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We Wish | James Howard Kunstler
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust April 29, 2013 Wishful thinking now runs so thick and deep across the USA that our hopes for a credible future are being drowned in a tidal wave of yellow smiley-face stories recklessly issued by institutions that ought to know better. A case in point is the Charles C. Mann's tragically dumb cover story in the current Atlantic magazine -- "WE ...
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Waters Off Northeast US Coast Unusually Warm, Says NOAA | Eoin O'Carroll
Sea surface temperatures on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf reached the highest recorded in 150 years, says an advisory issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A lobsterman returns an undersized lobster while checking traps in Mount Desert, Maine, in May 2012. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP/File) April 26, 2013 (Christian Science Monitor) -- From North Carolina to Maine, the wa...
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Predator Scorecard: Sharks: 7, Humans: 50-100 Million | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Feb. 28, 2013 “Our human blind spot is how we treat animals, and by extension, our only home: planet earth.” - Sue Coe It’s the type of story the mainstream media just can’t resist: “Large shark kills man in New Zealand; beach closed” (Associated Press, Feb. 27, 2013). It’s also a valuable teaching moment, re: speciesism, social condition...
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Scientists Confirm: Arctic Sea Ice 'Collapse' at Our Door | Jacob Chamberlain
Warming planet and new evidence portend future of ice-free Arctic Arctic sea ice volume in 1000s of cubic kilometers (via Robinson) Feb. 15, 2013 (CommonDreams) -- The Arctic Sea is experiencing rapid ice loss at a pace so fast that the area will soon be ice-free in warmer months, scientists confirmed in a report -- showing a collapse in total sea ice volume to one-fifth of its level in 1980. T...
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From Sea To Overfished Sea… | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Dec. 3, 2012 "The oceans of the earth are dying. This fact alone should send us reeling into the streets in displays of public grief." - Phil Rockstroh As if to sum up the violence and avarice that permeates every molecule of our dominant culture, GrindTV/Yahoo Sports recently delivered an article entitled: “Angler's 1,000-p...
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Globe Risks ‘Cataclysmic Changes’ From Warming, World Bank Says | Alex Morales
Current national pledges to reduce greenhouse gases won’t do much to change the current trajectory of temperatures, which are set to rise by about double the United Nations target of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, the scientific study e-mailed by the World Bank shows today. Universal Images Group via Getty Images Nov. 19, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- The globe risks “cataclysmic chang...
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Storm Threatens Sandy-Devastated Northeast With Chilling Rain | Brian K. Sullivan
A damaged boat sits outside a destroyed mobile home in the Paradise Park trailer park in Highlands, New Jersey, on Nov. 3, 2012. Photograph: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Nov. 5, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- A nor’easter may bring gusty winds, heavy rain and even snow this week across much of the U.S. East Coast that was hit by Hurricane Sandylast week. Winds of 45 to 55 miles (72 to 89 kilometers) per hour a...
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Sandy’s Blackouts Fall to 2.5 Million With New Jersey Worst Off | Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson
Nov. 4, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- Utility crews working around the clock restored power to more than a million homes and businesses yesterday, with New Jersey making up more than half of the 2.5 million still without electricity. By the fifth day after Hurricane Sandy struck, power companies had brought back the lights to 70 percent of the 8.5 million customers who lost it in the storm’s destructive pa...
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Sandy’s Blackouts Leave 3.5 Million Customers Lacking Power | Mark Chediak, Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson
A fourth day of blackouts for about 3.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast taxed the patience of city and state officials concerned that utilities are moving too slowly to repair the ravages of Hurricane Sandy. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Nov. 3, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- A fourth day of blackouts for about 3.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast taxed the pati...
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Sandy gives Vermont a pass | Anne Galloway
Early Tuesday morning, near Wesford, Vt. Photo credit: Sara Klemm, Burlington Free Press Oct. 30, 2012 -- (Vt. Digger) -- Vermont Emergency Management officials are reporting no widespread damage from Hurricane Sandy related flooding or high winds in Vermont. Though Sandy pummeled New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia with high winds and an ongoing storm surge, as the storm ...
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New York City floods as Sandy slams into eastern U.S. | Anna Louie Sussman and Michael Erman
The skyline of lower Manhattan sits in darkness after a preventive power outage in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said on Sunday. Credit: Reuters/Keith Bedford Oct. 30,...
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