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Global Warming: Scientists vs. Climate Skeptics (Infographic)

4:20 pm in Business & Politics, global climate chnage, global warming causes, global warming effects, science, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

Climate Debate Infographic Image via reusethisbag.com Reusable Bags has a good infographic on the continuing climate change debate (as if it's debatable). You wont' believe what the skeptics are s...Read the full story on TreeHugger

No Need to Fight Global Warming: It’s Saving Us From the Black Plague!

4:56 pm in Business & Politics, global climate chnage, united states by TreeHugger

via internet business politics Well, credit where credit's due: It's definitely one of the most creative protestations against taking action to mitigate global climate change. Prominent climate skeptic James Taylor, in a remarkably ridiculous op-ed in Forbes, argues that we should embrace the coming of global climate change. Why? Because if we don't, the Black Plague will return and kill us all. As in, the industrial polluters currently altering the global climate system are actually saving us. From the plague! Told you this was a g...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Global Growth is Currently Using Up 1.5 Earths

11:49 pm in Business & Politics, global climate chnage by TreeHugger

via internet business politics Tom Friedman's latest column in the New York Times makes a pretty good, if not exactly revolutionary, point. We humanfolk -- especially those of us in the West -- are consuming far, far beyond the planet's means. He cites Paul Gilding and the Global Footprint Network, noting that "On the whole, says G.F.N., we are currently growing at a rate that is using up the Earth's resources far faster than they can be sustainably replenished, so we are eating into the future. Right now, global growth is using about 1.5 Earths." To make matters worse...Read the full story on TreeHugger