Republicans promise inquisition of climate scientists

by DWG

Here ye! Here ye! Bring your torches and stacks of wood. The practitioners of the dark arts of science will be harassed by an angry mob, defamed, and driven to their knees to confess their lack of respect for our beloved corporate overlords.

In June, Darrell Issa announced that he planned to hire dozens of subpoena-wielding investigators to target the Obama administration if the Republicans regain control of the House. Yesterday, he announced that he also planned to apply the proverbial thumbscrews, strappado, and iron maiden to climate scientists.

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A 'Death Warrant' in the Amazon {Earthship Friday}

by eKos

Welcome to the eKos Earthship, your one-stop-shop for green diaries and series.

Tonight's editor: patrickz

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The Brazilian government has given a 'green light' for construction of the world's third largest hydroelectric power plant. The Xingu river, which supports indigenous peoples and many endemic species, will be dammed, flooding 190 square miles and forcing the evacuation of 50,000 people.

In other news, El Niños Are Growing Stronger due to climate change, the wheat genome is sequenced, and James Hansen has a message about activism and greenwashing.

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Beneath the fold you will find news and notes, community announcements, and our eco-diary roundup.

All views expressed by today's editor do not necessarily represent those of eKos or eKos listed diarists.

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[UPDATED] They laughed at Al Gore - now the "Inconvenient Truth" starts to make its presence felt

by frisco

A few items from the recent news and a note to readers - "weather" and "climate" doesn't just affect your city, state or country. Open your eyes and smell the GLOBAL warming happening all around you.

Please follow me over the fold. I've tried to take a look at five or six current and very recent events that I think foretell the consequences of the sequence of inconvenient truths that await us, our children and their children after them if we cannot find the political and organizational will to enact major measures slow and then halt global warming as soon as possible.

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Action! Tell The White House: It's Time For James Hansen!

by WarrenS

Well, the great climatologist James Hansen got another important prize.  Meanwhile, he continues to be (shamefully) ignored here at home.  

Time for some action, doncha think?

Here's something simple all of us can do to help Dr. Hansen, and to help our embattled planet:

Tell The White House — It's Time For James Hansen To Get What He Deserves.

I just faxed the letter below to the White House: 202-456-2461. I'll be sending a hard copy in today's mail (The White House / 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW / Washington, DC 20500 ).

Perhaps some of us here at the GOS could do likewise.  Calling the WH is easy: 202-456-1111.  Emailing them is easy, too.

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A Key Strand in the Web of Life: PhytoPlankton

by jamess

Please watch the Planet's Forests, Inhale and Exhale, with the Seasons ...

Observing Plant Life Health From Space

http://www.youtube.com/...

Now, watch Earth's "Ocean Forests", Breathe in and out, as well ...

Observing The Biosphere From Space

http://www.youtube.com/...

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