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Fail! The $400 Billion Military Jet That Can’t Fly in Cloudy Weather

Naked Capitalism: Peak Oil, The Shale Boom and our Energy Future

This where we stand, and it’s a fairly bleak view: Peak oil is almost here, and nothing new (with the possible but unlikely exception of Iraq) is coming online anytime soon and while the clock is ticking – forward movement on developing renewable energy resources has been sadly inadequate. In the meantime, the idea that shale reservoirs will lead the US to energy independence will soon enough be recognized as unrealistic hype. There are no easy solutions, no viable quick fixes, and no magic fluids. Yet the future isn’t all doom and gloom – certain energy technologies do show promise. We had a chance to speak with well known energy expert Dave Summers where we cut through the media noise and take a realistic look at what our energy future holds

This video of a city-sized iceberg breaking off from a glacier will blow your mind | Grist

Ronnie Cummins: Dr. Oz Flip-Flops as High-Profile Attacks on Organic Food Intensify

It’s no surprise that the Stanford study [that Oz obediently publicized] would focus on cost. As it turns out, the study was produced by Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute, which gets millions in funding from agribusiness giant Cargill, the world’s largest agricultural business enterprise, and foundations like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which have deep ties to agricultural chemical and biotechnology corporations like Monsanto. These giant corporations are all part of the same cabal that contributed at least half of the $46 million spent between October 1 and November 6 to defeat Prop 37, the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. Just a coincidence that the Stanford study and the mass media propaganda barrage that accompanied it was released during the election season, when voters were still weighing their options on the high-profile California GMO labeling law that was making national headlines?

Hurricane Sandy in the Age of Disposability and Neoliberal Terror

Is Occupy Wall Street Outperforming the Red Cross in Hurricane Relief?

So how did an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, best known as a leaderless movement that brought international attention to issues of economic injustice through the occupation of Zucotti Park in the financial district last year, become a leader in local hurricane relief efforts? Ethan Murphy, who was helping organize the food at St. Jacobis and had been cooking for the occupy movement over the past year, explained there wasn’t any kind of official decision or declaration that occupiers would now try to help with the hurricane aftermath. “This is what we do already, “ he explained: Build community, help neighbors, and create a world without the help of finance. Horst said, “We know capitalism is broken, so we have already been focused on organizing to take care of our own [community] needs.”

A Summer of Extremes: Why You Should Get Used to Our Wild Weather

It’s Eerie — The Global Climate Disaster Is Happening Right Now… and Humanity Is Just Pretending It’s Not Happening

The Arctic Ice Crisis

Rate of Arctic Summer Sea Ice Loss Is 50% Higher Than Predicted

TomDispatch: Tomgram: Michael Klare, Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Becomes Everyday Reality

Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News | Rolling Stone

TomDispatch: Tomgram: William deBuys, The West in Flames

AlterNet: Climate Change: ‘This Is Just the Beginning’

Report: Extreme Weather Tied to Man-Made Climate Change | Common Dreams

AlterNet: Climate Change Crises: Heat Wave Sets More Records

Print: » We started the fire: Global warming burns the West » Print – Salon.com

‘Heat… Fire… Disaster’: What Climate Change Looks Like | Common Dreams

AlterNet: Global CO2 Emissions Hit New Record in 2011, Keeping World on Track for ‘Devastating’ 11°F Warming

FT Alphaville » China’s economic data disaster

Arctic Methane Leaks Threaten Climate

Our apocalyptic odds

Earth Sends Climate Warning by Busting World Heat Records

Unprecedented, “Eye-Popping” Temperatures Soar, Highs Continue

For 25 years climatologists have been telling us to expect exactly this kind of weather — such extremes become ever more likely as we warm the planet. It's not just heat; it's also drought and flood. Last year the US suffered through more multi-billion-dollar weather disasters than any other year in history. And it's not just the US — in 2010, the world's largest insurance company said there was no way to explain the rapid planetary spike in extreme weather except for global warming