Monthly Archives: July 2012

China ups the ante in the world’s most disputed waters

Posted on July 30, 2012 by macca

With an estimated 50 billion tons of crude oil and 20 trillion cubic metres of natural gas, the South China Sea is a prize being contested aggressively by China and the other nations in the region. AlJazeera English takes a … Continue reading →

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Montara oil spill turning fishermen into people smugglers

Posted on July 29, 2012 by macca

Indonesian authorities estimate that damage from Australia’s Montara oil spill has cost around $1.7 billion a year in lost earnings. Waters that supported 8,000 fishermen now only support 1,000. So it is more than a little ironic that these fishermen … Continue reading →

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Iraq: After the Americans – Parts 1 & 2

Posted on July 28, 2012 by macca

A 2-part report on Iraq from AlJazeera English via YouTube. From the website: In keeping with Barack Obama’s presidential campaign promise, the US has withdrawn its troops from Iraq and by the end of 2012 US spending in Iraq will … Continue reading →

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Sunset on the river in Textureland…

Posted on July 26, 2012 by macca

More blatant self-promotion…    Click on the image to see a larger version.

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Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melt

Posted on July 25, 2012 by macca

From a featured release at NASA: For several days this month, Greenland’s surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly the entire ice cover of Greenland, from … Continue reading →

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Documentary – What a way to go: Life at the end of Empire.

Posted on July 23, 2012 by macca

Tim Bennett, middle-class white guy, started waking up to the global environmental nightmare in the mid-1980s. But life was so busy with raising kids and pursuing the American dream that he never got around to acting on his concerns. Until … Continue reading →

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Syria: Here come the weapons of mass destruction…

Posted on July 23, 2012 by macca

I was struck this morning by the global release of news stories focused on Israel’s fear that Hezbollah could get its hands on Syria’s large (alleged) stock of chemical weapons, due to the civil war in the country. Yet another … Continue reading →

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Australia remains the world’s No.1 per capita CO2 emitter

Posted on July 23, 2012 by macca

Crikey posts that a new report by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Commission should “put paid once and for all to the fallacy that climate change can be addressed by rich countries taking the lead and … Continue reading →

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Peak Denial: The Conservative War on Climate Change

Posted on July 21, 2012 by macca

You may believe that climate change is real, that it’s a problem, and that human actions have brought us to where we are today — or you may not. But chances are that your political ideals will affect your thinking … Continue reading →

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Energy Security and the Geopolitics of Fossil Fuels

Posted on July 21, 2012 by macca

An excellent panel from ASPO 2012, featuring Karin Kneissl, Jörn Richert, Daniele Ganser, Michael T. Klare and Karen Smith-Stegen. Moderated by Paul Hohnen.

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Peak Oil: Michael T. Klare interviewed on Antiwar Radio

Posted on July 10, 2012 by macca

Michael T. Klare, professor and author, is interviewed on Antiwar Radio discussing his recent article “Is Barack Obama Morphing Into Dick Cheney?”, the Bush and Obama administrations’ striking policy similarities on oil geopolitics, peak oil theory and the disappearance of … Continue reading →

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James Howard Kunstler: It’s Too Late for Solutions

Posted on July 10, 2012 by macca

James Howard Kunstler talks to Chris Martenson about society’s “self-delusional thinking”, and claims that “it’s too late for solutions” to society’s many challenges. From Chris Martenson’s YouTube channel…

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