Author: postMigrator

Some interesting observations here…i have been giving alot of thought
over the years to the impacts of global warming on the characteristics of
severe thunderstorms & severe thunderstorm outbreaks, & thus far have
drawn only 1 fairly certain conclusion:

GET USED TO IT!

The nature of building construction is going to have to change ASAP…for
EVERYONE-not just those privileged enough to “afford” it. Along w/ energy
efficiency, storm-proofing will be as critical in places like the eastern
2/3 of the country (hell-EVERYWHERE) as earthquake-proofing building
standards are on the West Coast. It is rapidly becoming an issue of
disaster preparedness & public health-w/ all its racist & classist
implications…

A. Storm Tracker

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Rachel’s Democracy & Health News #959
Thursday, May 15, 2008

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THE CARBON CAPTURE JUGGERNAUT ROLLS ON

The coal, oil, automobile, railroad and electric power industries are
planning to “solve” the global warming problem by capturing carbon
dioxide (CO2) and burying it a mile underground, hoping it will stay
there forever. The plan is called CCS, short for “carbon capture and storage” (or sometimes “carbon capture and sequestration”).

Emitting CO2 into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) is thought to be the main human contribution to global warming.

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Charles urges forest logging halt

Prince Charles said there needed to be rewards for preserving the rainforest

The halting of logging in the world’s rainforests is the single greatest solution to climate change, Prince Charles has said.

He called for a mechanism to be devised to pay poor countries to prevent them felling their rainforests.

The prince told the BBC that the forests provided the earth’s “air conditioning system”.

He said it was “crazy” the rainforests were worth more “dead than alive” to some of the world’s poorest people.

The world’s forests store carbon in their wood and in their soils.

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Published on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 by The Chicago Tribune
US Using Food Crisis To Boost Bio-Engineered Crops
by Stephen J. Hedges

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration has slipped a controversial ingredient into the $770 million aid package it recently proposed to ease the world food crisis, adding language that would promote the use of genetically modified crops in food-deprived countries.0514 03 1

The value of genetically modified, or bio-engineered, food is an intensely disputed issue in the U.S. and in Europe, where many countries have banned foods made from genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

Proponents say that GMO crops can result in higher yields from plants that are hardier in harsh climates, like those found in hungry African nations.

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