When everything tips over (tags)
So it's high time for the left to break out of its shock paralysis, to start politicizing knowledge again and to develop its own models and approaches that are both bigger and smaller than the warning about the end of humanity. First, by taking into account the economic structures.... And on the other hand, by going into the painstaking, everyday detail work.
Oregon: the toughest heat protection law in the US (tags)
Heat waves are becoming more frequent and longer. Farm workers, people on construction sites, and even firefighters have been largely dependent on the goodwill of their employers during a heat wave. How long Oregon's heat protection law will remain in effect is unknown.
Let's talk about Uranus (tags)
"Uranus personifying the sky" they say regarding greek mythology...
Social media giants feel the heat at Palestinian digital conference (tags)
At the Palestine Digital Activism Forum, representatives from both Google and Facebook faced a crowd that demanded to know why the two companies cooperate with Israel’s attempts at silencing Palestinians.
Canadian Pigs Beaten, Electroshocked, Frozen, Suffocated, Injured, Die Of Thirst, Heat (tags)
torture of pigs video'd at Western Hog Exchange in Edmonton and elsewhere
Hurricane Sandy's Austerity Lessons (tags)
While surely unintentional, this natural disaster has afforded those affected by it a small taste of how countless others around the rest of the world live – and many not just during a crisis, but on a regular basis.
Sheriff Joe's Tent city jail hits 145?F ( 63°C) (tags)
If Sheriff Joe's thugs are going to lock people up outside in the heat they should at least treat them humanely. I love hot weather, but I even thought it was a bit warm yesterday, but I had no idea it hit 118°F (48°C) yesterday. For years 118°F was the record for Phoenix until we hit 120°F and then 122°F (50°C) on June 26, 1990
Sheriff Joe's Tent city jail hits 145°F (tags)
If Sheriff Joe's thugs are going to lock people up outside in the heat they should at least treat them humanely. I love hot weather, but I even thought it was a bit warm yesterday, but I had no idea it hit 118 yesterday. For years 118 was the record for Phoenix until we hit 120°F and then 122°F (50°C) maybe 20 years ago
Good and Bad Choices for Energy Policy and the Environmental Movement 2009-2010 (tags)
Two energy/environment phenomena are being widely discussed currently. These are global warming, and its mitigation, and the nuclear resurgence – the worldwide push to supply power with nuclear power plants. Careful study of these issues leads to the following conclusions: 1. Global warming is real and is causing harm. 2. Global warming is mostly due to heat production by human industry since the 1800s, from nuclear power and fossil fuels, better termed hydrocarbons, – coal, oil, natural gas. Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2 play a minor role even though they are widely claimed the cause. 3. Both nuclear and hydrocarbon-based power must be eliminated to solve the global warming problem. 4. Nuclear power advocates have commandeered the global warming/greenhouse gas formula to promote nuclear power, based upon two errors: exaggerating the role of CO2 on the one hand and incorrectly claiming that nuclear power plants do not produce CO2 on the other hand. 5. Nuclear power can not be separated from nuclear weapons, which are essential to the consistent drive for American military dominationof the world. This is the reason for nuclear power. Nuclear power does not make sense as a safe, efficient, or economical way to provide energy. 6. Solar and solar-derived (wind, wave) sources of power do not add heat to the environment and can be used to supply virtually unlimited electrical energy without causing global warming. If done properly they will open up new vistas of human freedom and cultural development. They also produce much less CO2 than either nukes or hydrocarbons.
Bush, Obama and the Corporate Love Affair (tags)
An analysis of the great similarities in the pro-corporate and war policies of the Bush and Obama administrations in spite of the obvious differences between the two men.
Think Not 'Global' Warming - Think 'Oceans' Warming (tags)
Global warming seems mysterious to most of us. A 1 degree rise in annual global temperature sounds minuscule, doesn't it....... until you remember that the oceans are involved ........ ... very heavily involved. The oceans are simply unfathomably immense! Their mass is actually incomprehensible, being 70% of the earth's surface (310 million cubic miles). If you could stack water 100 cubic miles long and 100 cubic miles wide, that column would reach 31,000 miles into outer space. That is truly an astronomical amount of water!
Experts warn North Pole will be 'ice free' by 2040 (tags)
..."but our research suggests that the decrease over the next few decades could be far more dramatic than anything that has happened so far," .... "These changes are surprisingly rapid."
Poor and Elderly Die in California Heat Wave (tags)
The deaths during California's recent heat wave were due to market forces not natural causes
Renewable Energy Workshops (tags)
Introduction to Renewable Energy: Solar, wind, and hydro-electricity, solar hot water and cooking, energy efficiency. Classroom sessions & system tours. * April, 2006
its 1984
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!
USA is planning to test Dangerous Chemicals and Drugs on Orphans and innocent Children worldwide. Stop the Brutal Attack on children.
Sneak Attack on Organic food standards by USA (tags)
Industry sneak attack on organic standards rammed through congress.
eat Local Organic food and abate global starvation (tags)
How the environment and eating (Local Organic Food) is linked to Gandhi's ideology for transforming the world. Many links.
Call for information on bio-fuel/bio-energy power stations. (tags)
Greetings from Tasmania, south of Australia. Our State government is planning to develop so-called ‘BIOFUEL’/’BIO-ENERGY’ electric and heat generating power stations fuelled by WOOD left over after logging native forests for woodchip and milling.
One of those days.
food not lawns and cattails for central valley drought and heat..
CALCULATIONS SAY AT LEAST 14 TONS OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE NEEDED TO BRING DOWN EACH WTC TOWER. (tags)
Estimates of the WTC dust cloud expansion are used to provide a lower bound for the quantity of explosives used to bring down the towers.
HOW HOT DID THE JET FUEL HEAT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER? (tags)
Imagine that the entire quantity of jet fuel from the aircraft was injected into just one floor of the World Trade Center, that the jet fuel burnt with the perfect efficency, that no hot gases left this floor and that no heat escaped this floor by conduction. With these ideal assumptions we calculate the maximum temperature that this one floor could have reached.
As the Barbarian Hordes roll in the City is Sacked and Burned. This is a loss that cannot be measured in mere money.
Heavy Rain, High Winds For 3/15 - How To Stay Warm and Dry! (tags)
Hi folks, The weather forecast for LA on the afternoon of Saturday, March 15th promises winds of 20 to 30 MPH and 2 to 3 inches of rain. A little preparation now can help bring you a LOT of comfort on 3/15!
CITY HEAT -URBAN FOOTLOOSE- (tags)
Helsinki, the capital city of Finland has made a strategic decision on city environment improvement; some city centre streets are being heated underground on winter frost, freeze and snow.
Bush and Global Warming (tags)
The consequences of Bush's plan to just adapt to global warming.
Farmworkers turn up the heat on Gov. Davis (tags)
Farmworkers and their supporters are turning up the heat on Gov. Davis, who is threatening to veto an important bill. A report from an S13 action, with audio clips.
Rolling Blackouts Put Nukes At Risk? (tags)
Do rolling blackouts put nukes at risk of meltdowns? This message is copied from the RunningOnEmpty list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmpty/messages. Click on the URL below.
going to be hot in Los Angeles (tags)
Weather temp's going to be hot starting Sunday. DON't lay on the pavement it will burn you.....