Earth Under the Weather
August 1, 2010As this summer carves its way through the year, any dumb-ass can see something fishy is going on with the planet’s weather systems, like an old, old radiator busting its seams — heat and more…
Category Archives: Environment
No Cluster Conscience
July 31, 2010The horror of these things — cluster bombs. Sunday, Aug. 1, marks beginning of an international ban on those terrible weapons — Cluster munitions explode in mid-air to release dozens — sometimes hundreds — of smaller…
Slow-Melt Irony
November 21, 2009One of the great turds of the US political system, Sen. James Inhofe, yes, that silly-assed Republican from Oklahoma, displayed a most-marvelous bit of horror-irony this week as he tweaked the future and all those to…
Ponzi’s Glad Tidings
October 14, 2009Beware of feel-good economic news… (Illustration found here). Even as the US stock markets post some high gains, even as the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, which has risen over the past six sessions, also…
Crude Bubblin’ Bust
October 11, 2009A few short years ago, anyone who discussed subjects like “peak oil” were considered a crank (not to be confused with, for instance, ‘Will my car crank without fuel?’) or a nutcase or just a…
Climate Change Choo Choo
October 8, 2009There’s something I just don’t understand regarding climate change/global warming, although there’s plenty of opinions (Truism — opinions are like assholes, everybody’s got one) about this horrifying weather/sky/ground/ocean-related event barreling square at humanity, and with…
Earth’s Frantic ‘Wake-Up Call’
September 6, 2009Global warming is not only about oceans and weather, but also the land. (Illustration found here). Just as more bad global warming news gushed forth — sea level rise, unprecedented regional droughts, and, the Arctic is…
Cold Methane Gets Hot
August 18, 2009A shitload of cows standing around farting — Not! Another brick in the wall as a research team has found that a powerful global warming component, methane gas, is seeping from the Arctic seabed, which…
No Longer ‘Just Around the Corner’
August 14, 2009One of the most-alarming aspects of climate/weather change/global warming is the science — the most current report is always worse than the previous one and sometimes the figures are amazing. Just a couple of examples…
Wood-Be Inferno
July 30, 2009Via ClimateProgress this morning: We show that increases in temperature cause annual mean area burned in the western United States to increase by 54% by the 2050s relative to the present-day … with the forests of…