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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12/16 insert. (No affiliation.):



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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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7/26/16 off-site article link, new window opens:



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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.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Oil disaster: Anger? Yes. Changed behavior? Unlikely.


Three links. One underlying theme: 

-- Image (above) from 6/3/10 article: "Oil Currents Likely to Carry Oil Along Atlantic Coast" ,The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
"The modeling results are captured in a series of dramatic animations produced by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and collaborators." 
The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research under sponsorship by the National Science Foundation.

-- Recent Gallup organization poll results for survey on increased drilling for oil and gas off U.S. coasts. (Side note: When will someone ask a poll question that separates offshore gas drilling from oil drilling?) Link to poll results: http://www.gallup.com/poll/137885/Americans-Divided-Increased-Coastal-Oil-Drilling.aspx
6/10 update: Some encouraging poll results via this linked 6/9/09 MSNBC/Washington Post article. But how long will the expressed sentiment really last? And will it translate into personal action? (Link) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37598363/

-- Another recent survey showing U.S. consumers "at the bottom" (i.e., dead last) in environmental behavior (link): http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2010/06/greendex-2010-environmental-survey-national-geographic-society-globescan-consumer-behavior.html

Ask yourself: Why are they "punching" mile-deep exploratory oil wells in the ocean? (Or trying to in ANWR...) Could a primary reason be....so Mom and Dad can sit up high in thier matching Escalades??  Be sure to (try to) justify that "responsible" behavior to your kids/grand-kids. (As they find news stories about long-lasting environmental damage in the Gulf of Mexico. Link to a current article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37535767/from/RSS/)
(BTW, a hybrid Escalade is no solution...)

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6/10 update: (Certain) Hummer, Tahoe, Yukon, Escalade drivers (etc.): HAHAHAHAHA (link): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100608/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gm_recall 


These over-sized things (smaller version shown) take a lot of energy to heat/cool/maintain:

photographer, John Delano


Read more here. Increased offshore oil drilling will not lower your U.S. gasoline prices. Ocean oil drilling is not "safe". Rampant consumerism promotes risky offshore oil exploration/extraction.
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