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Oh Wait… Extreme Weather is Connected to Global Warming? That’s not what Exxon and Peabody said….

From Snowstorms to Heat Waves, How Global Warming Causes Extreme Weather and Climate Instability
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The East Coast is struggling to recover from the massive blizzard that slammed into hundreds cities and towns from the Carolinas to Maine. The storm was a grimly fitting end to 2010, which was characterized by extreme weather from start to finish with heat waves, floods, volcanoes, blizzards, landsl

Oil Sands Boom? So Let’s Make an Oil Sands Resistance Boom! Transport hubs in Portland, Idaho and Montana. Pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific and Alberta to Texas. On the ground with frontline communities in Alberta. Other Oil Sands projects in places like Utah! It’s time to stand up and be counted!

Oil Sands to Boom: Internal Federal Report | CommonDreams.org
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Prepare for a Canadian and U.S. shift toward heavier forms of crude oil as global production of lighter crude oil sources decline, says a federal government report. As well, “Generally, heavier forms of crude oil, such as that contained in the oil sands, require more energy and resources to prod

Climate Change that we can believe in! GObama!

Obama Gives ‘Lump of Coal’ to Polar Bears: Activists | CommonDreams.org
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WASHINGTON – Environmental groups on Thursday accused US President Barack Obama’s administration of failing to ensure the survival of polar bears after it stopped short of listing the animals as endangered.

It’s science not a theory. Asking governments and scientists to ignore global warming is sort of like asking medical researchers to ignore cancer. We ignore these things at our own peril.

After a Wasted Year, Climate Change Must Once Again Be Our Priority | CommonDreams.org
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On an observatory 11,000 feet high on Mauna Loa, a volcano in Hawaii, a pair of ageing, automated detectors have been churning out details about the make-up of our atmosphere for several decades. This month, they produced their most alarming result to date. They showed that carbon dioxide levels