January 24, 2012 • 6:40 pm 0
A huge eruption on the Sun has caused the strongest radiation storm since 2005, which is due to hit Earth on Tuesday, Jan 24, possibly causing widespread …
MORE via Solar Eruption Triggers Strongest Radiation Storm in 7 Years.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, consumers, Environmental Policy, News, WeSeeReason, radiation, solar power
January 4, 2012 • 4:01 am 0
If solar energy is eventually going to matter — that is, generate a significant portion of the nation’s electricity — the industry must overcome a major stumbling block, experts …
MORE via Building Storehouses for the Sun’s Energy, for Use After Dark – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, consumers, Culture Think, Environmental Policy, News, Oil and Gas, Public Policy, WeSeeReason, Energy policy, environmental solutions, green energy, solar energy solutions, solar power
January 2, 2012 • 8:16 am 0
AMIDST the encircling economic gloom, today’s unemployment figures were, as predicted, chilling. The number of jobless in the three months to August hit a 17-year peak at just under 2.6m people, or 8.1%—up 0.4 percentage points in the quarter. The outlook for youngsters aged 16 to 24 was particularly …
MORE via Unemployment: Work to welfare | The Economist.
Filed under: access to education, Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, consumers, Mass Media and Public Opinion, News
December 30, 2011 • 9:55 pm 0
Some international disputes are significant for symbolic reasons, others for substantive ones. The current conflict between the United States and the European Union over airline-emissions limits is both. Unfortunately this means that the U.S. is doubly on the …
MORE via Comment: Obama’s Climate Betrayal : The New Yorker.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, Culture Think, Election 2012, Environmental Policy, Mass Media and Public Opinion, News, Political Economy, Public Policy, regulations, WeSeeReason, climate change; environmental health; pollution; environmental issues; the green movement; energy conservation; dirty fuels; toxic waste; global warming;, environmental health
December 26, 2011 • 4:48 am 0
At the end of one of the most bizarre weather years in American history, climate research stands at a …
MORE via Climate Scientists Hampered in Study of 2011 Extremes – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, Community Tragedy, Environmental Policy, News, WeSeeReason, climate change; environmental health; pollution; environmental issues; the green movement; energy conservation; dirty fuels; toxic waste; global warming;, environment, environmental health
November 26, 2011 • 7:01 pm 1
CLIMATE science is famously complicated, but one useful number to keep in mind is “climate sensitivity”. This measures the amount of warming that can eventually be expected to follow a doubling in the
via Climate change: Good news at last? | The Economist.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, ideology, Mass Media and Public Opinion, News, Oil and Gas, propaganda and spin, Public Policy, regulations, symbolic uses of politics, WeSeeReason, climate change; environmental health; pollution; environmental issues; the green movement; energy conservation; dirty fuels; toxic waste; global warming;, environment
November 15, 2011 • 7:08 am 0
Hundreds of New York City police officers began clearing Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, telling the people there that the nearly two-month-old camp would be …
MORE via Police Move Against Occupy Wall Street Protesters in Zuccotti Park – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, Civic Engagement, Mass Media and Public Opinion, Public Policy, social protests, WeSeeReason, Occupy Wall Street
November 14, 2011 • 4:48 am 0
Goodbye, city park, hello, college green.
As city officials around the country move to disband Occupy Wall Street encampments amid growing concerns over health and public safety, protesters have begun to erect more tents on …
MORE via Occupy Wall Street Protests Shifting to College Campuses – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, Civic Engagement, Economic Recession, Election 2012, Mass Media and Public Opinion, News, Social Media, social protests, WeSeeReason, social protest, social unrest; protests; riots; liberty; civil rights; freedom of expression; free speech; freedom of assembly;
November 4, 2011 • 4:51 am 0
Shortly before noon on Wednesday, the barricades that impeded foot traffic along Wall Street for weeks came down. Elected officials praised the mayor. Shopkeepers breathed sighs of …
MORE via For Bloomberg, Wall Street Protest Poses a Challenge – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Bad Weather Problems, Blogosphere, Civic Engagement, Public Policy, Public Sector, Public Service, WeSeeReason, human rights; popular protests; human rights in China; Chinese repression; The pursuit of liberty;, Occupy Wall Street, social unrest; protests; riots; liberty; civil rights; freedom of expression; free speech; freedom of assembly;
November 1, 2011 • 3:16 am 0
For all the attention it got for timing (early) and snow accumulation (astonishing) and — if there were a way to measure this — annoyance and aggravation, the freakish northeaster of October may well be remembered as the Grinch that stole Halloween.
MORE via One Casualty of Northeaster – ‘Trick or Treat!’ – NYTimes.com.
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