McClaughry: The new climate change high command
What makes no sense at all is this infatuation with the increasingly untenable notion that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions produce any detectable effect on the Earth’s climate.
Demonstrations to shed light on unjust prosecution of activist and danger of climate change.
Burlingtonians have organized to demonstrate solidarity with climate justice activist Tim DeChristopher, a Utah resident who was scheduled to be sentenced to up to ten years in federal prison on June 23rd for his nonviolent protest that precluded an illegal BLM auction that would have rushed pristine public lands into the hands of oil and gas companies.
Kirby: Getting at the “whole” truth on biomass
The bottom line is that trees are not a particularly good way of sequestering carbon because they tend to do so only temporarily. Burning them merely releases carbon dioxide that would have eventually been released anyway as part of their natural life/death cycle.
More global warming equals more snow? Researchers say yes
Last month, the National Climatic Data Center said that 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest year on record, and that for the 34th consecutive year, the earth’s temperature was above the global average of the 20th century.
On video + story: Climate Action Day 2011 at the Statehouse
Twenty years after scientists first discovered the Earth’s climate is changing as a result of an excess of man-made carbon in the atmosphere, one thing hasn’t changed: Scientists and environmental activists are still trying to persuade the public that global warming is real.
Community energy, climate action conference Saturday
“Vermont can and must be a leader in creating jobs through developing renewable, community based power and implementing the most aggressive energy efficiency programs in the country,” noted Gov-Elect Shumlin in a recent interview. “The imperative for our planet’s future and the success of our economy is to move as swiftly as we know how. I’m looking forward to speaking with Vermonters on December 4 because I know that to accomplish this mission it will require as many Vermonters as we can enlist as foot soldiers in this transformation.”
Spalding to mark 40th anniversary of EPA at Vermont Law School
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Nov. 24, 2010 CONTACT: John Cramer, Associate Director of Media Relations SOUTH ROYALTON, VT –– Curt Spalding, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional administrator for region 1, which covers New England, will mark the agency’s 40th anniversary will a lecture at 12:45 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 2 in the Map Room of [...]
Sanders: Climate change setback disappointing
Sanders Calls Climate Change Setback Disappointing Solar Power Prospects Brighter WASHINGTON, July 23 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he was disappointed that Republican obstructionism forced Senate leaders to abandon plans to pass a comprehensive energy bill this summer to deal with the global warming. “I am disappointed that because of Republican obstructionism and [...]
Plumb, Murphy on the triple crises of civilization
In this time of greenwashing by corporations and politicians there is nothing more important that we can do than to be well informed about these issues.
Seidl to speak about her book on climate change, “Early Spring,” at Sterling College
Press Release Contact: Kate Camara, Director of Media Relations Tel: 802.586.7711 ext. 124, kcamara@sterlingcollege.edu www.sterlingcollege.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Author Amy Seidl’s Climate Change Lecture at Sterling Craftsbury Common, VT — Come to Sterling on April 29th to hear Amy Seidl talk about her book, Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming [...]
