Climate Pulse

photo via flickr Coal activist Ted Nace today published a must-read post in Grist on the importance of taking on coal via a variety of strategies, effectively coming at the country's Number 1 contributor to climate change from every angle possible. Nace, the man behind the indispensable Coalswarm,... [continue]

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Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr. Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian,... [continue]

Dog wounded in New Jersey black bear attack. Image credit:News 12, video. Without getting into what constitutes an officially recorded bear "invasion" or attack "incident," all would agree that black bears frequently in the yard, tipping trash cans, attacking pets, and possibly breaking in on a... [continue]

Dog wounded in New Jersey black bear attack. Image credit:News 12, video. Without getting into what constitutes a black bear "home invasion" or "pet attack" incident, all would agree that black bears frequently in the yard, tipping trash cans, smashing the chicken coup, attacking pets in the yard,... [continue]

photo via Climate Changer A few weeks ago, UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer stepped down from his post as the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat. Who replaces him figures to be a signal of where the UN is going on climate change. Developing countries have had a hard road to climb in the UN... [continue]

Image credit: Good Passing a strong climate bill, Good tells us in a recent editorial, is a necessity. Such a bill, they write, must be defined by what is good for the country, not what is easy for the Senate to agree upon....Read the full story on TreeHugger [continue]

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During last year's seal hunt Brian posted about Canada's Governor General gutting a seal and eating its heart. Canada's Minister of Defence helped himself to a seal banquet as well. When it comes to seal, Solidarity Forever. But now they don't have to go to the Arctic for a traditional Inuit... [continue]

DBullock.com posted a video: A clip from Sky News showing the fire that happened during the late hours of 9th October 2005 whilst I was safely tucked up in bed, oblivious to it all. The format is widescreen. For a whole 10 minutes of clips see my youtube account, link below. [continue]