Global Warming, News
& Media
Google is doing what the auto industry should have done... 50 YEARS AGO! Google pushes 100-mpg car. Note to Google: Thanks, but stop thinking in the 1950s. Gas is obsolete. It's time to start thinking 'zero emission', as in, no gas per mile. 6.19
6 Solar technologies to power the world
China is # 1 in CO2 emissions. It's time to make a radical change in industry worldwide. 6.19
Climate change brings early spring in the Arctic 6.19
A recent report on Peak Oil (pdf)
The thunderous sounds of Arctic warming
General "We Killed the Electric Car" Motors walks the walk on hydrogen fuel cells. Very nice. Now lets see some new wheels.
Maybe the best news you'll read all year (for the planet anyway): World oil supplies are set to run out faster than expected, warn scientists 6.14
A dirty past is catching up to us: Ten million gallons of toxic gunk trapped in the Brooklyn aquifer is starting to creep toward the surface 6.14
Greenland ice melt speeds up 6.4
Abuse and incompetence in fight against global warming. 6.4
NASA: Danger Point Closer Than Thought From Warming
The Big Thaw: From Greenland to Antarctica, the world is losing its ice faster than anyone thought possible. Can humans slow the melt? A: Not if we continue on, business as normal.
Climate Change: ‘We’ve Never Seen What We’re Seeing Now’ 5.23
CO2 emissions rise outpaces worst-case scenario. America can lead to way to a zero emission economy--we consumers only need to make a stand to make it happen. Today. 5.23
When Ozone Depletion and Global Warming Meet: Climate change has arrested the Southern Ocean's ability to absorb greenhouse gases from the atmosphere 5.21
Senate panel OKs bill to boost fuel efficiency standard; still thinking 1950's logic--before the gas-engine became obsolete. 5.9
Electric vehicle market charging up 5.9
Climate Costs (to reduce emissions) Deemed 'Reasonable' by WG3. Note to US Gov't: Your excuses do not hold water. 5.8
Climate change 'can be tackled' 5.4
Inflation Worries Rise for Food, Energy; "Prices on everything from cereal and milk to soft drinks and red meat are on the upswing, due partly to the ethanol and biodiesel boom which is pushing up prices for corn and other commodities. High energy prices also remain troublesome, regardless whether gas tops $3 a gallon, and clothing costs are up this year too." 4.30
More 'Bushies' trying to rig the game on stopping climate change. People: we can NOT put faith in public officials to do the right thing. As consumers, we hold the power to make REAL change. USE IT! Make a pledge to stop buying gas-burning cars today!
An island made by global warming 4.25
Sheryl Crow scuff with Carl Rove gives a clue to what the Bush admin really cares about global warming: squat."The truth is, if this administration cared one iota about the American people, they would have addressed this problem long ago, and the sad reality is that this problem has been left to us, all of us, since the current administration has abandoned this issue entirely. In the absence of true leadership, we must guide ourselves. We can solve this, but we had better act fast."
Warming 'already changing world'. Climate change is already having major impacts on the natural world, a UN report is set to announce. 4.6
Cow 'emissions' more damaging to planet than CO2 from cars 4.2
Ethanol boom could worsen world hunger 4.2
EU to US: Get with the program already! 4.2
America is left inhaling jet fumes while rest of world is pushing forward with high-speed trains. 4.2
New Climate Change Report: number of species going extinct rises with the heat, as does the number of people who may starve, or face water shortages, or floods 4.2
Report Charges Broad White House Efforts to Stifle Climate Research. Shocker, huh? 3.27
World's most important crops hit by global warming effects. Or in other words: crop failure = economic meltdown. 3.22
Add ' freshwater crisis' to your climate change vocabulary. 3.20
Collapse of Arctic sea ice 'has reached tipping-point' 3.16
North Pole could be ice free by 2100--or sooner. Loss of ice would reduce precipitation in the American West. 3.15
Al Gore's Carbon Solution Won't Stop Climate Change. But cutting back on your OWN emissions will. Park the car, take a bus, walk, bike. And stop buying any more cars that use gas. 3.12
Europe To Cut Emissions 20% by 2020. Very nice! 3.10
Regardless of global warming, rising CO2 levels threaten marine life 3.8
Peak Oil is here: Saudi Oil in Decline 3.6
Is China changing our weather? Because... China Will Be #1 in Greenhouse Emissions by 2008 3.6
WOW! 110 miles per hour. 0 to 60 in ten seconds. 250 mile range. Charged in 10 minutes. 100% Electric! And will be available soon! Note to Ford, GM et al: You are a buch of losers!
