| ClimateTruth.org is an online community of more than 170,000 people combatting the denial, distortion and disinformation that blocks bold action on climate change. Since 2012, we’ve been pushing public officials, institutions, and corporations to cut ties with the polluter front groups and other vested interests that spread disinformation and block action on climate change. |
| Exxon Knew Exxon Profits from disasters. Consider this: carcasses of more than 35,000 birds and 1,000 sea otters, which was considered to be a fraction of the animal death toll because carcasses typically sink to the seabed. It’s estimated 250,000 seabirds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles, up to 22 killer whales died along with billions of salmon and herring eggs. Exxon Valdez ring a bell? |
Monday, 22 August 2016
ClimateTruth.org Double Shot Actually more to the point: Exxon double
Inter-American Development Bank Double shot
| Inter-American Development Bank: supporting efforts by Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and inequality and improve the quality of life. We aim to bring about development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. |
| Inter-American Development Bank: working to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality, we help improve health and education, and advance infrastructure. Our aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. With a history dating back to 1959, today we are the leading source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide loans, grants, and technical assistance; and we conduct extensive research. We maintain a strong commitment to achieving measurable results and the highest standards of increased integrity, transparency, and accountability. |
Thursday, 18 August 2016
For the hardcore Graphanatic A Tableau Public Double Shot - Emissions / Oil Spills
| What is Tableau Public? Tableau Public is a free service that lets anyone publish interactive data visualizations to the web. Visualizations that have been published to Tableau Public (“vizzes”) can be embeded into webpages and blogs, they can be shared via social media or email, and they can be made available for download to other users. Visualizations are created in the accompanying app Tableau Desktop Public Edition (or another Edition of Tableau Desktop) - no programming skills are required. Be sure to look at the gallery to see some of the visualizationspeople in the community have been creating. |
Tuesday, 16 August 2016
PBS News Hour Double Shot the flooding is unprecedented / Blue Cut Fire: Over 82,000 forced to evacuate
Governor John Bel Edwards "The flooding unprecedented" Governor John Bel Edwards said residents had been pulled from swamped cars, flooded homes and threatened hospitals across the southern part of the state. The already soaked region is expected to get more rain from a storm system stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley. "Even with the sunshine out today intermittently, the waters are going to continue to rise in many areas, so this is no time to let the guard down," Edwards said, calling the flooding unprecedented. U.S. President Barack Obama issued a disaster declaration on Sunday for flood-ravaged Louisiana, where at least five people have died and emergency crews have rescued more than 20,000 people stranded by unprecedented flooding. Louisiana State Police Colonel Michael Edmonson said helicopters were transporting food and water to those still trapped by floods. Helicopters were also transporting some seriously ill people to areas outside the high waters. More than 20,000 people had been rescued from flood waters in southern Louisiana. |
This wouldn't be about Climate Change now would it?
William Brangham discusses with Columbia University’s Adam Sobel and Louisiana State climatologist Barry Keim.
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Experts and Empirical Evidence From Down Under: Professor Brian Cox Vs Malcom Roberts plus others
| OZ ABC Q&A Epsiode: Experts and Empirical Evidence Professor Brian Cox is a British particle physicist at the University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. He has carried out research at the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland and the H1 experiment at DESY in Hamburg. Malcolm Roberts has been confirmed as the fourth member of Pauline Hanson’s Senate team to be elected, and will represent Queensland for One Nation. Malcolm has a background in engineering, mining and business leadership, and also a keen interest in economics. Malcolm disputes many of the claims made about climate change. After an investigation of these claims, involving analysis of the measured data, Malcolm believes he has exposed corruption. His investigations led him to conclude that foreign control is wrecking Australia and the tax system is choking Australians, destroying initiative and responsibility, while sabotaging the future. see complete Episode and Transcript at ABC Q&A Experts and Empirical Evidence |
Sunday, 14 August 2016
POTUS 2014 Hot 2015 Hotter 2016 Hotest Building on Paris Agreement
| Climate Change White House Weekly Address In his weekly address President Obama talked about his efforts in creating clean energy and combating climate change. Clean Energy MORE FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS ARE COMING TO A TRUCK STOP NEAR YOU! |
More Plastic Than Fish - project clean up ocean plastic
| "What does plastic pollution have to do with climate change? They both have their root in fossil fuels." — Anna Cummins, 5 Gyres Institute
The EPA estimates as many as five ounces of carbon dioxide are emitted for each ounce of polyethylene (PET) produced—the type of plastic most commonly used for beverage bottles. Matt Prindiville, executive director of Upstream, a sustainability venture that seeks to end plastic pollution and reduce climate disruption. He states:
"It’s a fundamental Lorax-type tale. We are wrecking the oceans—and now our food, due to microplastics attracting and bio-concentrating toxic chemicals in the marine food chain—because of our addiction to cheap, plastic products and packaging, and a comprehensive global failure to steward these materials properly. A recent study revealed that 8 million tons of plastic waste flows into our oceans each year, enough to cover every foot of coastline in the world." |
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