From AP, May 3: Sonar tied to deaths of 400 dolphins? Zanzibar scientists look for clues; U.S. Navy task force in area ZANZIBAR – Scientists are studying the remains of some of the 400 dolphins that washed up dead on… Read moreMeanwhile, the dolphins are dying…
This is just about the most insidious thing the Bush boys are doing—because while plans to bomb Iran at least spark headlines and outrage, plans to bomb the Moon languish in the back pages of the newspapers, and even many… Read moreBush plans bombardment of Moon
This one isn’t a joke, tho we wish it was. Another entry in the fast-mounting signs of global ecological collapse. From AP, March 31: WASHINGTON – A one-two punch of bleaching from record hot water followed by disease has killed… Read moreMeanwhile, the coral is dying…
Six meters is almost 20 feet. From The Guardian, March 25: Half of Greenland and vast areas of Antarctica are destined to melt if global warming continues at the same pace until the end of the century, scientists warned on… Read moreStudy: half of Greenland could melt
From the New York Times, March 15: Ice Retreats in Arctic for 2nd Year; Some Fear Most of It Will Vanish For the second year in a row, the cloak of sea ice on the Arctic Ocean failed to grow… Read moreArctic ice disappearing fast
With all the global horrors in the headlines, this one barely grabbed any attention. Ironically, our attention is distracted precisely by the Middle East instability being used to justify the expansion of oil exploitation on Alaska’s public lands. From MarketWatch,… Read moreBP battles Alaska oil spill
Did anyone catch this one? The headline from Canada’s Global National reads “Protecting Canada’s Arctic sovereignty.” Protecting it from whom? Well, it turns out Washington was peeved by Ottawa’s highly symbolic dispatchal of armed icebreakers up to the Northwest Passage,… Read moreCanada asserts sovereignty over Northwest Passage; unsubtle message to Washington
Readers will recall that this is the same James E. Hansen who was threatened with "dire consequences" from the Bush administration's ideological enforcers at NASA if he continued to call for action to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. From the… Read moreGreenland ice cap melting fast: satellite data
