Archive for May, 2007
Filed in the scares-the-shit-out-of-me category
4 Comments Published May 21st, 2007 in climate change, Scares the shit out of me Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitAs far as vicious circles go, i reckon this is about as bad as it gets. Climate change is weakening the so called ‘Southern Ocean carbon sink’. The Southern Ocean carbon sink plays a big part in regulating the earth’s climate and mitigating the effects of our emissions. That’s a spiral to nowhere in my […]
Exxon / Mobil caught funding skeptics again
8 Comments Published May 19th, 2007 in climate change Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitYou often have to wonder why crackpots like Augie Auer and the Climate Science Coalition maintain their position when it is so clearly wrong and is so clearly damaging to their credibility. Well often it’s because they’re getting paid.
The day of reckoning has come – when we get to find out just how much of […]
Google Acquires Internet
1 Comment Published May 17th, 2007 in Geekery Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitBUSINESSWIRE. Mountain View-based search giant Google Inc today announced they’ve acquired the internet for the astounding sum of $2,455.5 billion in cash. The deal had been rumored in various search blogs since the beginning of the year and was now confirmed by the company’s CEO. “This is in line with our vision to make information […]
Green guerillas target Sydney
2 Comments Published May 16th, 2007 in Activism Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitSomething interesting is ocurring in Sydney.
The ‘Guerilla Energy Efficiency Gang’ is on a mission to swap the environmentally inefficient incandescent light bulbs with the greener fluorescent version. On any given night, a group of energy guerillas gather to install energy efficient measures outside the home, without permission. The founder of the Guerilla Energy Efficiency […]
Police, Genesis point finger over inaction on protesters
0 Comments Published May 16th, 2007 in climate change Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitThis is pretty funny. Police, Genesis point finger over inaction on protesters
Bottom trawl damage visible from space
1 Comment Published May 16th, 2007 in the oceans Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitIf there’s any more evidence needed that bottom trawling the ocean floor is an abhorrent practise - this should be enoug … THE DAMAGE IS VISIBLE FROM SPACE!!
From Grist: To you, this picture may look like ants marching in a desert, but among ocean experts, it has gone as viral as Britneys shaved head. What […]
Six steps to hell
1 Comment Published May 14th, 2007 in climate change Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitBy the end of the century, the Earth could be more than 6C hotter than it is today, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. We know that would be bad news - but just how bad? How big a rise will it take for the Alps to melt, the oceans to die and […]
Australians forced to drink their own sewerage
2 Comments Published May 9th, 2007 in Musings Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitUnless we really start to get our shit together on this climate change stuff we’re going to be leaving a pretty crap world for our children.
Just ask the Australians - they’re having to resort to drinking their own used toilet water.
What’s up with the bottom trawling?
1 Comment Published May 9th, 2007 in Musings Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitBottom trawling in the international waters of the South pacific will soon be a thing of the past - at least for NZ vessels and any from the 20 countries who recently signed a RFMO agreement in Chile last week. This is a surprisingly good result for the deep sea environment which as been systematically […]
Just upload yourself and let it roll
0 Comments Published May 4th, 2007 in Cool stuff Share it del.icio.us |Digg it |Furl |Netscape |reddit |StumbleUpon | ScoopitGreenpeace Brazil is doing some very cool stuff in the climate campaign section of their website. Not only do they have chillin’ tunes for download and a “Túnel Interativo” - they have the coolest interactive Flash movie (Language options are on the right.) you ever did see. Just upload yourself and let it […]
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