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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 11 March 2013 08:12 |
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 The Huffington Post reports that the annual hunt on Hay Island was called off. The seals of Hay Island were spared last year as well. The Hay Island hunt usually kills a few hundred seals each year, out of the hundreds of thousands bludgeoned to death off the Newfoundland coast. A spokesman for the hunters said that they had suspended the hunt because of low market demand for seal pelts. The president of the Canadian Seals Association agreed: “Right now we're in a situation where we don't have very many markets.” He added, “if there is no market, no buyers, there’s not much point in taking the seals.” It is comforting to learn that the killers weren't bashing in the heads of helpless baby seals just for fun — it was just for money. The Hay Island slaughter is a drop in the bucket of seal blood Canadian hunters shed each year, but it is a sign that the tide may be turning against the industry!
Read More: http://www.care2.com/causes/hundreds-of-baby-seals-saved-from-slaughter.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/mobileweb/2013/02/26/seal-hunt-cancelled-hay-island-nova-scotia_n_2769300.html
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Written by Aric Sleeper
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 12:38 |
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 According to researchers at the National Oceanic and Administrative Association 2012 was the hottest year in the continental United States since the government began keeping track in 1895.
With an average temperature of 55.3 degrees, 2012 broke the previous record-holding high in 1998 by a full degree, and exceeded the 20th century average by 3.2 degrees.
2012 was also notable for its lack of precipitation. Drought conditions in the lower 48 states peaked in July, with 61 percent of the nation in a moderate to exceptional drought.
California saw its third driest winter on record. Snowpack is a precious source of water for much of California, and in ranges like the Sierras, it was much below normal in 2012.
“A picture is emerging of a world with more extreme heat,” said Andrew Dessler, a Texas A&M University climate scientist. “Not every year will be hot, but when heat waves do occur, the heat will be more extreme. People need to begin to prepare for that future.” |
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Written by Aric Sleeper
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 12:35 |
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 An analysis conducted by the website, Media Matters, found that the coverage given to climate change by Television’s biggest networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox) has declined significantly since 2009.
The amount of airtime that Sunday news shows gave to climate change subjects dropped from a little over an hour in 2009 to 8 minutes in 2012. Over half of those 8 minutes were devoted to Republican presidential candidates like Rick Santorum who called global warming, “junk science.”
Nightly news programs did a little better, with just over an hour of climate change coverage, up from 2011, but driven mostly by extreme weather events, and still much less than the amount of attention given to the subject in 2009.
Even with the announcement by NOAA that 2012 was the warmest year on record, major networks are still reluctant to give the public balanced coverage of climate change. |
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Written by Aric Sleeper
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 08:12 |
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 The oldest and largest trees of the world are now dying at ten times the normal rate, according to a study recently published in the journal, Science.
The reasons for this tragedy are many. Higher temperatures and drought, land clearing, prescribed fires, and invasive species, are just some of the factors killing off our planet’s largest organisms.
California’s bristlecone pines, the oldest known trees in the world, were once safe from fungal diseases and insects like the bark beetle, but with warming temperatures, they’re no longer safe, even at higher elevations. Although, California is not the only affected area, the phenomenon is worldwide.
“It is a very, very disturbing trend,” says Professor Bill Laurance of James Cook University “We are talking about the loss of the biggest living organisms on the planet, of the largest flowering plants on the planet, of organisms that play a key role in regulating and enriching our world.” |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 15 January 2013 12:31 |
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 You are invited to learn about the county’s first proposed utility-scale solar power plant during the Jan. 28 meeting of the Central Coast Green Team.
A 40-megawatt solar power plant proposed for Cuyama will be discussed during the Monday, Jan. 28 public meeting of the Central Coast Green Team at IHOP, 202 Nicholson Ave., Santa Maria. The meeting starts with ordering off the menu at 5:30 p.m. followed by the program at 6 p.m.
The Cuyama Solar Array Project is the first utility-scale solar energy plant proposed in the county. It could produce enough electricity for 13,000 homes and would displace 25,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases each year (the equivalent of taking 4,900 cars off the road). It would occupy 327 acres of actively cultivated, irrigated land, 167 of which may need to be removed from the Williamson Act ag preserve.
A representative of First Solar, the project developer, will make a presentation followed by questions from the audience. The program will be videotaped and shown on public access stations throughout northern Santa Barbara County and will be available online at www.centralcoastgreenteam.org.
The Central Coast Green Team encourages healthy environmental stewardship on the Central Coast through monthly program meetings and television shows. For more information, contact Jeanne Sparks at
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Written by Aric Sleeper
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Wednesday, 05 December 2012 16:48 |
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 Global carbon dioxide levels have risen to 35.6 billion tonnes in 2012, a record high, according
to research released by The Global Carbon Project. This is a rise of 2.6 percent from last year but
an increase of 58 percent since the 1990’s.
"I am worried that the risks of dangerous climate change are too high on our current emissions
trajectory. We need a radical plan," said Prof Corinne Le Quéré, director of the Tyndall Centre
for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia, who co-led the research.
The biggest contributor of carbon emissions was China at 28 percent, the U.S. at 16 percent, the
European Union at 11 percent, and India with 7 percent of the total output.
Americans tend to be the worst polluters, with each individual using 17.2 tonnes of CO2 each,
compared to China’s of 6.6 tonnes per person, and India’s 1.8. |
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