...And the old folks at GM might have something ready in 3-4 years.
Vehicle emissions are worse than we thought. 3.4
Yahoo News: Former Canadian defense minister: UFO science key to halting climate change. 3.3
Western states united to bypass Bush on climate 2.27
Global warming could make faucets run dry
And not to mention our food supply... 2.26
Gas costs back on road to $3
And that's cheap! If we paid the true cost--including the environmental damage from oil spills, global warming, air pollution and the resulting health impact--it'd be more like $300 per gallon. 2.22
Another electric car is readying to hit the road
Detroit--are you paying attention?
2.21
What should greens do about air travel?
That's easy: don't fly unless you absolutely have to. Vacation closer to home, take a train. It's fun. 2.2
Scary oil statistics from the U.S. Treasury: the U.S. consumes 21 million barrels of oil a day, far more than No. 2 China (which consumes 6.9 million barrels a day) and No. 3 Japan (at 5.4 million) 2.20
Video: The reality of climate change 2.19
Warmest January ever recorded worldwide in 2007 2.17
Fighting the new defeatism on climate change 2.17
Newly forming arctic lakes are speeding ice's slide into the sea 2.16
Bush Budget Backward on Energy Security 2.6
Bush Budget Funds NASA, Cuts EPA 2.6
Report claims that the Bush administration has suppressed scientists' climate-change work. 2.1
Zap teams with Lotus for electric sports car 1.31
World Scientists Near Consensus on Warming 1.31
Climate change warning for Sydney 1.31
Bush wants cut in gas consumption.
Whatever. We can't trust a single word this guy says anymore. Besides, if we weren't wasting BILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars in his ill-advised Iraq war, we might actually have a chance at this. Bush's last departing words: "Upps, sorry I left you so broke nation". 1.24
Vegetarian is the New Prius
Yep, a vegetarian or vegan diet is better for your body and the planet. Check out GoVeg.com or the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine veg guides. 1.23
Global warming: the final verdict
A draft copy of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, obtained by The Observer, shows the frequency of devastating storms - like the ones that battered Britain last week - will increase dramatically. Sea levels will rise over the century by around half a metre; snow will disappear from all but the highest mountains; deserts will spread; oceans become acidic, leading to the destruction of coral reefs and atolls; and deadly heatwaves will become more prevalent. 1.22
Cutbacks Impede Climate Studies - The government's ability to understand and predict hurricanes, drought and climate changes of all kinds is in danger because of deep cuts facing many Earth satellite programs and major delays in launching some of its most important new instruments, a panel of experts has concluded. 1.16
While America is consumed with war... EU plans 'industrial revolution'; The European Commission has urged its members to sign up to an unprecedented common energy policy, unveiling a plan to diversify the bloc's energy sources. 1.10
EVERYTHING'S COOL - New Global Warming Documentary 1.10
GM talking the talk on electric cars; now read between the lines: more stalling. 1.9
Nuclear Power Not Clean, Green or Safe 1.9
This Guy Can Get 59 MPG in a Plain Old Accord. Beat That, Punk. 1.9
The Peak Oil Crisis: 2006 in Review 1.6
2007 - forecast to be the warmest year yet 1.5
Scientists Accuse ExxonMobil Of Paying Groups To Mislead the Public About Global Warming. And only $16 million over 7 years--how easily people sell out. 1.5
Taiwan launches eco-friendly, high-speed bullet train that runs up to 180 mph at a cost of $15 billion--or as we'd relate: about two month's worth of Bush's Iraq War. 1.4
Exxon Mobil's Biggest Oil Spill? Look in Brooklyn, Not Alaska 1.4
Global Warming is Here. Now What? 1.2
Our worst fears are exceeded by reality. 12.31
Warming may change Amazon 12.30
Ancient ice shelf snaps and breaks free from the Canadian Arctic 12.29
Fraq: 2006 was Earth's sixth warmest year on record 12.15
Sea level rise 'under-estimated'; current sea level rise projections could be under-estimating the impact of human-induced climate change on the world's oceans, scientists suggest. 12.15
Asia's greenhouse gas emissions will triple over the next 25 years. 12.14
No. Answers are out there. We only have to make the choice to make the change now.
