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April 1’st was fossil fools day

Did you know that today was fossil fools day, with 100s of demonstrations in the US, Canada, and around the world? It was a day to tell politicians and CEOs of large fossil fuel companies that we cannot be fooled any more by half-hearted climate policies that keep supporting the fossil fuel industry.

If you knew about it and did something about it, great! If this is the first time you heard about it, nothing much is lost, as a much more important day is just waiting around the corner: the global day of climate action on October 24 2009. Just to rub it in, I HAD to mention that day just one more time.

Source: 1Sky, Fossil Fools Day

Maiken Winter

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Yankee Ticket Prices and Fossil Fuels

Reposted with permission; by Jim Hansen, Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

When I was young, Yankee Stadium had ~70,000 seats. It seldom sold out, and almost any kid could afford the cheap seats. Capacity was reduced to ~57,000 when the stadium was remodeled in the 1970s. Most games sell out now, and prices have gone up.

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Rampant Negativity – No Reason to be so Glum

By Dr. James Hansen, Director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies; reposted with permission (original post is here)

Predictably, as scientific evidence clarifies that the dangerous level of atmospheric CO2 is at hand, there are cries that it is impractical to avoid climate catastrophe. Such negativity is part of the playbook of those who stand to gain [mehr...]