Posted on March 31, 2008 by Jason Barr
People need to to read things like this before they ignorantly ramble about how great biofuels are.
At the bottom of page one it talks about the possibility of the Amazon rain forest turning into something like a savannah or even a desert. It wouldn’t be the first time human deforestation has caused a vital and [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2008 by Jason Barr
It has now been six days since my Lent/Ash Wednesday reflection post, in which I promised I would post what I am doing for this Lenten season in a day or two. It should surprise no one at this point to hear that, on the Myers-Briggs personality type indicator, I am a P (this is [...]
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Posted on October 17, 2007 by Jason Barr
Stanford’s annual roundtable this year was on “Courting Disaster: The Fight for Oil, Water and a Healthy Planet.” Here are some comments from neoliberal economic architect Thomas Friedman and Gen. John Abizaid, US Army (Ret.) from the Stanford News Service.
Concerning the Middle East, Friedman blamed the United States for treating the region as a collection [...]
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Posted on September 28, 2006 by Jason Barr
Scientists warn of new Anthropocene age
Or, more properly, epoch.
Scientists around the world are coming to the conclusion that the human industrial influence on the planet is so great that now we need to seriously consider defining a new epoch on that influence.
None of this is really news to me, though I hadn’t heard the formal [...]
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Posted on August 29, 2006 by Jason Barr
Methane Burps and Heat Waves: Global Warming Made Visible
(Supercomputer predicts rising temperatures as escaping gas bubbles rise up through the sea)
Corporate, industrial, and political power is more important than taking care of the earth. And it’s going to kill us.
I resist now in every way I can, and I’m actively trying to modify my [...]
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