Japan: Curve-hugging train tilts at 167 mph 12.12
Video: Arctic ice could be gone by 2040 12.11
Warmed-up oceans reduce key food link 12.07
Solar cell breaks efficiency record 12.06
Greens Sue White House Over Missing Global Warming Assessment - (aka doing what our lazy-ass Congress should have done two years ago) 11.29
Carbon emissions show sharp rise - The rise in humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide has accelerated sharply, according to a new analysis. 11/29
Smog smothers China, Beijing sky turns to fog with blank of smoot from coal and vehicles 11.21
Global warming is killing species NOW--not 50 years in the future. Take action today--sign the zero emission pledge! 11.21
Congress set to take a new view of global warming--ABOUT TIME! But dedicate a few hours to write your ALL your representatives and ask they take real measures to help prevent climate change before it's too late. 11.20
UN Climate Pact Unlikely Until after Bush; reason 1,027 to IMPEACH THE IDIOT ALREADY!11.20
Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction
With declining sales, GM is pushing their dirty SUVs to China, the world's fastest growing market. READ: If you think CO2 emissions are bad now... you ain't seen nothing yet! 11.17
Annan: "Frightening lack of leadership" in tackling global warming 11.15
Energy For Change - The time is right for bold, bipartisan action to end America's oil addiction. 11.15
Global growth in carbon emissions is 'out of control' 11.12
GM can't say no to Big Oil; brings back an electric car--that still uses gas!
Electric Drive Transportation Association Conference & Exposition 2006, November 28-30, Washington DC
UK 'doomsday' report pushes EU on climate change 11.1
Doing what the auto/oil industry won't do: Plug-in for 100-mpg Hybrids. While 100+ mpg sounds great, remember that it's completely unnecessary to use ANY gas--which may be the only way we can stop the global warming train wreck. 11.1
The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday. 9.27
Global temperature highest in millennia 9.25
Scientists shocked as Arctic polar route emerges 9.21
Al Gore at NYU Law, 9/18/06
Many scientists are now warning that we are moving closer to several “tipping points” that could — within as little as 10 years — make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable damage to the planet’s habitability for human civilization.
Arctic ice melting rapidly, study says 9.14
Study Links Rising Ocean Temperatures to Emissions 9.13
CNET Video: ZAP to anywhere in this electric car
New Climate Change 'Time Bomb' Detected
Methane Escaping From Permafrost Five Times Faster Than Thought 9.11
Deep ice tells long climate story 9.4
Automaker aims to bring clean cars to the masses 8/21
Ethanol could leave the world hungry
One tankful of the latest craze in alternative energy could feed one person for a year, Lester Brown tells Fortune. 8/16
'More disasters' for warmer world
A warmer world could make wildfires more frequent, research shows
rising temperatures will increase the risk of forest fires, droughts and flooding over the next two centuries, UK climate scientists have warned. 8/14
How many more oil disasters will we have to put up with?
Bob Herbert: Hot Enough Yet?
Exxon: "Sorry, not just yet."
Hell Freezes Over! Pat Robertson: I’m ‘A Convert’ On Global Warming 8-4
Mark Morford: Lick My Silent Sports Car. 8-3
Majority Whip Blunt: If I Stay In Charge, Congress Won’t ‘Do Anything Meaningful’ On Climate Change 8-2
More than 60 percent of U.S. in drought
Can the AP spell "c-l-i-m-a-t-e c-h-a-n-g-e?"
