USE ME! Essentially, this is a catch all for everything. This is probably the ONLY category where things that are not directly related to Rising Tide affiliates/allies should go. For example if a coal company goes out of business (and we didn’t directly cause it) it should probably only go here.
Global Warming: Western U.S. Feels the Heat
By JOEL CONNELLY
P-I COLUMNIST
DUBOIS, Wyo.–As pilot Bruce Gordon lifts up from the
local airport, the distant perspective of the Teton Range
raises the spirits, but the unfolding sight of dying forests
sears the soul.
High-elevation white bark pines, which have endured droughts
and lightning and insect attacks in life spans as long as
1,000 years, are being killed by a tiny beetle whose numbers
were once limited by a bitter winter climate.
Here is an update on the situation with Greenpeace UK activists. I can’t
stress how important this case is. Beyond taking care of our activists
who are facing serious repercussions – this case could set ground
breaking precedent for the climate change struggle. If the court sides
with GP – that the crimes committed in the course of this action were
warranted due to the greater crime of climate destruction – this has
MAJOR implications internationally (both legally, as well as
politically). The fact that people like James Hansen (top NASA climate
scientist), Zac Goldsmith (former editor of Ecologist Mag – and adviser
to the Tory Party on environment) and more scientists all are testifying
on behalf of Greenpeace is very telling!
-Matt
Kingsnorth trial day three: world’s leading climate scientist gives
evidence
<http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/kingsnorth-day-three-trial-jim-hansen-20080903>
Posted by bex on 3 September 2008.
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National Geographic News: NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/NEWS
“Water Mafias” Put Stranglehold on Public Water Supply
Tasha Eichenseher in Stockholm, Sweden
for National Geographic News August 21, 2008
Worldwide corruption driven by mafia-like
organizations throughout water industries is
forcing the poor to pay more for basic drinking
water and sanitation services, according to a new
report.
If bribery, organized crime, embezzlement, and
other illegal activities continue, consumers and
taxpayers will pay the equivalent of U.S. $20
billion dollars over the next decade, says the
report, released this week at the World Water
Week conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
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“From 1948 to 2006, storms measured at extreme precipitation
increased 18% in the Pacific coastal states, including a 26% jump in
California, according to a 2007 analysis of federal climate data by
Environment California, an environmental group based in Los Angeles.
In the Los Angeles area, data show a 58% increase in torrential
storms.”
“”There is very little we can do effectively if it rains really hard,
except to get out of the way.”
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Wall Street Journal
September 2, 2008
Suspect: Global Warming
Beetle Infestations,
Drowning Bears;
Now, Big Mudslides
By JIM CARLTON
BIG SUR, Calif. — Add mudslides to the mix of global-warming worries.
With California’s fire season in full swing, residents in charred
areas such as the one around this bucolic resort face the prospect of
catastrophic slides on newly denuded hills when winter rains return.