Doing the (Highly Depressing) Math
Bill McKibben in New York City on the Do The Math tour As you probably already know/expect, there is no such thing as good pollution. Unfortunately, however, it takes only an elementary grasp of mathematics to comprehend the disturbing magnitude [...]
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Dear Mr. President, #NoKXL
Nearly one year ago today, President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton announced that they would delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline until further environmental impact studies could be reviewed (read: until after the election). With inauguration day just [...]
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2012 Hottest on Record in the U.S., No Relief In Sight Globally
Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images We’ve been keeping track all year of how curious the weather has been, so it’s of little surprise that NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center this week made it official: 2012 was the hottest year on record in the [...]
Tags: Australia, Bill McKibben, Blaine Skrainka, Climate Change, extreme weather, Global Warming, Heatwave, NOAA, record temperatures, The Wild Magazine, United States, world
Protesters Demand “No KXL!”
For advocates of action on climate change, the science is settled — the time to move is now. For the second time in 13 months, thousands took to the streets surrounding the White House calling on President Obama to nix [...]
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The future is now. And it is hot.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today released new data showing that last month was the hottest July ever recorded, with temperatures in the contiguous United States coming in at 3.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average. The heat [...]
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