Funding a Global-Warming Skeptic
Wind Energy: Texas Blows (Hot Air)
Hot? Yes. Global Warming? Of course.
Global warming puts 12 of the most famous U.S. national parks at risk.
EV1 Booted from
The Smithsonian
Can we borrow it then?
Alexandra Paul on CNN writes on driving an electric car for the past 16 years!
Smart Car Goes Electric -- Outside the US of course.
DaimlerChrysler has created an electric version of the gas-based Smart Car that costs 1/3 less, is just as quick, and has range of 68 miles--a perfect vehicle for 90% of the driving world. Want one? Sorry, only 100 will be available in Great Britain. Contact DaimlerChrysler and ask they start selling them in your area TODAY! And in the meantime, don't support the oil industry by buying ANY gas-consuming cars.
Greenland's Ice Sheet Is Slip-Sliding Away
The massive glaciers are deteriorating twice as fast as they were five years ago. If the ice thaws entirely, sea level would rise 21 feet.
Study: Earth hottest in 400 years - Bush justifies doing nothing to save millions of jobs (as he also does nothing to save those jobs from outsourcing) 6/22
The real question is: how many jobs will be lost DUE to global warming?
... Meanwhile... Wildfires scorching the U.S. West as more signs of climate change are upon us.
And more news you already knew: New ties between global warming and hurricanes
Study: Warming turns bears into cannibals 6/12
LA Times: U.S. foot-dragging fuels global warming -
By the time we get proof of climate change, it will be too late to reverse course. 6/11
Modernized 300 year old technology can yield batteries that charge in seconds (ie electric cars could run forever). Too bad the US Government would rather spend $6 BILLION PER MONTH in Iraq than invest in our own country. 6/11
Pollution From Chinese Coal Casts a Global Shadow. Since Bush won't do much here, maybe Gates can. 6/11
Green Fuel's Dirty Secret 6/6
WHY YOU HAVE TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING NOW 6/5
Climate chaos: Bush's climate of fear 6/4
Bush energy plan whacks conservation - More than a dozen efficiency efforts are set for trims or elimination as the administration pushes long-term projects (like keeping us addicted to oil for another few decades) 6/2
Alaska still recovering from 1989 Exxon oil spill 6/2
Cheney Starts New Cold War Over Oil 6/1
2 (more) Studies Link Global Warming to Greater Power of Hurricanes 5/31
Canada Pays Environmentally for U.S. Oil Thirst -
Huge Mines Rapidly Draining Rivers, Cutting Into Forests, Boosting Emissions 5/30
Alaska the 'poster state' for climate concerns 5/30
Study: global warming boosts poison ivy 5/29
Getting desperate: GM Hopes $1.99-a-Gallon Gas Offer Moves Its Fuel Guzzlers 5/29
Meltdown fear as Arctic ice cover falls to record winter low 5/18
Budget Cut Would Shutter EPA Libraries 5/16
Ice-capped roof of world turns to desert - Scientists warn of ecological catastrophe across Asia as glaciers melt and continent's great rivers dry up. Take the Zero Emission Pledge today. 5/8
Global warming fastest for 20,000 years - and it is mankind's fault 5/5
Zero emission vehicles from Commuter Cars 2/25
Too little, too late: Bush speaks on energy 4/24
Persian War will push oil to $100 4/24
Hybrid cars are so last century. Yes they are. Yes they are. 4/23
Why nuclear power is not the answer: Chernobyl 'still causing cancer in British children' - radiation will only "decline slowly over the next few hundred years".
