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CLIMATE CHANGE THERMOSTAT SET ON URGENT

Submitted by theadminx on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 04:50

Medill School of Journalism Northwestern University October 17, 2012

By Anthony Raap

Curbing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels may seem like a luxury “when everybody’s worried about paying the bills,” said Justin Gillis, renowned environmental reporter for The New York Times.

“Worrying about the environment is something people do after they’ve got the basics of life satisfied,” Gillis said Tuesday at a packed Northwestern University lecture on climate change and media coverage of it.

Japan hangs cult leader who murdered 6 people in exorcisms...

Submitted by nabashalam on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 13:20

 

Source: ReligionNewsBlog.com • Thursday September 27, 2012

Japan on Thursday executed two people, including Sachiko Eto, a 65-year-old female cult leader convicted of six murders during alleged exorcisms.

A CLIMATE CHANGE CALL TO ARMS

Submitted by theadminx on Sun, 10/14/2012 - 02:44

Don’t Let Snowy Predictions Fool You. Winter is Going Away

The Boston Globe Magazine October 14, 2012, by David Sleeper and Pamela H. Templer

THE OFFICIAL START OF WINTER may still be more than two months away, but in New England, we should be watching the long-term forecasts. Despite predictions for a snowy winter, the season’s temperatures have been rising over the long term. And the implications of climate change for this region’s economy — including how we play on and earn our livings from the snow — are enormous.

FORESTS TO FEEL CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT -- DAMAGE COULD COST BILLIONS

Submitted by theadminx on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 11:41

PhysOrg 12 OCT 2012

A new pan-European study suggests that the economic value of forests will decline between 14 % and 50 % due to climate change. If measures are not taken to change this, the damage could reach several hundred billion euros, say researchers led by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) in Switzerland. The study was presented in the journal Nature Climate Change.

EXTREME WEATHER AND CLIMATE CHANGE: North America Tops the List

Submitted by theadminx on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 23:47

Natural Resources Defense Council 11 OCT 2012 by Theo Spencer

Today, the world’s largest reinsurance company released a report stating the number of weather catastrophes has risen dramatically across the globe since 1980.

“North America is the continent with the largest increase in disasters,” Munich Re's Dr. Peter Roder is quoting as saying in a front page story in USA Today.

(Macleans magazine) Scientologies Secret Plans for Canada...

Submitted by nabashalam on Sun, 10/07/2012 - 14:17

Scientology's plans for Canada:  

It's under fire in Hollywood. But that hasn't stopped the church from a massive expansion north of the border. Inside the famously secretive world of
Scientology.              

By Nicholas Kohler

Dentist ordered to pay $350k for forcing Scientology on employee...

Submitted by nabashalam on Sat, 10/06/2012 - 16:43

ReligionNewsBlog.com • Friday October 5, 2012

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