Breathe the Earth poem/song
Environmental rage poems
Pigs in Spacesuits
my turn – to see the Earth
to feel her pulse, to smell her breath
just in time – to catch her smile
to walk upon her for a while
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the Witless Ones – dash to and fro
glued to fashion – friend or foe
forever fleeing …
chasing illusions in a whirl
they trample the Soul of [...]
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Consumerism and carrier bag re-use
UK energy supply woes
On today’s news, the OfGem Chief executive, Alistair Buchanan, warns that Britain’s privatised energy suppliers will struggle to deliver supplies of electricity and gas in the coming decade. Also he warns that many people will struggle to afford the rising energy bills.
Given that it is several decades since the alarm bells [...]
Copenhagen Discord/whitewash
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8423097.stm
US President Barack Obama defended the accord he helped broker with China and other main powers.
The non-binding pact, called the Copenhagen Accord, was not adopted by consensus at the summit in Denmark.
Instead, after two weeks of frantic negotiations, the 193-nation conference ended on Saturday with delegates merely taking note of the deal.
In other words, [...]
Climate change protests due before Copenhagen summit
Have the witless of UEA given the climate changers a peg to hang their greedy illusions on?
Demonstrations are to be held across the UK and in the Irish Republic later to demand action on climate change ahead of the Copenhagen summit.
Protesters in London, Belfast, Glasgow and Dublin want world leaders to reach a tough new [...]
solar powered cars for Earth’s sake
Solar Powered Car video
a diy project!
and similar:
Electric Car in-wheel motor Siemens eCorner
erdinand Porsche put wheel motors on a battery electric car in 1897. They built about 300 of them and there were 4WD & FWD versions. He also made a hybrid version.
Amazing that 112 years later Wheel motors still aren’t in mass production.
Only about 15% [...]
nuclear leak November 2009
nuclear leak in Indian power plant
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE5AS09220091129
Fifty-five workers at the Kaiga plant needed medical treatment for excessive exposure to radiation after tritium contaminated a water cooler.
Officials said the leak might have been deliberate.
“Mischief is not ruled out. Investigations are on,” plant director J P Gupta told Reuters news agency.
“This incident has in no way affected [...]
Sea levels, and coping strategies
Sea levels, and coping strategies in Rotterdam and Mozambique
Rotterdam – below the sea City
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8362147.stm
Heavily bombed by the Germans during World War II, Europe’s busiest port lacks the rustic charm of Amsterdam.
But city authorities are aiming to turn it into an international showcase for water management, making a virtue out of what was once [...]
Environment news 25 November 2009
Failed climate change promises
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8376009.stm
Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found.
Rich countries pledged $410m (£247m) a year in a 2001 declaration – but it is now unclear whether the money was paid.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has accused industrialised countries [...]
Witless Ones decimate Planet Earth
All today’s news appears to be bad, which is pretty much what rampant consumerism merits:
US President might attend the Planetary Destruction Summit
if he’s nought better to do …
The US plans to announce its own targets for cutting greenhouse gases before the UN Climate Summit in December, but the president hasn’t yet decided if [...]