Global warming photo gallery 4/23
Democrats blame Bush for high gas prices - not that they've done much to reduce our dependency on oil. 4/23
Bush Promotes Fuel Cells on Earth Day - Yeah, right... maybe he's thinking for Earth Day 2106. 4/22
Meat-Eaters Aiding Global Warming - New Research Suggests What You Eat as Important as What You Drive - Go veg! 4/41
Oil hit $75 4/21
A Campaign Gore Can't Lose 4/21
Not really news: Car makers 'failing' on climate 4/20
Enemy of the Planet 4/20
Record Increase in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reported 4/20
BP has 2nd pipe break at Alaska facility 4/19
Planet in Peril: Atlas of Current Threats to People and the Environment 4/11
Fuel cells take another step toward reality - 4/11
Climate Researchers Feeling Heat From White House: Scientists doing climate research for the federal government say the Bush administration has made it hard for them to speak forthrightly to the public about global warming 4/6
Executives from leading U.S. energy companies -- including Exelon, Duke Energy, and General Electric -- joined giga-retailer Wal-Mart this week in calling on Congress to regulate their greenhouse-gas emissions. Our best hope? Have to wait until 2009. Forget Congress--you are our best hope. 4/6
Will-ful Deception: George Will's deceitful WaPo article on global warming. Think Progress sets the record straight 4/4
Scientists Focus on Warming Disasters 4/3
Poll: Americans ready to fight global warming -- GREAT! Now join the Zero Emission Pledge! 4/2
Global Warming Signs Stronger in Antarctica 3/31
More stalling while the world burns: Bush admin unveils meek new fuel-economy standards for light trucks 3/30
Best Prepared for an Oil Crisis 3/29
Fossil Fuel For Breakfast: Thanks to the global industries that produce, package and ship our food, each meal you eat also feeds the nation's oil addiction. 3/29
Britain's wind power 'ahead of predictions' - will provide 5% of Britain's electricity by 2010. Meanwhile Bush does nothin'. 3/27
Vague Law and Hard Lobbying Add Up to Billions for Big Oil 3/27
TIME: Global Warming Heats Up - The climate is crashing, and global warming is to blame. Why the crisis will hit so soon—and what we can do about it (Take the Zero Emission Pledge!) 3/26
Ice caps melting faster than forecast
`It's not a gradual change. It's like flipping a switch,' researcher says.
New reports warn of sea levels rising up to 5 metres, extensive flooding 3/24
Earth's warming likely irreversible, scientists say 3/24
Inuit See Signs In Arctic Thaw - String of Warm Winters Alarms 'Sentries for the Rest of the World' 3/23
Pledge to Move America Beyond Oil 3/21
Cleaner Air Brings Drop in Death Rate 3/21
6th Major Extension Underway 3/21
Hydrogen Vehicles On the Move 3/19
Global warming reaches 'tipping point' 3/16
Poll: Most Americans fear vulnerability of oil supply 3/16
Pollution soaring to crisis levels in Arctic 3/12
NASA puts its weight behind warming signs 3/13
Grappling With Climate Change 3/15
267,000 gallons of oil spilled in Alaska 3/5
Antarctic ice is shrinking significantly 3/5
Is America facing yet another dust bowl? 3/5
Sea Level Rising Even Faster 2/ 20
U.S. Church Alliance Denounces Bush's Iraq War & Ignorance on Global Warming 2/18
We are now past the tipping point in global warming 2/13
Evangelical Leaders Join Global Warming Initiative 2/8
Global warming threatens Tibet rail link 2/6
SOTU Oil Pledge: "It was one small step for President Bush, and one giant missed opportunity for America" 2/1
Scientists fear unusual weather behind massive seabird die-off 2/2
Global Warming Risks Severe 1/30
Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him 1/30
WaPo: We Could Be Ignoring the Biggest Story in Our History? ZEP: Yes. 1/19
Environment in crisis: 'We are past the point of no return' 1/16
James Lovelock: The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years 1/16
Why Gaia is wreaking revenge on our abuse of the environment 1/16
