Having dealt with deniers of global warming, who have in many cases been highly aggressive and unprincipled, I have come up with a quick checklist of what one needs to say if faced with a denier of global warming. The following are responses to some of the claims I have...
Every belief has its inherent logic, possessing of potentials that affectuate whether or not they are consciously articulated or believed. This is true for both religious and secular ideologies, and the history of major beliefs show exactly what these potentials...
James Cameron has been really turning up the environmental rally cries lately. He is going full speed ahead in turning 'Avatar' into a catalyst for environmental activism. In a recent interview with MTV news...
created by njmagel | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 312 views | 7 recommendations | 3 comments
Of the causes of global warming, two - uncontrolled emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and deforestation of Amazonian rainforest - are well known. What is less known is another cause: Logging by Japanese companies in Indonesian rainforest. This problem is easy...
On a rainy wet day in Clarendon just outside Washington DC, not far from the Potomac River and forest that lines it, I folded my umbrella and placed it in a container by the front door as to not make the polished...
Chevron’s Ecuador problem forces Andy Rooney to drop the H-bomb… something he really, really, hates to do. WATCH IT HERE We love Andy Rooney and he gets mad at a lot of things (like iphones or Ali G). But now...
opinion by njmagel | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 139 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
Malaysia seems to have found a clever way to increase forest cover: Plant more rubber trees. But if you have to clear virgin jungle to do it, this may not do planet earth any good. The news items may be long, but...
created by Lazylizards | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 152 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
After being dogged by numerous delays since the late 90's Asian financial crisis and lack of a clear direction for completing this massive project - rainforests the size of Singapore will be flooded - the...
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This article is the second part of a two-part series covering some issues leading to the Fifth Summit of the Americas. It is also a follow-up from the preview of Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton's Digital...
created by A. Tran | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 384 views | 69 recommendations | 8 comments
BC's Great Bear Rainforest has been saved, but the trophy hunting that takes place there every year has not been stopped like some advocates would have liked. Currently the BC province is still allowing hunters...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 393 views | 15 recommendations | 3 comments
BC's Great Bear Rainforest is going to be saved tomorrow, by the March 31st deadline, but what about the decision on bear trophy hunting in the area? The government is going to announce tomorrow a new approach to...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 485 views | 35 recommendations | 1 comment
Three years ago the BC government made a promise to save what is known as 'the Great Bear Rainforest'; an area of old-growth trees in British Columbia that is playing key role in the ability to prevent climate...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 348 views | 33 recommendations | 3 comments
Scientists at the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen this weekend, deliver some alarming news for the Amazon Rainforest: a rise in 4 degrees will kill off 85% of the whole forest in the next 100 years. The fact...
created by Amy Judd | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1518 views | 8 recommendations | 5 comments
A massive bio-dome is being planned at a British Zoo. The £90 million project will be called "Heart of Africa" and will be the only domed ecosystem in the UK." The bio-dome will be an African rainforest-themed sanctuary for a band of gorillas, a large troop of chimpanzees,...