Easy prediction (given current developments): Get ready for more, (organized) citizen actions such as this↓; ref. the (2014) video below. Those represented below -- plus many more -- have not "gone away". Nor will they...



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↓(Previously written:)↓
Post-U.S. presidential election, 2016: Three items to (try to) keep front-and-center (article links below), if/when a U.S. administration generally hostile to the environment takes form. Off-site article links, no affiliation. New windows open:
http://time.com/4573414/climate-change-americas-cities/?


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-25/clean-energy-jobs-surpass-oil-drilling-for-first-time-in-u-s


http://www.lowcarbonusa.org/


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5/4/16, Fort McMurray, Alberta, CN. (No affiliation with posting org.)

More info. here (off-site link): https://twitter.com/hashtag/FortMcMurrayhttps://twitter.com/hashtag/FortMcMurray

..Off-site news story excerpt (linked): "...Unseasonably hot temperatures combined with dry conditions have transformed the boreal forest in much of Alberta into a tinder box. Fort McMurray is surrounded by wilderness in the heart of Canada's oil sands..."

--> More about this (off-site article link, new window opens): http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/science/global-warming-cited-as-wildfires-increase-in-fragile-boreal-forest.html?

More: (8/16 off-site article link) http://time.com/4456011/california-wildfires-natural-disasters/?

More: (10/16 off-site article link) http://time.com/4525178/climate-change-forest-fires/?

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5/16: Hey...way, way more people check in with Jimmy Kimmel than this tiny blog. So, pls. have a listen (if you can get past Sarah...(Unnecessary bad language near the end of the video)):







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Climate change is not 'theoretical'. Effects are already occurring, in the United States. Today:

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4/16 must-read: More fact than fiction...?

Off-site article link, new window opens: http://www.theonion.com/article/exxonmobil-ceo-relieved-it-finally-too-late-do-any-52732

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3/16: Wake-up call ...yet another. ((If such projections are bolstered via add'l research:) Kids! 'Let's play pack-up and move to higher ground' (someday).):

(Off-site 3/30/16 article link, new window opens)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/science/global-warming-antarctica-ice-sheet-sea-level-rise.html?

(3/31/16 editorial. Off-site link, no affiliation: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/opinion/the-danger-of-a-runaway-antarctica.html?)
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(↓Previous blog entries:)


(Update (warning: contains facts/inevitable facts): 2015 is Earth's hottest year on record (off-site news article link). 2011-2015 is the warmest five-year period recorded (off-site article link).)
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>>>>Oh, please: ..How can puny mankind's activities possibly alter the Earth's environment..??




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... on a global scale?? --> (one off-site link:) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141118-nasa-video-carbon-dioxide-global-warming-climate-environment/


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10/2015: 'Surprise'...Exxon understood about climate change -- through their own research -- back in the 1970s; supported misinformation about the concept for years after. Off-site 10/26/15 article link:


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- "Against logic there is no armor like ignorance." - Laurence J. Peter
- "It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes." - George Washington

- "97 percent of American scientists say that climate change is happening..." (link, new window)

- "Each of the last ten years features in the top 11 warmest years recorded in all [primary monitoring agency] datasets." (12/10 article link, table)

- "How hot was it? 2013 joins the top ten for temperatures..." (link)

- "... 'Flat Earth Society'? - Kerry slams climate change skeptics" (link)

- Risk management: "Even if it somehow could be determined that it is a coin flip -- 50/50 -- that 97% of climate scientists are (essentially) correct re climate change (link), don't present-day inhabitants (still) have the (moral) obligation to effectively address as much of the issue as is safely possible?
I.e.: Too great of a risk to future generations to ignore.. Or to paralyze with excessive deliberation." -- Anonymous



- "I'm not sure what the 'height of insanity' might be, but this seems a candidate: Modern, advanced societies ignoring - or deliberately distorting - principal findings of climate scientists -- who the same civilizations train and educate to become experts ..." (P.S. If it needs stating, we know what one of the 'rea$on$' (i.e., for denying) is...)
-- Anonymous





and,

- "...I have a better idea: do something, Congress. Do anything to help working Americans. Join the rest of the country. Join me, I'm looking forward to working with you...." --- President Barack Obama (7/2014)

9/2014: Also..."BP Plc Held Grossly Negligent for 2010 spill..."(article link). Appeals will be coming, but (if interested) you'll find a few older posts from a few years ago here, discussing the 'negligent ones' and certain attempts to deflect blame/responsibility.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Oil spill disaster: Why aren't we angry enough to change?

Recent news story follows - As oil washes up on Gulf coasts and BP "concedes" that the runaway oil gusher 5,000 feet deep "is bigger than the company 'estimated'".  
(Duh... try covered up.)
Link to 5/20/10 AP story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100520/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill 

6/10/10 update: How many more of these "much more oil gushing" headlines are to come? Real information has been scarce: Seems accurate to go ahead and categorize the "spill" as the biggest ever in the U.S. - by far: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100611/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_flow 


(Link for MSNBC interactive oil spill trajectory graphic: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37133684/ns/gulf_oil_spill/)

Most Americans seem to still support offshore oil exploration and drilling (though it appears drilling for natural gas was included as part of the question): (link) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_poll

(If interested please see more via this previous post: http://heymrpotter.blogspot.com/2010/05/many-americans-dont-really-mind-gulf.html)

You know some of the answers because you're smarter than a 5th grader (right?)....: Change is "hard". We are addicted to oil....
More proof that Americans are energy hogs? Try this link to a recent survey. People in the U.S.: Dead last in environmental behavior. Again. (link) http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2010/06/greendex-2010-environmental-survey-national-geographic-society-globescan-consumer-behavior.html 

"A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal." --Winston Churchill 


Reason 2:  Loud-mouth clowns like this one. (Remember when your teacher told the class clowns (like this) to 'shut up' or get out....?) Viewer note: I can't seem to launch Glenn's 2010 "Earth Day" video anymore (so maybe it's quietly been pulled); but most of his videos still make the point: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/videos/


Here's a thought: How about giving the environment (and the planet) a chance: Trade in this (that would be your lard-ass SUV... driven solo much of the time):


And THIS. (Why not plant some trees and shrubs on your spread?)
Photo: Polish Ursus C-360-3P tractor. Perkins engine.Author:Pibwl
 
And please sign this (Oceana link): http://na.oceana.org/

Enough is enough.  Do it for your kids and grand-kids' sake.

5/21/10: A small step in the right direction (link): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_fuel_efficiency 
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