The end of 'normal climate' is near: Global warming to speed up as carbon levels show sharp rise - global warming is fueling itself. 1/15
Global warming shrinking size of 'world's rooftop' in Tibet 1/4
VIDEO: Special Announcement from the White House on Global Warming
The top five environmental stories of 2005 1/3
Ecological jewel on brink of change 1/2
Oil drilling alters landscape, life for tiny Inupiat village 1/2
White House Lies on Emissions 12/27
US retreats at climate change talks 12/12
What a shocker: Bush backs chemical industry over health of citizens. 11/29
Study reveals Earth's fast-rising oceans 11/25
Sea Level Rise Doubles in 150 Years 11/26
Snows fail to fall in Arctic tundra 11/22
Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power 11/15
U.S. Biodiesel Production Expected to Triple in 2005 11/15
Prepare for Peak Oil Now 11/15
Greenhouse gas 'to rise by 52%' – It's up to we consumers to make a stand! 11/8
Fuel's paradise? Power source that turns physics on its head 11/5
Prince Charles: U.S. must lead on planet (guess we're screwed.) 11/3
Diesel vs. standard gasoline cars (the winner: neither!) 11/2
Global Warming a Major Threat in Africa 10/21
Renewed Interest in Wireless Power 10/20
Western States' Water Supply Feeling The Pinch Of Warmer Winters, Global Warming
Old Ways of Life Are Fading as the Arctic Thaws 10/19
Environmental Studies Waived in Oil Push 10/19
What we knew at least 20 years ago: Global warming to bring heavier rains, snow 10/14
Brazil fights oil prices with alcohol 10/14
Vancouver investing in hydrogen vehicles for 2010 Olympics 10/14
World Temperatures Keep Rising With a Hot 2005 10/13
WANTED: Adults to run US Govt. Idiots need not apply. 10/13
NEW! EPA's 2006 Guide to Continuted Global Warming, Oil Consumption, Air Pollution, and Environmental Contamination! 10/13
Amazon rainforest suffers worst drought in decades 10/10
Wet Dreams 10/10
Has the Age of Chaos Begun? 10/8
GOP To Use Incompetence in Diaster Planning as Excuse to Gut Clean Air Laws 10/6
Daily Show: Stewart - The War on Terra: Ice Cap
What a surprise: Big S.U.V.'s Lag in Sales, Hindered by Gas Cost 10/3
Alaska landscape transformed by warmer climate 9/29
Ice-free Arctic summers possible by 2100 9/29
Effect of greenhouse gases rising 9/28
Stalled At The Pump 9/23
Corporate Spin: Global warming won't have serious impact for another 100 years. Yeah, right. 2,000 other scientists would beg to differ. 9/23
READ: CONTINUED OIL CONSUMPTION FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS--AT LEAST!: Ford promises hybrid engines in half its lineup by 2010 9/21
Eight in 10 say it's important for SUV drivers to switch to more fuel-efficient vehicles 9/21
Want to save on gas? Driver slower. 9/19
RFK: Those of Us Who Know That America’s Worth Fighting for Have to Take It Back Now from Those Who Don’t 9/19
Bush's Holy War on Nature 9/18
Automakers Helping Make Schwarzenegger's "Hydrogen Highway" Dreams Come True 9/15
Hurricane Katrina and Climate Justice 9/13
US Preview: Petrol panic begins to spread as oil prices rise 9/12
Retail Gas Prices Hit All-Time Highs 9/12
Retreating Glaciers Worrying Greenlanders 9/12
Katrina rings alarms on climate change 9/9
Another compounding effect of global warming: hotter temperatures release even MORE carbon from soil. 9/9
10 biggest stories the mainstream media ignored over the past year. 9/ 9
The world in on brink of economic diaster--everything is tied to cheap oil. As consumers begin to shift their spending with rising costs, entire industries will be hit hard. Think you'll be upgrading that computer when it's $100 to fill up your car? 9/9
$4 a gallon gas coming soon 9/7
Oil spikes to $70 with storm cutting gulf output. Get ready for $80. 8/29
Katrina to cost one month of Iraq ($25 billion) 8/29
TIME: Is Global Warming Fueling Katrina? DUH! 8/29
Repost: The Long Emergency - What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle?
Repost: Study ties global warming, hurricanes 8/29
Record Gas Prices Could Keep Climbing 8/29
GM
Fuel-Cell Prototypes Closer To Future Revolutionary Automobile