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DISASTERS GALORE
a worry
never used to be overly concerned mainly as we had our own hee, the AUSTRALIAN bushfires, but this year???
devestation tothe extreme, and Trump would be thinking its an average phenomenon, i would think
INCREDIBLE
it has to be far more extreme this year than former years,despite what the denier of eveything mutters,
utter devestation
and it constantly proclaims, its looking after the people
Thousands Evacuate as Wildfires Burn Up Homes and Businesses in California
Bloomberg News
October 11, 2017 8:37 AM GMT+13:00
Wildfires that tore through northern California’s iconic wine-growing regions have prompted evacuations of more than 20,000 people, killed more than a dozen people and damaged some of the most valuable vineyards and wineries in the U.S.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/phot...r&utm_term=171012&utm_campaign=climatechanged
absolutely bewidered atthis continual devestation, no matter how you look at it
and its denied to be a part of why its happening as in worse than ever geeesus
California fires: 29 killed; mayor warns Calistoga residents to flee
By Faith Karimi, Darran Simon and Jason Hanna, C
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/12/us/california-fires-updates/index.html
Clean Energy is a 'Powerful Engine of Job Opportunity'
Contrary to what EPA chief Scott Pruitt says, investing in clean energy 'is an enormous source of job creation relative to maintaining our fossil fuel economy,' says economist Bob Pollin
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20206:Clean-Energy-is-a-'Powerful-Engine-of-Job-Opportunity'
thentheres these floods, in the USA as well as WW
OK for countries that spend and make it a priority for preventative infrastructure, but lessor countries with as many people?
Tokyo Is Preparing for Floods
‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’
Japan has spent billions on an underground system to control water around the capital,
but some fear that the city is vulnerable as global warming brings more extreme weather.
A section of the underground system. Extreme rainfall, along with the potential for earthquakes and tsunamis, make Tokyo and neighboring Yokohama the riskiest metropolitan area in the world, according to a 2014 study.CreditKentaro Takahashi for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/climate/tokyo-floods.html
10 Hurricanes in 10 Weeks: With Ophelia, a 124-Year-Old Record is Matched
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/climate/hurricane-ophelia.html
Money, happiness and eternal life - Greed (2/2) | DW Documentary
DEVILS as if it will/can wait
the younger generation need answers
E.P.A. Says It Will Write a New Carbon Rule, but No One Can Say When
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/climate/epa-pruitt-climate-rule.html
This Isn’t ‘the New Normal’ for Climate Change — That Will Be Worse
What that means is that we have not, at all, arrived at a new normal. It is more like we’ve taken one step out on the plank off a pirate ship.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/why-this-isnt-the-new-normal-for-climate-change.html
odd one
but sounds like a promising action
either way damn good news
another filthy thing don the drain
In Historic Step, Banking Giant Cuts Ties With Tar Sands
Greenpeace's Keith Stewart discusses the huge step by BNP Paribas to move away from tar sands and divest from 'the dirtiest project on the planet'
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20210:In-Historic-Step,-Banking-Giant-Cuts-Ties-With-Tar-Sands
brilliant, beauty in itself
CALIFORNIA has to be the BEST STATE IN THE USA for everything
The ambitious effort to document California’s changing deserts
Ecologists catalogue bird and mammal populations as warming transforms Death Valley.
http://www.nature.com/news/the-ambitious-effort-to-document-california-s-changing-deserts-1.22799
| 1:04 | NEWS |
What Happens When Three Tons of Dead Pigs Rot in the Woods?
One of the perks of working at National Geographic is getting exclusive access to unusual scientific experiments. When researchers from Mississippi State
not good news?
Penguin Famine: Thousands of Chicks Starve to Death in Antarctica
by Josh Lowe
Only two chicks from 18,000 Adélie penguins survived in what animal campaigners called "Tarantino does 'Happy Feet'."
READ MORE >>
a worry
never used to be overly concerned mainly as we had our own hee, the AUSTRALIAN bushfires, but this year???
devestation tothe extreme, and Trump would be thinking its an average phenomenon, i would think
INCREDIBLE
it has to be far more extreme this year than former years,despite what the denier of eveything mutters,
utter devestation
and it constantly proclaims, its looking after the people
Thousands Evacuate as Wildfires Burn Up Homes and Businesses in California
Bloomberg News
October 11, 2017 8:37 AM GMT+13:00
Wildfires that tore through northern California’s iconic wine-growing regions have prompted evacuations of more than 20,000 people, killed more than a dozen people and damaged some of the most valuable vineyards and wineries in the U.S.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/phot...r&utm_term=171012&utm_campaign=climatechanged
absolutely bewidered atthis continual devestation, no matter how you look at it
and its denied to be a part of why its happening as in worse than ever geeesus
California fires: 29 killed; mayor warns Calistoga residents to flee
By Faith Karimi, Darran Simon and Jason Hanna, C
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/12/us/california-fires-updates/index.html
Clean Energy is a 'Powerful Engine of Job Opportunity'
Contrary to what EPA chief Scott Pruitt says, investing in clean energy 'is an enormous source of job creation relative to maintaining our fossil fuel economy,' says economist Bob Pollin
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20206:Clean-Energy-is-a-'Powerful-Engine-of-Job-Opportunity'
thentheres these floods, in the USA as well as WW
OK for countries that spend and make it a priority for preventative infrastructure, but lessor countries with as many people?
Tokyo Is Preparing for Floods
‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’
Japan has spent billions on an underground system to control water around the capital,
but some fear that the city is vulnerable as global warming brings more extreme weather.
A section of the underground system. Extreme rainfall, along with the potential for earthquakes and tsunamis, make Tokyo and neighboring Yokohama the riskiest metropolitan area in the world, according to a 2014 study.CreditKentaro Takahashi for The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/climate/tokyo-floods.html
10 Hurricanes in 10 Weeks: With Ophelia, a 124-Year-Old Record is Matched
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/climate/hurricane-ophelia.html
Money, happiness and eternal life - Greed (2/2) | DW Documentary
DEVILS as if it will/can wait
the younger generation need answers
E.P.A. Says It Will Write a New Carbon Rule, but No One Can Say When
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/climate/epa-pruitt-climate-rule.html
This Isn’t ‘the New Normal’ for Climate Change — That Will Be Worse
What that means is that we have not, at all, arrived at a new normal. It is more like we’ve taken one step out on the plank off a pirate ship.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/why-this-isnt-the-new-normal-for-climate-change.html
odd one
but sounds like a promising action
either way damn good news
another filthy thing don the drain
In Historic Step, Banking Giant Cuts Ties With Tar Sands
Greenpeace's Keith Stewart discusses the huge step by BNP Paribas to move away from tar sands and divest from 'the dirtiest project on the planet'
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:20210:In-Historic-Step,-Banking-Giant-Cuts-Ties-With-Tar-Sands
brilliant, beauty in itself
CALIFORNIA has to be the BEST STATE IN THE USA for everything
The ambitious effort to document California’s changing deserts
Ecologists catalogue bird and mammal populations as warming transforms Death Valley.
http://www.nature.com/news/the-ambitious-effort-to-document-california-s-changing-deserts-1.22799
| 1:04 | NEWS |
What Happens When Three Tons of Dead Pigs Rot in the Woods?
One of the perks of working at National Geographic is getting exclusive access to unusual scientific experiments. When researchers from Mississippi State
not good news?
Penguin Famine: Thousands of Chicks Starve to Death in Antarctica
by Josh Lowe
Only two chicks from 18,000 Adélie penguins survived in what animal campaigners called "Tarantino does 'Happy Feet'."
READ MORE >>