A question raised by scientists four months ago—whether 2005 would be the planet’s warmest year on record—has now been answered: almost. From BBC News, Dec 15: 2005 warmest on record in north This year has been the warmest on record… Read more2005: north hemisphere’s warmest year on record
So global warming is just a myth, eh? Somebody forgot to tell the frogs. From the Washington Post, Jan. 12: Study: Global warming killing frog species Rising temperatures are responsible for pushing dozens of frog species to extinction in the… Read moreMeanwhile, the frogs are dying…
This may be bad news for Detroit, but given fast-growing evidence of global climate destabilization, it’s damn good news for the rest of us. From the New York Times Nov. 2: DETROIT, Nov. 1 – October, which is the start… Read moreGlimmer of hope: SUV sales down
While the idiot left is busy blaming the Jews, the people who really run the planet are laughing all the way to the bank. Big oil rakes in historic profits While drivers have been paying up at the pump, profit… Read moreBig oil rakes in historic profits, keeps alternative energy off market
2005 will be the second or third warmest year globally on record. The prediction comes as climate concerns build among people in polar and low-lying areas and in the insurance and utility industries. “Whether it is second or third depends… Read more2005 warming record hinges on Siberia
More bicycles than cars were sold in the United States over the past 12 months the US Chamber of Commerce reports, with rising gas prices prompting commuters to opt for two wheels instead of four. Not since the oil crisis… Read moreBicycle sales overtake cars
The new resident reactionary on the New York Times op-ed page, John Tierney, boasts in his Aug. 23 column, entitled “The $10,000 Question,” that he has made a five-grand wager with Matthew Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert: The… Read moreOil shock: denial in the New York Times
An Aug. 11 story from NewScientist.com notes recent findings by scientists that the world’s largest frozen peat bog is melting. An area stretching for a million square kilometres across the permafrost of western Siberia is turning into a mass of… Read moreSiberian permafrost melting
The annual Hiroshima Peace Declaration, delivered this year by the city’s Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, explicitly calls the nuclear powers to task for not living up to their committments under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The historic 60th anniversary of the dawn of… Read moreHiroshima Peace Declaration: nuclear powers “jeopardize human survival”
From Scientific American, Aug. 4: In the spring of 2002, a large chunk of the Larsen B ice shelf (LIS-B) on the Antarctic Peninsula broke off and tumbled into the Weddell Sea. A new analysis published today in the journal… Read moreAntarctic ice shelf collapse “unprecedented”
Daniel Yergin, author of the Pulitzer-winning history of the petroleum industry, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, was recently invoked by New York Times columnist Bob Herbert to drive home the point that the Persian Gulf… Read moreYergin rains on “peak oil” parade
No, we aren’t being sarcastic. The Space Shuttle “Discovery”—the first sent into flight since the Shuttle fleet was grounded following the mid-flight destruction of the “Columbia” in 2003—succeeded in docking at the International Space Station this week, but only after… Read moreNASA grounds Shuttle; outer space temporarily safe from US imperialist aggression
